TODAY’S FORECAST Monday: Partly cloudy. High of 46. Winds from the West at 5 to 10 mph. Monday night: Partly cloudy in the evening, then overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 36. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 50%. EVENT of the DAY: Selections from “The Nutcracker” with the Ohman School of Ballet Come to [...]
The NYPD is continuing to take measures to combat Sandy-related thefts, as burglaries went up during the week of the storm. Though burglaries only increased about 11 percent compared to the same week last year, it was the only crime to go up between October 29, the day Sandy hit, and November 4. In the [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Monday: Partly cloudy in the morning, then clear. High of 48. Winds from the NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Monday night: Clear. Low of 36. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 15 mph shifting to the West after midnight. EVENT of the DAY Monday nights at Rapture Lounge in Astoria, musicians, poets, writers, singers-songwriters, comedians [...]
With each report, the number of lives lost to Hurricane Sandy rises. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced shortly after 1 p.m. that 41 residents died in the storm. As the search and rescue missions carry on, the number of fatalities may continue to rose, Bloomberg said. More than 5,000 residents remain in the evacuation centers throughout the city [...]
BY ALEXA ALTMAN AND MAGGIE HAYES Sifting through the charred remains of his life-long Breezy Point home, Kieran Burke searched for something left behind. “You’d be surprised what survives,” he said, soot-encrusted shovel in hand. Burke’s home, along with 110 others, burned down in the fire that spread throughout the charming beachfront neighborhood during Hurricane [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Wednesday: A slight chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Wednesday night: A slight chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 46. Southwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Local death toll climbs to 35; more than a [...]
A six-alarm fire destroyed more than 80 homes in Breezy Point as hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze and rescued residents. The fire broke out at approximately 11 p.m. last night in Breezy Point, one of the neighborhoods Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered evacuated ahead of Hurricane Sandy. Nearly 10 hours later, areas of the flames [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Wednesday: Partly cloudy in the morning, then clear. High of 70. Winds from the NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday night: Clear. Low of 57. Winds from the NNE at 5 to 10 mph. EVENT of the DAY: Rent A White Guy: The Musical A new multilingual musical tale about the life of foreigners living in [...]
Man dies after jumping in front of subway train in Queens A man died Friday after jumping in front of a Queens subway train, sources said. The victim, who was not immediately identified, leaped onto the tracks as an eastbound No. 7 train barreled into the 52nd St. station at Roosevelt Ave. in Woodside about [...]
More than a breeze spun through Breezy Point last weekend as a tornado touched down, disrupting the oceanside community. Trees and roofs took the brunt of the damage during the twister that tore through Queens on Saturday, September 1. Several roofs were torn off at the Breezy Point Surf Club. Nobody was hurt at the [...]
