🌱 Funeral For Fallen FDNY Firefighter + Astoria Street Co-Named

Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Queens Daily.

First, today's weather:

Sunny to partly cloudy. High: 64 Low: 46.

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Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. On Friday, family, friends, and thousands of fellow firefighters gathered to bid a final farewell to a fallen FDNY firefighter. Shortly after noon, the funeral mass for 31-year-old Timothy Klein got underway at St. Francis de Sales Church in Belle Harbor, Queens. Up to 20,000 people were in attendance for the funeral, honoring the firefighter who died Sunday when flames engulfed the second floor of a home, causing part of the ceiling to collapse. (WABC-TV)
2. A free concert featuring a mix of jazz and classical music will take place at Sunnyside Community Services next week. Beginning at 2:00 p.m., the concert will feature performances by two separate groups, Mavis Pan String Quartet and Mark Wade Trio, and is expected to last around an hour. The free event takes place on May 7 at 43-31 39th St., and will also be streamed via the Sunnyside Community Services Facebook page. (Astoria Post)
3. An Astoria street will bear the name of a pioneering LGBT activist family. Today at 2:00 p.m., a street sign will be unveiled as "Stanley, Kathleen & Robert Rygor Way" at the corner of 34th Street and Broadway. Although the Rygor family no longer lives on the street they called home for 67 years, the street will be co-named for the beloved Astoria figures who were active in the LGBT rights movement following the untimely death of their son. (Patch)

Today in Queens:

• HTML And CSS Boot Camp, At Glen Oaks Branch Library (12:00 PM)
• Free Outdoor Concerts, At Culture Lab LIC! (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• A pair of Queens council members have endorsed Ana María Archila for lieutenant governor. (QNS.com)
• An owner of pharmacies in Brooklyn and Queens has pleaded guilty to a health care fraud and kickback scheme. (Department of Justice)
• Work on the Queensboro Bridge will require Manhattan-bound upper roadway lane closures through the end of May. Find out more about the closures at the link. (Twitter)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— 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.