A $14 million upgrade to replace the borough’s aging water system will soon flow into portions of central and southern Queens, authorities said. About 13 miles of new ductile iron water mains will be installed to replace old unlined cast ones in Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill and Far Rockaway, according to the city’s [...]
City officials, local merchants and the community are coming together in Richmond Hill to kick-start a program set to beautify the streets. “We can only do so much, [residents] can only do so much, but together we can do a lot more,” said Iggy Terranova of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DOS). Councilmember [...]
A one-year-old girl, who was reportedly riding in the front passenger side and without a car seat, was injured in a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon in Richmond Hill, said police. Around 1:42 p.m., the car carrying the child was travelling eastbound on 91st Street when it collided with a vehicle that was driving north on [...]
For the last 25 years, the Richmond Hill Block Association (RHBA) and its board of directors and civilian patrol have been preparing Thanksgiving dinner for the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill. Officers who are on duty have a full dinner with all the trimmings. This event has succeeded in bringing the police closer to the [...]
Another round of redistricting is complete and new City Council lines are one step away from taking effect. The city’s 15-member bipartisan Districting Commission unanimously approved the redrawn map on November 15 before presenting it to the City Council for approval. If the council does not object to the map, the new council districts will [...]
More than 105,000 Queens residents remain without power as Con Edison crews continue clean up and restoration efforts. More than three times the number of residents lost power during the storm in New York City than during Hurricane Irene last year. “This is the largest storm-related outage in our history,” said Con Edison Senior Vice President for [...]
Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven and Richmond Hill offer some of the nicest homes in Queens — ranging in size and age. These listings come to you from Jerry Fink Real Estate Inc., located at 160-10 Cross Bay Boulevard, and Connexion I Real Estate, located at 161-14A Cross Bay Boulevard. This historic looking, all-brick Tudor [...]
Their message was responsibility and awareness. Less than two weeks after four area teens perished in a tragic car crash on the Southern State Parkway, hundreds turned out to a candle light vigil at Phil Rizzuto Park in Richmond Hill. Family members, friends and neighborhood residents gathered to remember Christopher Khan, Neal Rajapa, Darian Ramnarine [...]
One phrase was continually repeated at the second round of the city’s public hearing on redistricting — déjà vu. The chorus of voices, whose pleas went unheard at the first round of city council redistricting hearings, returned with much the same message. “Little has changed since August when we were commenting on the current district [...]
Those who knew Christopher Khan all seemed to say the same thing: he always had a smile on his face, no matter the day or the time. Funeral services for Khan were held on Wednesday, October 10 in South Ozone Park. Hundreds of relatives, friends and neighbors packed the funeral home to say goodbye to [...]
