Six years after plans were announced to extend a stormwater outfall pipe in College Point, the city Department of Environmental Protection said it is shifting gears.The pipe at MacNeil Park ...

Lawmakers have a key responsibility — balancing their own legislative priorities with the demands of the present.For Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), the two have overlapped as of late, esp ...

Friends of Whitey Ford Field will present a free outdoor showing of Kevin Costner’s baseball-themed fantasy movie “Field of Dreams” at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, at Whitey Ford ...

Police are still searching for an assault suspect who injured another man, resulting in him being hospitalized.On July 21, an unidentified man discharged a firearm at the 35-year-old victim at ...

Birch Family Services, an organization that empowers people with autism and developmental disabilities, is celebrating its 50th year as an education provider in Queens.As the organization welcomes bac ...

Led by City Councilwoman Sandra Ung, in white jacket at mic, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, behind her, and city Parks Queens Borough Commissioner Jackie Langsam, in long taupe jacket, officials ...

Last week an on-duty city Department of Education employee was arrested in Cambria Heights, said the NYPD.Marcus Davis, 21, was arrested on Aug. 11 a little before 5:30 p.m. for ...

Flushing’s street vendors face increased city enforcementOn a typical day in Flushing, vendors line Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue with tables full of food, clothes and household items, drawing stea ...

There are three new charter schools in Queens.Zeta Charter Schools, an educational institution that says it focuses not only on educational achievement but also the emotional well-being of students, i ...

The St. Helen Support Group for the Physically Challenged recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with a luncheon at Lenny’s Clam Bar in Howard Beach.The event saw more than 50 attendees, ...

Class is almost in session, and when school starts Sept. 3 at St. Helen Catholic Academy, at 83-09 157 Ave. in Howard Beach, a new but familiar face will be ...

Myth, language and beauty will be explored at the Lewis Latimer House’s “ReVer(b)sions Poetry Lab: The Praise Poem,” Saturday, Aug. 23, from 2 to 4 p.m.Leading the free interdisciplinary, experimental ...