When Tanya Delucca and her 16-year-old daughter, Michelle, went to St. Paul’s Church in Corona on Feb. 4, they were going not to pray, but to protest. The Deluccas were one of hundreds of families in LeFrak City whose rents increased more than $10 per room per month, starting this month — and many...
Convicted state senator from Queens, Hiram Monserrate is on his way out. On Tuesday, the NY Senate voted 53-8 to expel Monserrate, who has been convicted of dragging his girlfriend Karla Giraldo through his apartment lobby. He wasn’t charged with felony–a charge that would have automatically cost his job. The Associated Press reports that...
Give people a video camera, a modicum of talent and lots of spare time and you are bound to get an awesome video. Case in point, the following piece of work–that pays tribute to Forest Hills in Queens. Who would thought, aye? Here you have Saturday Night Live veteran Rachel Dratch, donning some spandex...
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...
Queens paid homage to the borough’s artistic talents last Thursday, doling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to individuals and organizations that have made significant creative strides and impacted local communities. The Queens Community Arts Fund this year is distributing $220,000 in grants to more than 40 arts organizations, including eight Queens schools, and...
Trust the Moms to know where the best hot chocolate is. Mommypoppins got our afternoon mojo cranking again, after listing some of the best places to get your choco on. Here’s the list. The blog notes that Hot Cocoa is said to beat out tea and wine when it comes to antioxidant concentration. To...
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,...
Those who knew Julian “Julie” Wager would agree that Frank Sinatra’s classic tune “My Way” reflected perfectly Wager’s life — a life lived on his own terms. Wager, affectionately dubbed “Mr. Steinway Street” for his involvement in the thoroughfare’s evolution, died Jan. 6. He was 80.
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...
The W line that runs from Astoria, Queens, to Manhattan's South Ferry is the quintessential middle child. It has trouble attracting attention and competes with its three other siblings, the N, Q, and R lines. The elimination of the Astoria part of the "W" line drew howls of protest from local commuter, but what...