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A development company has filed a land use application to construct a 16-story mixed-use building on a large triangular lot in Rego Park that includes a synagogue and the Tower Diner. RJ Capital ...
Three men were shot, one fatally, outside a Kew Gardens hotel this morning, in what authorities say was the first homicide in New York City this year. The shooting took place at around 1:10 a.m.
A notorious Kew Gardens hotel — where a triple shooting left a 20-year-old man dead on New Year’s Day — has officially closed. The Umbrella Hotel closed Friday, a hotel worker told the Queens Post ...
A Queens historian and preservationist has teamed up with a Brooklyn-based foundation to salvage storefront signs from shuttered city businesses — including the distinct red and yellow sign of the ...
The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) will present updated plans for the future Kew Gardens jail parking garage and community space — part of the borough-based jails plan — at a local ...
Cheese of the World, which has been located in Forest Hills for more than 65 years, is closing. Nellie Chiu, the owner of the 71-48 Austin St. store, made the announcement on Instagram Wednesday. She ...
Rebuilding hospital capacity in Queens is a matter of life or death. A study released late last year by NYC had a grim finding – as the pandemic overwhelmed the city, 30 percent of patients ...
A housing lottery has opened for 267 apartments in a new affordable development in Forest Hills. The units, which are located in two of a three-building development, are open to residents who fit low- ...
The man who was arrested Thursday for assaulting a 52-year-old Asian woman on a Flushing street was released from custody early this morning. Patrick Mateo, 47, who was charged with assault and ...
Elizabeth Crowley has conceded to Council Member Donovan Richards in the Democratic primary for Queens Borough President. Crowley, a former council member, came in second behind Richards on June 23 ...
Kohl’s is closing its Rego Park store, one of four stores the company plans to shutter nationwide. The retail giant described the Rego Park store–and the three others– as “lower performing” in a ...
The state legislature unanimously passed a bill last month to protect and preserve the historic character of the Lefferts Boulevard Bridge in Kew Gardens. The bill, sponsored by Assembly Member Daniel ...