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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Astoria's annual Greek Independence Day Celebration on Friday has been canceled to help prevent further spread of the new coronavirus.
Police are looking for the duo suspected of shooting a man last month outside the Show Palace strip club in Long Island City.
A man broke into a Rego Park restaurant early Wednesday and made off with two cash registers and an iPad, according to the police.
Two meetings in northeast Queens about the MTA's bus network redesign have been postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
A Queens native is opening the borough's first Philly Pretzel Factory location in Forest Hills.
The new coronavirus outbreak is prompting some meeting cancellations, but Queens Community Board 6's meeting isn't one of them.
The New York attorney general lambasted City Fresh Market in Astoria for selling disinfectant sprays at an "unconscionably excessive price."
Yeshiva Har Torah in Little Neck canceled classes after an assistant principal contracted coronavirus, the New York Post reported.
Candidates have racked up nearly $2 million in public funds for the March 24 election to spend nine months as Queens borough president.
The NYPD is looking for five people who beat up a man last month on an Astoria street corner.
Weekend LIRR service on the Port Washington line will run hourly on weekends while workers renovate the Douglaston station platform.
A 75-year-old man who tested positive for coronavirus is in critical condition in Queens, city officials said Monday.
Police are looking for a man who swiped a diamond engagement ring worth more than $11,000 from an Astoria jewelry store in January.
Four developers are privately hatching potential plans for a series of mega-towers lining the Long Island City waterfront, records show.
The Long Island Rail Road's 5:50 p.m. express train to Bayside is back, the MTA said.
The Long Island Rail Road on Monday relaunched 10 rush hour trains to and from Penn Station that had been temporarily rerouted or canceled.
A man was stabbed in the stomach Friday night while dealing marijuana in an Oakland Gardens apartment, according to the police.
An Uber driver in Far Rockaway became Queens' first confirmed case of coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.
Residents of NYCHA's Astoria Houses lost hot water 39 times from October to December 2019, newly released data shows.
Transportation Alternatives is launching a weekly "bike train" for Forest Hills commuters heading to work on two wheels.
