🌱 Max’s Restaurant + Woman Struck By Hammer + FedEx Truck Crash

Morning, people of Queens! Miranda Fraraccio here with the latest edition of the Queens Daily.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine and cold. High: 35 Low: 27.

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Here are the top three stories in Queens today:

1. A Filipino restaurant chain will be opening a new franchise location in Woodside. Max’s Restaurant, popular for its unbattered, deep-fried chicken, is expected to open its first New York City location at 40-09 69th St. in mid-April. The restaurant will take over the space once occupied by Rosario’s Ihawan in the heart of Little Manila. (Queens Post)
2. A woman was struck multiple times in the head with a hammer and kicked down the stairs at a Queens subway station. The incident happened on Thursday night just before 11:30 p.m. at the Queens Plaza E, M, R subway station in Long Island City. The 57-year-old woman, whom police sources said is a researcher at the city's Department of Health, suffered a fractured skull and lacerations to her head and is in critical condition at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. (Spectrum News NY1)
3. On Thursday morning, a woman was struck by a FedEx truck while crossing the street in Fresh Meadows. According to a press release, the victim, identified as 83-year-old Cecilia Armesto, was crossing Union Turnpike at the intersection of 193rd Street when she was hit by a FedEx truck driven by a 72-year-old man. The victim was transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens in Jamaica where she was pronounced dead. (Queens Chronicle)

Today in Queens:

• Black History Month: Money Management Worshop For Kids, At Sunnyside Branch Library (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• The Queens Public Library has announced the opening of the "Queens COVID Remembrance Day" exhibit at Elmhurst Library, right in the heart of what became known as the "epicenter of the epicenter." (Twitter)
• The Department of Transportation installed safety measures at a notoriously dangerous intersection in Glendale after a gruesome video of a pedestrian being run over not once, but twice, went viral. (Twitter)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning 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.