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Open Street in Astoria To Come Back In April | Queens Top Stories

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The community program, which spiked during the pandemic, will open for its fourth season on April 22 between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on weekends.
The community program, which spiked during the pandemic, will open for its fourth season on April 22 between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on weekends. (Courtesy of Hannah Kornreich)

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31st Avenue Open Street in Astoria To Reopen In April

The community program, which spiked during the pandemic, will open for its fourth season on April 22 between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on weekends.

Mets Closer Edwin Díaz Expected To Miss Season After Knee Injury

Díaz sustained a full-thickness tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee, the Mets confirmed on Thursday.

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Former Queens Deacon Sentenced After Enticing Minors Online: Feds

Rogelio Vega, 52, faces 16 years in prison for luring three boys into sexual encounters while he was a deacon with the Catholic Church.

LIRR Restores Forest Hills, Kew Gardens Services Amid Local Complaints

LIRR added a train departing from Penn Station at 4:04 p.m., arriving at Forest Hills at 4:18 p.m.

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Queens Son Fatally Stabs His Mother, Strangles Father, In Flushing: DA

Dennis Cho, 20, was arrested after stabbing his mother, 59-year-old Hyun Sook Lee, to death and strangling his father last month.

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