🌱 Fundraiser To Save Trylon Theater + Gas In Queens Breaks $5

Morning, Queens! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's what's happening today in Queens.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and beautiful. High: 71 Low: 62.

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Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. A group of neighbors is trying to raise $80K to save the Trylon Theater by making a "plea of passion" to worldwide Art Deco enthusiasts. The theater, located in Rego Park, is a historic-theater-turned-synagogue that's slated for demolition. Trylon Theater was built in 1939 and named after the World Fair's centerpiece from that year. This is only one of several Queens Boulevard buildings that developers plan to demolish to build a 15-story luxury building. A petition to end the demolition has raised over 4,200 signatures. (Patch)
2. For the first time ever, the average price for a gallon of regular gas broke the $5 mark in Queens on Thursday. The BP station on Long Island City displayed $5.03 for a gallon of regular gas. According to the AAA, NYC's average price of regular gas is at an all-time high at $5.02 a gallon with the average for premium gas being $5.56 a gallon and $6.77 for diesel. (LIC Post)
3. An arrest has been made almost two months after the brazen daylight beating that left beloved NYC store owner, Arasb Shoughi, dead. Authorities have arrested Rondolfo Lopez-Portillo, 48, from Queens, for allegedly beating Shoughi at his Global Pawn store on Jamaica Avenue so savagely cops initially thought he'd been shot in the head. Lopez-Portillo faces murder, robbery, and criminal weapons possession charges in the March 28 attack. (NBC New York)

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Today in Queens:

• Shadow Puppet Performance “Tiger Tales” - Virtual (4:00 PM)
• Freestyle Comedy, At Lic Tonsorial, 32-86 Steinway St (7:00 PM)
• The Pointers, At Bar Marseille (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• The NYPD is seeking the public's help in finding a missing 10-year-old boy from Queens. Marvin Bonilla was last seen around 5:40 p.m. Wednesday leaving his Chandler Street home and walking east on Chandler Street toward Nameoke Avenue. (NBC New York)
• Congratulations to Queens Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Grech who landed on City and State NY’s 2022 Queens Power 100! (Facebook)
• Queens Council On The Arts is hosting a Listening Tour! The council wants to hear the voices of the Queens community. Join them at their first tour stop Tuesday, May 24, 2022, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Register using the QR code at the link on Facebook. (Facebook)

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That's it for today! See you tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. 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, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.