The following Memorial Day parades and other related events will take place in the borough. SATURDAY, MAY 25 Sunnyside Gardens Park Annual Memorial Day Fair 11 a.m. Sunnyside Gardens Park (48-21 39th Avenue) SUNDAY, MAY 26 Forest Hills Memorial Day Parade 12 p.m. Metropolitan and Ascan avenues Maspeth Memorial Day Parade 1 p.m. [...]
EVENT of the DAY: Irish Music Concert in Sergeant Collins Park Visit Sergeant Collins Park for a concert of Spirited Irish Music with a Global Twist. Admission free, all welcome. Jigs, reels and more. Catch the Celtic Spirit! Fiddle-guitar duo Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga with Tim Alworth on percussion. [Click here for more info or submit your [...]
THE GOOD . . . Queens came out in force on Memorial Day to pay tribute to those heroes who have fought – and continue to fight – for the freedoms we enjoy. As Mayor Michael Bloomberg pointed out, freedom is not, in fact, free, and the men and women in uniform – from our [...]
Thousands of Queens residents lined the streets this weekend to celebrate the troops past and present who have fought to protect the country. Check out the photos from every parade. Click here to see all the pictures from the Whitestone Veterans Memorial Day Parade. Click here to see all the pictures from the Maspeth Memorial [...]
In observance of Memorial Day, there will be no garbage or recycling collection or street cleaning on Monday, May 28. Those who normally receive garbage pickup on Mondays should place their trash curbside after 5 p.m., the Sanitation Department said. Residents who usually have recycling collection on Monday will have it picked up on Monday, [...]
By Councilmember Mathieu Eugene Chair, NYC Council Veterans’ Committee Each year since the end of the Civil War, we set aside a day to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers who have fought bravely to serve and protect our country. We take time to remember the countless number of service members in our nation’s history [...]
Queens resident and military veteran Joe Reveman’s experiences during World War II are forever memorialized in a biographical film depicting his life as an active member of the United States Armed Forces. Filming began almost two years ago when Reveman’s nephew, Bryant Falk, proposed the idea for a documentary. Falk always enjoyed hearing his uncle’s [...]
When Anthony Pike returned home from his first tour of duty in Baghdad in 2004 nothing was waiting for him. For years he had worked in community affairs and wrote articles for newspapers while in the Marine Corps. He expected to work in journalism back at home, but instead he couldn’t find work anywhere and [...]
