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.
Follow her on Twitter @mayakauf and send story tips to maya.kaufman@patch.com.
Dylan Jason Syer stands accused of using Hart's credit cards to spend more than $1 million on luxury goods, Queens prosecutors said.
The mural on Astoria Boulevard is a tribute to Moustafa Kassem, a New Yorker imprisoned in Egypt on what he said were false charges.
The story of the Ralph Bunche House is part of an interactive map unveiled by the Landmarks Commission in honor of Black History Month.
Konchalski, an alumnus of Archbishop Molloy High School, scouted future NBA players such as Kenny Smith and Moses Brown.
The Queens Night Market's free, virtual seminar series is meant to help aspiring entrepreneurs start successful businesses.
Donors at the upcoming blood drives in Astoria will get to take home Mets tickets and other baseball-themed swag.
Donors at two upcoming blood drives in Bayside will get to take home Mets tickets and other baseball-themed swag.
Queens Community Board 6, which oversees Forest Hills and Rego Park, will meet Wednesday night. Here's what's on the agenda.
Bayside's Korean Community Services will become a temporary COVID-19 vaccination site on Thursday and Friday. Here's what you need to know.
Citi Field was supposed to be a 24/7, "mega" vaccination site — but it will only be open four days a week and offer about 200 shots a day.
A manhole fire erupted Tuesday afternoon in Astoria with two thundering booms, shaking nearby homes and filling the air with smoke.
NYPD Auxiliary Lieutenant Frederick King had spent 45 years volunteering for the division that patrols Queens public housing complexes.
Starting Wednesday, the LIRR will make an additional stop at Mets-Willets Point to ferry people to and from vaccine appointments.
A pop-up COVID-19 testing site is up and running this week at Queensbridge South.
The social service organization's purchase of the Forest Hills Community Center will allow it to do a major renovation.
Lawmakers said the vaccination site opening this week at Citi Field is still too far away for Northeast Queens seniors.
Donors at the New York Blood Center's drive Tuesday will have the chance to get free COVID-19 antibody tests.
Stephanie Cordero, 38, was last seen the evening of Friday, Jan. 22, near her Astoria home, according to the NYPD.
Households have to make at least $70,000 a year to be eligible for any of the 43 "affordable" apartments, located in a new luxury complex.
The 24-hour coronavirus vaccination site will serve Queens residents, food delivery workers and TLC licensees, the mayor said.
