Forest Hills, NY|News|
Forest Hills Private School Named To 2020 List Of NYC's Best
Niche.com released its rankings for the city's best private schools in 2020, and just two are in Queens.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
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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-Long Island City, NY|News|
SEE IT: Fire Breaks Out In Long Island City's Xi'an Famous Foods
The fire sent heavy smoke into the air and shut down traffic along part of Jackson Avenue in Long Island City.
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Forest Hills, NY|News|
Forest Hills Stadium Announces Its First Concert Of 2020
The Forest Hills Stadium has announced its first concert of 2020, and this Grammy-nominated artist is headlining.
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Bayside-Douglaston, NY|News|
PS41Q Kindergartners May Temporarily Move To New School Building
The city wants to move P.S. 41 Crocheron's kindergartners out of their classroom trailers to build an addition to the overcrowded school.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Jamaica, NY|News|
Queens Woman Gets 15 Years For Plotting Terror Attack
The Jamaica woman pleaded guilty in August to planning to build explosives for a terrorist attack, federal prosecutors said.
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Astoria-Long Island City, NY|News|
Court Square Library To Close In February, Its Future Still Murky
In a rally Wednesday, Long Island City residents called on library officials to speed up the search for the branch's new home.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Forest Hills, NY|News|
No District 28 Schools Represent Local Diversity, New Study Finds
None of the 55 public schools studied were representative of diversity in the district, which runs from Forest Hills to Jamaica.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Bayside-Douglaston, NY|News|
Acai Bowl Shop Opening In Bay Terrace Shopping Center
A father-daughter team is opening a location of SoBol, an acai bowl and smoothie shop, in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center next week.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Astoria-Long Island City, NY|News|
Astoria Deli Workers Slashed During Nighttime ATM Robbery: NYPD
Two deli workers in Astoria were slashed in the face Tuesday night trying to stop a pair of robbers from stealing their ATM machine.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Jamaica, NY|News|
Activists Protest Katz's Queens DA Inauguration Over Cash Bail
Criminal justice activists protested Queens DA Melinda Katz's inauguration after she broke a campaign promise to eliminate cash bail.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Forest Hills, NY|News|
Forest Hills Native Awkwafina Makes Golden Globes History
Awkwafina is the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe for lead actress in a comedy or musical, for her role in "The Farewell."
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Forest Hills, NY|News|
Forest Hills Community Board Hosts January Monthly Meeting
Queens Community Board 6, which oversees Forest Hills and Rego Park, will host its next meeting Wednesday. Here are the details.
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Bayside-Douglaston, NY|News|
Bayside Police Precinct Gets A New Commanding Officer
Bayside's local police station, the 111th Precinct, will have a new captain starting next week.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Jackson Heights-Elmhurst, NY|News|
10-Year-Old Boy Killed, Mom Hurt In Queens Dump Truck Crash: NYPD
A 10 year-old boy has died and his mother is in critical condition after a dump truck driver crashed into them near LeFrak City.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Astoria-Long Island City, NY|News|
Officials Pitched Extra Incentives To Bring Amazon To LIC: Report
New documents unearthed by the Wall Street Journal show officials at one point offered to pay a portion of some HQ2 workers' salaries.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Forest Hills, NY|News|
Woman Robbed As She Exits Forest Hills Subway Station: NYPD
Two weeks after a woman was robbed as she exited a Forest Hills subway station, the NYPD is still searching for the man responsible.
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Forest Hills, NY|News|
Queens District Attorney's Office Launches Conviction Review Unit
Innocence Project attorney Bryce Benjet, who represented Rodney Reed in the fight to block his Texas execution, will lead the new unit.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Bayside-Douglaston, NY|News|
New Children's Fitness Program Opens In Little Neck
Commonpoint Queens' new Kidz Fit Gym is intended to help combat rising childhood obesity.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
Flushing-Murray Hill, NY|News|
Flushing Man Among 5 Dead After His Bus Crashes In Pennsylvania
A Flushing man was among five killed when the bus he was driving crashed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Sunday.
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Queens|News|
Man Lobs Anti-Semitic Slurs At Woman Outside Queens Yeshiva: NYPD
A man made anti-Semitic remarks and spit at a woman after he was blocked from entering a yeshiva in Far Rockaway, the police say.
Maya Kaufman, Patch Staff
