Apr. 21, 2025 By sobrien April 21, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled a new student-designed billboard in Astoria Monday morning, encouraging motorists to slow down near work zones on city streets and highways as part of National Work Zone Awareness Week. The poster, unveiled at the…
Apr. 21, 2025 By Czarinna Andres April 21, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Firefighters in Astoria spent Easter morning battling a four-alarm fire in the borough’s fourth big blaze this holiday weekend. FDNY sources said the blaze ignited inside 21-33 31st Ave. just after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 20. The first…
Apr. 18, 2025 By sobrien April 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Culture Lab LIC will celebrate the launch of its outdoor season at the beginning of May, ushering in a season of outdoor live music performances, cultural festivals and dog-friendly events. The outdoor space, officially rebranded as “The Lot” for the 2025 summer outdoor…
Apr. 17, 2025 By sobrien April 17, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Over 100 New Yorkers flocked to Ditmars Boulevard Wednesday evening as Knicks legend Carmelo Anthony visited local cannabis dispensary Terp Bros as part of the New York launch of his cannabis brand “STAYME7O.” Anthony, a 10-time NBA All-Star widely regarded as one of…
Apr. 16, 2025 By bparry April 16, 2025 By Bill Parry A Long Island man was sentenced to 3 ½ to seven years in prison Tuesday in connection with five residential apartment mailbox thefts in Queens last year. Brandon Sestoso, 43, of McAlester Avenue in Hicksville, pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court on March…
Apr. 15, 2025 By bparry April 15, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury has indicted nine individuals in connection with the sale and possession of controlled substances—including fentanyl, cocaine, and crack—following a 17-month investigation into a drug-dealing crew operating on 95th Street in Jackson Heights, District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday. Undercover…
April 14, 2025 By Queens Post News Team The Long Island City YMCA marked its 25th anniversary on Thursday, April 11, with a celebration at its Queens Boulevard location in Long Island City, recognizing the organization’s impact on the Western Queens community since its founding in 1999. The event brought together YMCA staff, current and… Read more »
April 11, 2025 By Queens Post News Team The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled a new elevator and entrance on the north side of the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City on Thursday, April 10. The improvement—complementing two elevators installed on the south side last year—brings the total number of elevators at the… Read more »
Apr. 10, 2025 By Czarinna Andres April 10, 2025 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force arrested an Astoria man on Wednesday for vandalizing a religious statue and menacing a priest inside the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on Sunday. Jose Rodriguez, 38, from Shore Boulevard in the Marine Terrace apartments, was taken…
Apr. 10, 2025 By sobrien April 9, 2025 By Shane O’Brien More than 2,000 people have signed an online petition calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to scrap a proposed bike lane underneath the elevated N/W subway tracks on 31st Street in Astoria, arguing that a bike lane would pose significant safety risks…