Maya Kaufman covers Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills and Bayside for Patch. She has written for The New York Times, Bloomberg News, the Miami Herald and CBSNews.com.
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A pair of burglars stole $4,000 cash and a trove of Canada Goose and Moncler coats from a Whitestone home this week, police said.
A 22-year-old man was taken into custody after the crash in Queens early Friday, police said. Charges are pending.
Neptune Diner is opening a location on Bayside's Bell Boulevard.
Bayside restaurateur Michael Molinari died unexpectedly Monday, according to a news report and the restaurant's social media.
Tenants of a rent-regulated apartment building in Astoria say their landlord has left them out in the cold — so to speak.
Tikka N Talk, located on the lower level of the Austin Street "mall," started taking orders last week.
The armed men who broke into a Richmond Hill home and held its residents hostage Tuesday were on parole, according to a news report.
The groundwork for Forest Hills artist Yvonne Shortt's public artwork came from neighborhood experiences.
The fundraiser will help the family of Alfredo Cabrera Licona, who was hit and killed by a Bud Light delivery truck driver last week.
Under the to-go service model, readers can request books and other materials in advance and pick them up at the library.
The longstanding Central Queens "yellow zone" has been expanded to include the northern section of Astoria, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Traffic is partially blocked along the northbound Van Wyck Expressway in Central Queens after a car flipped over.
Monthly rents for the so-called "affordable" apartments start at $2,156 for a studio, records show.
Two men are in police custody following a five-hour-long standoff overnight Tuesday at a Richmond Hill home.
A duo is selling homemade pizzas out of a brick oven stationed on an Astoria street corner, according to a news report.
The auto dealership will pay $186,000 to settle claims that it targeted Chinese-speaking customers to sell cars at inflated costs.
Commuters should expect extensive delays Tuesday after the MTA did emergency switch maintenance work at Queensboro Plaza.
The man told a store worker in Trek Bicycle Forest Hills that he wanted to take the bike for a test ride, but never returned.
A city-run coronavirus testing site on the Astoria-Woodside border has started offering rapid tests.
This week, City Harvest is packing an estimated 200,000 pounds of Thanksgiving food to distribute to families across the five boroughs.
