🌱 LGA's New Shortest Route + LIC Shooting + Little Manila Avenue

Good morning, Queens! I'm here in your inbox this morning to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Here goes...

First, today's weather:

Less humid with some sun. High: 79 Low: 67.

Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. Beginning in September, LaGuardia Airport (LGA) will have a new shortest route. According to an airline spokesperson, Delta will begin running service between Hartford, Connecticut, and LGA on Sept. 6. While the company's website lists the flight time as about an hour, customers will likely spend less time in the air. (Bloomberg)
2. Just after midnight on Jun. 13, a man was shot outside of a luxury high-rise in Long Island City. According to police, the 25-year-old victim is expected to survive his injuries after being shot in the neck by an unidentified suspect outside 1 QPS Tower, a 44-story building located at 42-20 24th St. Police say the victim met with a would-be buyer to sell a Playstation 5; a dispute ensued and the suspect then pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the right clavicle area of his neck. (LIC Post)
3. On Sunday, the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street was officially co-named “Little Manila Avenue.” More than 200 Filipinos and their friends turned out in Woodside for the official co-naming, which pays tribute to the Filipino community who established businesses and began moving to the area in the 1970s and built a hub near 69th Street subway station in Woodside. Sunday's event also commemorated Philippine Independence Day, a day that marks the declaration of independence from Spain in 1898. (Queens Post)

Today in Queens:

• Farm Community Volunteer Days, At Queens Botanical Garden (9:30 AM)
• Financing Your Business (English), At Queens Business Outreach Center (2:00 PM)
• Queens Library Parent Workshop, At Scholars' Academy (5:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Blue Bus Project's "Bridging Communities" mural will be unveiled on Jun. 15 at Fifth Street between 46th Avenue and 46th Road in Long Island City. (QNS.com)
• The dad of the 13-year-old who drowned in Queens is asking why the school didn't tell him sooner that his son skipped the day. (CBS New York)
• Are you looking for a new furry friend to add to your family? If so, don't miss these adoptable animals in Queens. Patch and Petfinder have curated a list of all the pets recently put up for adoption in the area. (Queens Patch)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with 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.