Is Jackson Heights getting a new chat house? The answer, my friend, is YES. And as The Village Voice points out, it looks like a “multi-culti” sorts. Why do we think so? Because the new awning for “Ambala Sweet and Bakery Chat House” has almost every nation in South Asia listed.
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If you like your game night to come with a box of Scrabble, the board game that requires you to actually spell words (gasp) correctly; then here is some news for you. The tricky game was invented in Jackson Heights, Queens by Alfred M. Butts (Whaaa, you say?!) If you go poking around the...
It’s lunch time..so this means I can openly drool at all the things I should be eating right now, but am not. So here goes. From fluffly Dhoklas to Alu Paranthas, Idlis and Dosas…we all know Jackson Heights has it all.
As the 7 train climbs overland and clatters noisily into Queens, the demographic shift in the subway car is perceptible. Skin tones get darker, hemlines lower and necklines higher. The car slowly fills with Koreans, Hispanic families and middle- aged Indian men reading the newspaper. Incomprehensible chatter fills the air and boils down to...
Quirky is a word that gets thrown about quite a bit when talking about New York coffee shops. But when you’re a slice of bohemian cool in a market place hemmed in by Indian purveyors of samosas, curries and kababs —the aura of a shop’s froths transforms an ordinary cup o’ joe into something outside...
On any given day, you would find day worker Jose Manuel at Hart Park, 69th at 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights. The painter from Mexico comes to the park each morning hoping to be picked up for work. On Tuesdays, a mobile soup kitchen run by St. John's Bread and Life provides him and his...
Still scratching your head over what gifts to buy this season? Is the hole in your pocket smoldering from an impulse purchase? No need to worry. With the smorgasbord of ethnic communities that make up Queens, you can stay local but shop global — and not break the bank. From Dragon statuettes and Tibetan...
Saturday may be the hardest morning to crawl out of bed, but this week more than 100 residents of Jackson Heights gathered at the Renaissance Charter High School on 81st Street to brainstorm how to make their community greener. Jackson Heights was originally intended to be a “garden in the city.” Edward MacDougall who...
For many students in Queens, overcrowded schools are a constant reality. Each day they jostle and push through crammed hallways, squeezing into classrooms designed for fewer occupants. Some students in Jackson Heights, however, may soon be granted a reprieve, as the city has acquired the Blessed Sacrament School building at 34-20 94th St. and will...