Every year, when 7 line service is suspended for weekend maintenance work, the business community in Long Island City feels the pinch. This year is no exception, with trains suspended for 10 weekends between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza. On Monday, business owners from the area gathered to discuss the fallout of the subway...
When Maggie Ornstein, a CUNY student, lived in Manhattan, the farmers markets that popped up almost 6 days a week at different locations was one of her favorite things about the city. “I loved it,” she said “You could get fresh produce and meet the farmers.” Now, that she has moved to Woodside, Queens,...
For the last couple of months, Norwood Gardens, Astoria resident Helen Carter has been waking up on weekends to find broken liquor bottles in her backyard. Donnelly Marks, another Norwood resident filled an entire bag with trash found on her block even as she walked her dog one Saturday morning.