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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The chef at Kōyō, a new omakase restaurant that opened Wednesday in Astoria, has done stints at Eleven Madison Park and Shuko.
The city mistakenly gave red light tickets to participants in this year's "Run for Richie" 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride, organizers said.
Three men attacked a couple riding the subway with their dog in Queens, according to the NYPD.
Three people are dead after a fire ravaged an abandoned home in southeast Queens late Thursday, according to police and fire officials.
Nearly 40 runners braved brisk temperatures Wednesday for Queens College's annual Fall Fun Run Turkey Trot around the campus quad.
Blink Fitness has opened a new gym in Springfield Gardens, the affordable fitness chain's tenth location in the borough.
Police say they deemed the reports inaccurate and that there's no active shooter or firearm situation at the Bayside school.
The former Wall Street stockbroker pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $500,000 from investors in his bogus foreign currency scheme.
MoMA PS1's new restaurant, Mina's, finally opened last week. It replaces the museum's M. Wells Dinette, which closed in March.
A Lyft driver was convicted of sexually assaulting a passenger who fell asleep in his car during a ride home, prosecutors said Wednesday.
New York Assembly Member Ed Braunstein is collecting gifts for hospitalized children and veterans to distribute this holiday season.
After months of appeals from Gothamist, Queens prosecutors agreed to release records from their internal cop credibility database.
Police are still looking for a driver who fatally struck a pedestrian in Jamaica two weeks ago, then ditched the car and ran away.
The MTA is prepping to renovate a half-dozen subway stations along the 7 line in Queens.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Food Network star Michael Mignano's new Jackson Heights bakery is a finalist for Eater NY's award for best of the year.
The family of 17-year-old Talasia Cuffie, who was stabbed to death last week in South Jamaica, is raising money to pay for her burial costs.
The history of Forest Hills is the focal point of historian Michael Perlman's new art exhibition that opened this weekend.
The Flushing site once home to the supermarket Assi Plaza will turn into a 19-story mega-development with 368 apartments, records show.
An auction of President Donald Trump's childhood home was postponed indefinitely because no qualified bidders came forward, a report says.
