🌱 Basketball Court Shooting + MTA Platform Doors Test + LGA Art

Happy Friday, people of Queens! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Heavy rain tapering off. High: 38 Low: 20.

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Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. A man was hospitalized on Wednesday after he was shot on a basketball court in Queens. At around 4:00 p.m. inside the basketball courts located in the rear of 411 Beach 51 Street in Far Rockaway, two males entered and fired multiple times at a 22-year-old man. The victim was struck in the leg and transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition. The suspects ran off following the shooting. (FOX 5 NY)
2. The MTA announced plans to test platform doors at three subway stations in Queens and Manhattan on Wednesday. According to the agency’s chief Janno Lieber, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will pilot the barriers at Times Square on the 7 line platform, at Third Avenue on the L line, and at Sutphin Boulevard/JFK on the E train. No timeline has been released for the project, but more details are expected from an agency working group known as the Track Intrusion Task Force. (AMNY)
3. Six New York City-based artists have been tapped to create installations for the LaGuardia Airport, which will tell the story of the city’s immigrant history and celebrate the city’s diversity. The permanent large-scale art installations, including sculptures and painted ceramic murals, will be displayed at the airport's new Terminal C. The commissioned artists who will create artworks are Mariam Ghani, Rashiid Johnson, Aliza Nisenbaum, Virginia Overton, Ronny Quevedo, and Fred Wilson. (Queens Daily Eagle)

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Today in Queens:

• Distance & Displacement: Poetry And Prose Writing Workshop, At Glen Oaks Branch Library (9:00 AM)
• Healthy Nutrition For Seniors, At Queensbridge Branch Library (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• A transplanted southern gentleman who moved to Astoria nearly three decades ago has hit the ground running since taking over the Sunnyside Business Improvement District (BID) last month. (Twitter)
• Check out this guide to find the six best places for happy hour in Astoria! (Twitter)
• Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are searching for a man who molested two young girls aboard an MTA bus in Jamaica in two separate incidents last week. (Twitter)

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That's it for today! I'll see you around.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners, and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.