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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The Long Island Expressway closed in both directions at Kissena Boulevard after the truck hit a divide and flipped over Tuesday afternoon.
Citylights residents fear a sharp spike in the co-op's property tax assessments could force them out of the state-owned waterfront complex.
An 82-year-old woman was found dead in the kitchen of the burning Bellerose home, authorities said.
Board members approved a proposal to limit developments in parts of NYC, so long as those restrictions also apply to government projects.
The perp fled the bank on 37th Avenue with an unknown amount of cash, police said.
A Queens man was convicted of luring his friend from Europe to the U.S. and then fatally shooting him with an antique gun in broad daylight.
For the next six months, the agency will offer $60 weekly tickets or $5 one-way tickets to riders traveling between these 10 stations.
A man out for a Father's Day dinner noticed a surprise "ingredient" on the order for his burger at an NYC beer garden, ABC7 reported.
A Flushing father now faces deportation to China after ICE agents cuffed him in what he thought was an interview to get his green card.
A 71-year-old woman was found dead in the blaze that broke out Monday morning, authorities said.
Health inspectors deemed these places too dirty to stay open.
The North Hills School on Friday won this year's citywide Super Recyclers award and the $1,000 prize that comes with it.
The thief snuck into the apartment through a window but fled empty handed after coming face-to-face with the man who lives there, cops said.
A man faces deportation to China after he was arrested in an interview to get his green card, the New York Daily News reports.
A man was sentenced to 12 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to three burglary attempts in Ridgewood, prosecutors said Friday.
The thief demanded money from a Chase Bank but the teller left the counter and didn't return, so he fled, police said.
Board members voted against the controversial safety improvement project Wednesday evening. It will likely happen anyway.
The Queens man beat up and shot a 16-year-old suspected gang rival in Jamaica, leaving him paralyzed, prosecutors said.
No words were exchanged before the man punched the teen in the face on the stairs of the Main Street 7 station, police said.
The man grabbed the teen's butt once while waiting for an E train at the Jackson Heights station and again while on it, police said.
