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.
The CUNY in Bayside is among 12 institutions in Queens slated to receive millions in COVID-19 relief funds from The American Rescue Plan.
Metropolitan Learning Institute, Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah-Grodno, and Rabbinical Seminary of America, will receive millions in COVID-19 funds.
LaGuardia Community College and CUNY School of Law are among 12 institutions in Queens slated to receive millions in COVID-19 relief funds.
Astorians called out Yang for writing a pro-Israel tweet hours after a series of fatal rockets and airstrikes between Hamas and Israel.
The "supercharged" version of the city's Open Streets program will transform 10 corridors citywide, including two in Queens.
The four men are accused of beating a Queens mom to death and stashing her corpse in a car.
Two neighborhood branches reopened to patrons Mon. for the first time since last year, with browsing and computer use in 30 min increments.
The animal rescuers were tagged in a Bayside Facebook group post about the lost rooster. It's one of a dozen posts they're tagged in daily.
39th Street will get the minimally-defined Bike Boulevard, which will connect existing bike lanes and protect cyclists, the mayor said.
Movie screenings and movie-slash-performances will be held at Astoria Park and the Radial Park drive-in, respectively, as soon as May 14.
Since 2009 there have been 32 fatal crashes on Woodhaven Blvd, half of which happened between Queens Blvd and Union Tpke near Forest Hills.
Retro Pizza, a family-owned pizza joint in Astoria, was damaged by a fire on Monday. A fundraiser was started to help the family rebuild.
An Asian woman was verbally harassed in Forest Hills on May 8, marking the 3rd instance of anti-Asian hate reported in the area this month.
Police said that the man had been sitting in the front passenger seat of a vehicle shortly after midnight when he was shot in the chest.
Police are still looking for a suspect who robbed a Long Island City bank on Thursday May 6, after threatening to shoot a bank employee.
Meng's endorsement comes as hundreds of Asian American New Yorkers, including city council candidates in Queens, rally against Yang.
The woman hit and killed Officer Anastasios Tsakos while driving with a blood alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit, says the DA.
The Mayor announced speed limit decreases in high-crash areas including Astoria Blvd, where there have been 10 fatal crashes since 2012.
Early Monday morning, firefighters were sent to battle a blaze at Retro Pizza on Broadway, which left one injured, FDNY officials said.
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