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.
You can take a city harbor tour in an LIC-built boat that transported goods and people in the 1930s. Get tickets now, before they sell out.
Some say that lax public drinking laws would help businesses recover from the pandemic, while others fear they would prompt chaos and crime.
Community members have been pushing for a larger, new library in Rego Park since the 1990s. Redesign plans were revealed on Wednesday.
The preserved roses boutique in Astoria, which plans to open in September, will sell hand-picked roses that last up to three years.
The series features a showing of The Lion King on Saturday, July 31, followed by Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jaws in the upcoming months.
A Forest Hills-based non-profit usually helps people apply to DACA, but after a judge deemed the program illegal its clients are in limbo.
Wall Street manager turned fisherman Captain Bobby Earl was born and raised in Bayside. Now he's a star on a reality TV fishing show.
Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed some of the stars performing in this summer's hip-hop themed reopening shows across the outer boroughs.
The team that's upgrading MTA tracks with new automated technology had to help reset the signals by hand amid power-outage-induced delays.
The cult-favorite chain is opening its first Queens outpost in Astoria, prompting concerns from locals about the area's small businesses.
A flier circulating in Douglaston calls on neighbors to voice opposition to a planned homeless shelter. Advocates are pushing back.
TimeOut ranked an Astoria pizzeria, which opened in 1959, among the city's best slices. It's the only pizza shop in Queens on the list.
So far, the city has found 20 times as many West Nile virus-infected mosquito groups in 2021 compared to 2020, prompting more bug sprays.
Don't miss out on the chance to join Astoria's co-ed, recreational softball league. Click here for more information about how to sign up.
In 1996 Rubina Malik's husband was gunned down by her uncle. 25 years later she is pleading that he be released, and move in with her.
Two men were accused of stealing millions of dollars in goods from New York metropolitan area jewelers, including in Long Island City.
Two men were accused of stealing millions of dollars in luxury goods from New York metropolitan area jewelers, including one in Rego Park.
There are still major train delays across Queens on the E, F, M, and R lines a day after subway signal service went dark in Forest Hills.
M&S Italian Food Specialists closed in 2011 with a note posted in the window. Baysiders are still lamenting its closure ten years later.
The 67-story luxury condo tower is not only the tallest skyscraper in Queens, but also in any of the boroughs aside from Manhattan.
