A multimillion dollar project will rebuild some of Ozone Park’s crumbling infrastructure. Councilmember Eric Ulrich announced the $45 million plan at the Ozone Park Civic Association’s March meeting. The three-year project, starting in March 2014, would focus on new and upgraded sewage systems, street signs and traffic lights, according to Ulrich’s office. Final designs are [...]
Two Queens pedestrians lost their lives in separate accidents Tuesday. The first incident occurred around 12 p.m. when a woman in her 50s was trying to cross the westbound lanes of the Belt Parkway near North Conduit Boulevard and was struck by a motorcycle. She was pronounced dead at the scene and the motorcyclist, a [...]
Proposed revival of the Rockaway Beach LIRR Line has gotten some federal backing. Congressmembers Hakeem Jeffries and Gregory Meeks are all-aboard for restoring the 50-year-defunct line in a new form, which would effectively link Rego Park to Ozone Park via mass transit. Together with Assemblymember Phillip Goldfeder, they have sent a letter to U.S. Transportation [...]
The NYPD is looking for a man wanted in connection to the burglary of a Verizon Wireless store in Ozone Park. According to police, on Thursday, March 7, around 5:30 p.m., three suspects entered the business, located at 107-12 Cross Bay Boulevard, through a rear window and removed numerous cell phones, laptops and an undetermined [...]
On his first day back on the job since returning from Afghanistan, firefighter James Denniston became part of a rescue team that saved four lives from a burning building. In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 16, members of Engine Co. 285 were called to a fire in a three-story building at 110-10 Rockaway [...]
Do you know where in Queens this photo was taken? Guess by commenting below! The answer will be revealed next Friday. Last week’s answer to “Identify this Place”: 84th Street and 107th Avenue, in Ozone Park. Read more about the women who lived in this locally famous blue house.
A staffer for Comptroller John Liu was arrested in an alleged kickback scheme, reportedly pocketing over $50,000. Veda Jamoona and two other co-conspirators were arrested on Monday, February 25 for allegedly stealing funds from a senior citizen’s lunch program, run by the nonprofit United Hindu Cultural Council (UHCC). “By stealing from the senior center lunch [...]
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER PHILLIP GOLDFEDER Last year, the legislature passed a bill, as the first step in the process to amending the state constitution, allowing enhanced gaming in up to seven locations across the state. While this was only the beginning, it was a huge victory for Queens families who have already benefited from the economic [...]
BY ADJANI SHAH What started as a class project for Melissa Levin’s second graders at P.S. 108 soon escalated into a community service effort. The destruction of homes during Sandy also meant the loss of books for many children, including two of the school’s own students. The kids of Levin’s class want to help. A [...]
BY ANTHONY O’REILLY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: As immigrants from countries such as Guyana, Trinidad and others in the West Indies come to New York, they often find themselves in a state of culture shock. Many have few resources to work with and lack the ability to keep in contact with their families back home. Kris Gounden [...]
