🌱 Woman Found Dead In Building Vestibule + New Target Store

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Let's get this day started. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Queens today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 53 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories in Queens today:

1. The Forest Hills Jewish Center, a fixture in Queens, is relocating. The 400-family unit Conservative congregation’s synagogue at 106-06 Queens Boulevard has been on the market for about a year. Rabbi Gerald Skolnik, the congregation’s spiritual leader since 1982, explained that the current 70-year-old building “doesn’t serve the needs of our congregation." (The Jerusalem Post)
2. A 29-year-old woman was found dead in a residential building's vestibule on Main Street near 56th Avenue in Flushing. Police said while the victim had no apparent signs of trauma, she did have bleeding around the vaginal area. A 52-year-old man who lives in the apartment building was taken to the local precinct for questioning. (WPIX 11 New York)
3. Excavation work is underway for a three-story Target store at 22-11 31st Street in Astoria, which is slated for completion in Jan. 2023. Sitting in the former site of a two-story Key Food supermarket until its demolition in 2020, the building will yield 97,314 square feet with 175 feet of frontage along 31st Street. Up to 100 employees will be hired for the store. (New York YIMBY)
4. The Gotham Organization and RiseBoro Community Partnership have revealed amenity spaces at Gotham Point, a dual-tower residential development in Hunters Point South, Queens. Gotham Point will comprise 1,132 rental apartments, which includes 847 rent-stabilized units. The South Tower is expected to debut later this year and the North Tower in 2022. (New York YIMBY)
5. Queens kid LL Cool J had his name cemented in music history over the weekend after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Dr. Dre presented him with the Musical Excellence Award for more than thirty years of making music that shaped a generation. The rapper took the opportunity to thank his family, support system, and his borough. (Queens Daily Eagle)

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Today in Queens:

• Horticulture Volunteer Day - Queens Botanical Garden (9:00 AM)
• Multicolored Pencil Chinese Painting Appreciation Workshop (In English-Chinese) - Glen Oaks Branch Library Virtual (11:00 AM)
• You Be The Judge - Glen Oaks Branch Library Virtual (11:00 AM)
• Sing-Along Preschool Party by Emily Music for Kids - Glen Oaks Branch Library Virtual (11:00 AM)

Queens Patch Notebook

• Queens Botanical Garden: "Starting today, from November through March, enjoy FREE ADMISSION at Queens Botanical Garden! Free admission does not include programs and events that are separately priced. We are open Tuesdays through Sundays, 8am-4:30pm. We are closed Mondays year-round, except legal holidays. We are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. We are open on Monday, January 17 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) and Monday, February, 21 (Presidents' Day)." (Facebook)
• Queens Borough President Donovan Richards: "Happening now: our office is hosting a Diwali Celebration here at The Hindu Temple Society of North America. Tune in here and join us." (Facebook)
• Queens Chamber of Commerce: "The employer application for the Internship to Employment Winter ’22 cohort will close in just under a week, on Monday 11/8. Employers will have access to fully paid-for interns and receive partial subsidies for these interns if hired full-time" (Facebook)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.