Jan. 23, 2021 By Christian Murray Romance is back. Romantic Depot, which sells racy lingerie and adult toys, reopened on Queens Boulevard Friday—two years after its former Sunnyside store burned to the ground in a massive fire. The store, now located at 47-02 Queens Blvd, sells a variety of lingerie in a range of sizes… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2021 By Christina Santucci A developer’s application to rezone a property near the 30th Avenue train station in order to build an 11-story, 104-unit apartment complex got the approval of Community Board 1 Tuesday night. MEDREP Associates, a Long Island City-based company, filed an application to rezone 30-02 Newtown Ave. last year and… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2021 By Allie Griffin A Catholic deacon from Maspeth was caught trying to engage a 14-year-old boy in a sex act through an undercover sting Tuesday. Rogelio Vega — who serves as a deacon at Saint Sebastian Church in Woodside — allegedly conversed with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy for… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The Parks Dept. is holding a virtual outreach meeting for residents to discuss the revitalization of the Queensbridge Baby Park in Long Island City. The meeting will take place online on Jan. 28 at 6:30 p.m. It is expected to last about an hour. The Parks Dept. is looking… Read more »
Jan. 21, 2021 By Allie Griffin Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was seen all over Queens yesterday. A photo of the 79-year-old sitting in a folding chair at the inauguration of President Joseph Biden in D.C. on Wednesday quickly went viral. Social media users edited the image of Sanders in a winter coat and patterned mittens… Read more »
This article was originally published on Jan 20 at 6:36pm EST by THE CITY Ann Choi and Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY When Sheila Lewandowski moved to Long Island City in the late 1990s, she appreciated the “sense of space and light” in the western Queens neighborhood, once defined by factories, warehouses, and a mix of… Read more »
Jan. 21, 2021 By Michael Dorgan An Elmhurst man has been arrested for allegedly masturbating in front of a woman on a subway train in Long Island City earlier this month. Fnu Kamruzzaman was riding a Jamaica Center-bound E train on Jan 5. at around 8:20 p.m. when he began pleasuring himself in front of… Read more »
Jan. 20, 2021 By Allie Griffin President Joseph Biden was honored in a very New York way at a Queens subway station Wednesday. As Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, the 46th Street subway station in Astoria was transformed in honor the new president. One of the signs inside… Read more »
Jan. 20, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Queens Democratic lawmakers say that the country has a much brighter future now that Joe Biden has been inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. Biden was sworn into office just before noon Wednesday, shortly after Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice President– the first woman… Read more »
Jan. 20, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The number of residents being admitted to Queens hospitals with COVID-19 has steadily increased over the past three months and new data sheds a light on the toll the influx of patients is having on the borough’s hospitals. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began releasing hospital… Read more »