A 75-year-old Howard Beach woman fought off two men disguised as FedEx employees as they tried to enter her home on Monday, according to police and published reports. One of the perps entered the house near 156th Avenue and 90th Street around 1:30 p.m. and reportedly tried to lunge at the woman, identified as Margaret Mazzio, while [...]
Scooping symbolic shovels full of soil, FedEx and Long Island City officials celebrated breaking ground on the carrier’s new small-package distribution center on Borden Avenue. The $56 million, 140,000 square-foot facility is scheduled to open in August of 2013, and will employ 200 people – 80 new hires and 120 transfers from an existing station [...]
FedEx has found new “ground” in Long Island City. The shipping giant is planning to close its current Maspeth facility and open a new, 14,000-square-foot FedEx Ground distribution center on Borden Avenue in L.I.C. The center, expected to be completed in the spring of 2013, will cost roughly $56 million — including land, construction and [...]
