Danielle Woodward is a reporter for Patch in New York City, where she covers all things Queens. She came to Patch from the Traverse City Record-Eagle in Northern Michigan, where she's covered business, features and education news. She's also been a copy editor and producer for the Arizona Republic and has written for the online news site, Addiction Now.
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Whitestone residents have rallied to help the mourning family of the 17-year-old girl fatally struck by a driver who ran a red light.
Permits have been filed to tear down a century-old house on Grosvenor Lane to make room for the 19-unit complex, city records show.
The man assaulted three Pollo Campero employees in a fight over the fast food chain's soda machine, cops said.
The two managed to steal the pricey pieces from Flushing Jewelry and Pawn in broad daylight, police said.
The 58-year-old man was found in his St. Albans driveway with stab wounds to his face, neck and body Thursday morning, police said.
The city opened its affordable housing lottery on an entire eight-story complex, including 66 units set aside for seniors, on Thursday.
A man cloned the woman's credit card and charged more than $1,300 to it at a Nordstrom department store near Columbus Square, police said.
The City Council deputy leader announced his support Thursday for Nixon in her Democratic primary run against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Gordon Francis was found guilty of stabbing a social worker 25 times in 1993 after improved DNA tests linked him to the slaying years later.
The couple robbed two men at knifepoint in four days at subway stations in Long Island City and Elmhurst, police said.
At least six other Queens parks haven't been upgraded in more than 100 years, according to the new study.
"We want the mayor to hear us," said Citylights resident Paul Burrows. "This park is fabulous. We want to be able to live here and use it."
The Flushing physician got a short prison sentence after taking a last-minute plea deal just before jurors reached a verdict in his trial.
Police released a photo Wednesday of a man caught fondling himself aboard the Q37 bus.
Incumbent Greg Meeks will keep his seat as Fifth Congressional District representative after sweeping the Democratic primary Tuesday night.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory in NYC has rattled the Democratic establishment.
The Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema will screen its global selection of more than 100 indie films in Forest Hills this year, organizers said.
The 20,000-square-foot venue coming to the neighborhood's Kaufman Arts District will feature two performance spaces and a recording studio.
A Whitestone man will spend a year behind bars for stealing converters from at least 15 cars and selling many to a Bronx recycling shop.
A 50-year-old man was walking home from the XS Hookah Lounge when the perp punched him in the head, police said.
