Kayla Levy covers all things Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills and Bayside for Patch. She has written for New York Magazine's Curbed and the Strategist, and Time Out. Follow her on Twitter @kaylev and send story tips to kayla.levy@patch.com.
P.S. 111 is under investigation for the second time this week amid an uptick in COVID cases, mirroring a citywide trend as omicron spreads.
The lieutenant and three people exchanged gunfire outside of Woodside's La Boom club in what officials believe to be an armed robbery.
The COVID uptick at P.S. 46 comes as the omicron variant spreads through NYC, reportedly doubling the citywide positivity rate in 3 days.
The COVID uptick at P.S. 111 comes as the omicron variant spreads through NYC, reportedly doubling the citywide positivity rate in 3 days.
In 2019, an off-duty NYPD officer met with a "drug dealer," who was an undercover cop, and agreed to transport cocaine in Queens for cash.
'Rosa Pizza' announced its new shop at Bay Terrace days after Jack's claimed that mall owners want to replace it with a new pizzeria.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng called on the State Department to help bring a Queens resident and his family home from a refugee camp in the UAE.
The $1.5B Terminal 4 revamp is a scaled back version of the original plan, but it's finally underway as part of JFK's $18B transformation.
Protesters refused to show proof of vaccination or leave a Queens Cheesecake Factory when asked by the NYPD, comparing officers to "Nazis."
Tiffany Cabán is bringing participatory budgeting back to Astoria this year, and is leading an event for locals to learn about the process.
The Pomonok apartment where the fire broke out was "cluttered," delaying search and rescue efforts, the FDNY said.
The two-alarm fire broke out on Tuesday night at 44th Street and 31st Avenue, filling the residential block with sirens and smoke.
The people reportedly lured young, immigrant girls to Queens, and then sex trafficked them across NY with protection from a police officer.
Cord Meyer says the pizzeria didn't meet "financial obligations," but the eatery says the developer wants to bring in another pizza shop.
A developer got cash to build luxury condos at a long-empty lot on Queens Blvd., the Real Deal reported. Not all locals support the plan.
The beloved tavern closed amid the shutdown of NYC's restaurants and bars in 2020, but is reopening for dinner and drinks as of Wednesday.
Two people got into a verbal fight outside of Astoria's Alpha Lounge on Sunday morning, which turned physical when one shot the other.
Forest Hills Bagel manager Luis Diaz told Eater that patrons have been buying tubs of cream cheese at his shop amid a citywide shortage.
Huge Ma, known for his vaccine-finding platform, TurboVax, launched a Democratic primary challenge on Monday in his home district of Queens.
Most of the children at St. Mary's hospital need more care than what their families can afford. The fundraiser aimed to lessen that burden.
