Category: Queens

Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst has announced the addition of five major retailers as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance its offerings for shoppers. Recent openings include Warby Parker, Gap and KIKO Milano, with Primark and H&M slated to open by the end of the year. The new additions bring Macerich-controlled retail space within…

A Flushing man was indicted by a Queens grand jury on murder and weapons charges for stabbing his wife to death inside a Kissena Boulevard spa where she worked earlier this month. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell A Queens grand jury indicted a Flushing man on murder and weapons charges for allegedly stabbing his wife to…

Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly gunned down a man outside the Wave Juice Bar & Lounge in Jamaica on Sunday morning. Photo via Google Maps Homicide detectives out of the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are working to determine why a 31-year-old man was gunned down outside a Merrick Boulevard watering hole on…

Photo courtesy of the MTA Two teenagers turned themselves in at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows, where they were booked for stealing an unoccupied MTA subway car at the Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. station and taking it for a brief joy ride just after midnight on Thursday, Sept. 12. The 17-year-old girl surrendered just after…

An on-duty Department of Sanitation worker was killed after falling from the truck he was operating at the Queens East Garage in Douglaston on Saturday after he was run over by a 65,000-pound vehicle. Photo via Google Maps. Flags are flying at half-staff at all city buildings across the five boroughs to honor a Department…

Photos courtesy the Bridge and Tunnel Brewery A Ridgewood man who transformed an industrial space into a thriving brewery is now facing the possibility of closing his doors after a decade in the community. Bridge and Tunnel Brewery, located at 15-35 Decatur St. in Ridgewood, has become a beacon for beer enthusiasts, achieving what many…

The largest bounce house in the world is set to take over Citi Field this fall. The Big Bounce America Tour was in Hicksville, Long Island, over the summer and is moving to Queens with the newly expanded 24,000-square-foot World’s Largest Bounce House and some new attractions like the deep-sea-themed OctoBlast. Produced by XL Event…

The G train is finally back to full service following a painful summer shutdown. The Crosstown Line returned to its full route between Court Square in Long Island City, Queens and Church Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn at 5 a.m. on Sept. 3. The line had been shuttered in phases since late June so the MTA…

Congresswoman Grace Meng focused on reproductive rights at the Democratic Convention on Wednesday night. Photo courtesy of DNC On the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Queens congressional representatives took the stage to promote the party to millions of Americans who tuned in.  Central Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng, whose speech was originally…

Dozens of residents testified in person and on Zoom for a City of Yes for Housing hearing chaired by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards on Thursday, Aug. 8.  Residents headed to the second floor of Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens to voice their varying opinions on the  Department of City Planning (DCP) led rezoning…