🌱 Teen Boy Shot Outside Of Maspeth High School + Man In East River

Happy Thursday, people of Queens! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Clouds yielding to some sun. High: 70 Low: 60.

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Here are the top three stories in Queens today:

1. A teenage boy was shot in the arm before fleeing into a Queens high school on Wednesday afternoon. The 17-year-old, who is a student at Maspeth High School, was shot in the left arm at 74th Street and Grand Avenue at around 1:40 p.m., according to police. The school was locked down until about 3:15 p.m. and the victim was taken to the hospital with a non-fatal injury. (PIX11 New York News)
2. On Wednesday morning, a body was found floating in the East River near the Astoria Ferry Terminal. According to NYPD, at around 6:00 a.m., officers rushed to the waterfront after receiving a 911 call of a body floating in the water near Vernon Boulevard and 30th Drive. As of this writing, the victim — a fully clothed, 30-something man — has not been identified. (Patch)
3. After a two-year wait, a Queens baseball team unable to use their home field received a new pitching mound. The Construction High School team previously hadn't been allowed to play home games, due to their multi-million dollar Astroturf home field having too small of a Little League mound. The league mandates high schoolers need an 18-foot mound; the school's was only 10 feet. For the first time since before the pandemic, Victory Field hosted its first official home game on Monday night. (WABC-TV)

Today in Queens:

• Farm Community Volunteer Days, At Queens Botanical Garden (9:30 AM)
• Steps To Successful Interviews Webinar, At Glen Oaks Branch Library (2:00 PM)
• Intro To E-Commerce, At Corona Branch Library (And Multiple Other Library Locations) (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Queens College unveiled a $9.8 million renovated athletics field with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. (QNS.com)
• Check out what's going on in Queens today through May 18! (Western Queens Gazette)
• A new Planet Fitness location is opening on Queens Blvd. in Flushing. (CoStar Group)

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— 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.