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 new work in Socrates Sculpture Park puts the spotlight (literally) on union members responsible for electrical and construction work.
A Flushing woman died Monday, one week after she was hit crossing the street in her neighborhood, according to the police.
Aigner Chocolates has introduced two new beverages using a rare, pink-tinted variety of chocolate known as "ruby chocolate."
Queens Community Board 11 has canceled its monthly meeting, which was scheduled for tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Police charged a man with a DWI after he reportedly turned a police fleet into a game of bumper cars over the weekend.
An Astoria bank robber got an unexpected windfall on Saturday when he reportedly fell from an elevated subway platform while escaping cops.
The Queens County Farm Museum launched its first food drive Sunday, which will help Queens College students who are going hungry.
A Brooklyn man was charged with attempted murder for stabbing his girlfriend and her six-year-old child on Thanksgiving, prosecutors said.
A clogged sewer line sent raw sewage flooding into the basements of dozens of homes in southeast Queens over the weekend.
A van driver hit and killed a pedestrian as she crossed Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside Friday morning, according to police.
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The NYPD says a borough-wide spike in tire and rim thefts is hitting northeast Queens particularly hard.
Comedian Anita Flores values booking diverse guests for her Frasier podcast "I'm Listening," and it all started with her Astoria upbringing.
A man tried to steal laundry detergent from an Astoria Walgreens, then fled with an armed accomplice after fighting a store employee.
Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi of Forest Hills is collecting gift boxes to give to women who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Jackson Heights food truck Birria-Landia won a glowing, two-star review from celebrated New York Times food critic Pete Wells on Tuesday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill authorizing a study on extending Queens' Vanderbilt Motor Parkway trail to its sister trail in Long Island.
There are three new "affordable" apartments in Astoria up for grabs — but you have to earn at least $73,000 a year to be eligible.
A rabbi is planning to build a new synagogue in Rego Park, according to a news report and city records.
An 80-year-old woman was killed in Murray Hill, Queens after a driver slammed into her as she crossed the street, police said Wednesday.
