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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Queens prosecutors claim the arrest is all thanks to a transit cop who stopped the teen for farebeating at a Jamaica subway station.
A razor blade found in a cop's sandwich from a Queens deli was there accidentally, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said.
Brooklyn-based artist David Datuna, who has his own gallery in Long Island City, ate a $120,000 duct-taped banana at Art Basel Miami Beach.
A fire that killed three squatters in an abandoned home in St. Albans last month wasn't an accident, officials now say.
This Bayside High School teacher was among a group of New York City public school teachers dubbed the city's greatest for science and math.
A woman claims that an NYPD officer recorded her having sex, then threatened to publish the video.
Plans to build a reading garden next to Bellerose playground are finally moving forward, five years after they were first announced.
One person is dead after a car went up in flames Thursday morning on Queens Boulevard, according to the FDNY.
Days after raw sewage started flooding South Ozone Park, outraged lawmakers are demanding answers on what caused the backup.
New York City's most popular destination among Uber riders this year was the Queens Center Mall, the ride-share company said.
Monday's light dusting of snow was apparently too much for the the 7 subway line's new, high-tech signal system.
The Northwest Bayside Civic Association is hosting its third annual tree lighting Wednesday night at Korean Community Services.
Head to Queens Borough Hall Monday for a public discussion about the sweeping criminal justice and bail reforms that take effect in January.
A cyclist was rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning after a crash in Astoria, according to the FDNY.
The owner of a hotel-turned-shelter on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst has filed plans to build a school next door to it, city records show.
Muslims For Progress helped Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez win an upset victory. Now, it's backing another insurgent Congressional candidate.
The NYPD is seeking donations of cleaning supplies to help southeast Queens residents whose homes flooded with raw sewage over the weekend.
On the eve of his trial, a Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Far Rockaway man with an ice pick in 2017, prosecutors said.
Bayside is the most expensive neighborhood in Queens for commercial space, according to a real estate firm's new data analysis.
The nonprofit Friends of Maple Grove is ringing in the holiday season with a free concert and art exhibit featuring a Forest Hills artist.
