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 Whitestone resident was killed Tuesday evening after he crashed his motorcycle on the Cross Island Parkway, according to police.
A new batch of "affordable" apartments in Long Island City is open for applications, and rents start at $2,241 for a studio.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's order to cancel a nonpartisan special election for Queens borough president has pushed Jim Quinn off the ballot.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a Forest Hills home has turned into a makeshift gallery of hand-painted rocks with uplifting messages.
The NYPD released footage Monday of a gunman who opened fire outside Lavoo Cafe in a bloody brawl in February and is still at large.
The Queens incident comes amid a rise in anti-Asian discrimination related to the spread of COVID-19.
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The NYPD is looking for the duo responsible for stabbing a man and stealing his cell phone in Astoria Monday night.
A kindergarten class in Forest Hills brought some brightness to Elmhurst Hospital amid the siege of the new coronavirus.
Olan Montgomery was one of nine coronavirus deaths in a day at a Queens hospital. His family watched his fight from afar.
Police on Wednesday nabbed two tire thieves racing away from the scene of the crime in what turned out to be a stolen car.
This Queens man showed up at the Mount Sinai Queens ER with fever, coughing and shortness of breath. He left as a coronavirus survivor.
A pop-up food pantry is distributing non-perishable and fresh foods to Astoria residents in need during the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
The city is expanding its free meals program to offer more options for New Yorkers who observe kosher and halal dietary rules.
Long Island Jewish Medical Center workers will get $2,500 bonuses in recognition of their efforts responding to the pandemic.
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital workers will get $2,500 bonuses in recognition of their efforts responding to the pandemic.
A poetry project celebrating the resilience of Queens is bringing the borough's subway map to life with a new, interactive platform.
The NYPD is looking for a man responsible for mugging two women in broad daylight last week in northeastern Queens.
A fundraiser for Elmhurst Hospital raked in more than a million dollars by selling prints by New York-based photographers.
An inmate who died last week of the new coronavirus inside a Long Island City prison was exactly six weeks away from his release date.
