Aug. 23, 2023 By John Schilling Hundreds of firefighters, elected officials, neighbors, friends and family gathered at Beach 129th Street and Newport Avenue in the Belle Harbor section of the Rockaways on Wednesday, Aug. 23, for a street co-naming ceremony to honor the life and legacy of the late FDNY Firefighter Timothy Klein. Klein, a…
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Aug. 23, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed State Senator James Sanders is inviting everyone for a day of family fun at the fifth annual Queens Carnival returning to the streets of Far Rockaway on Saturday, Aug. 26, featuring masquerade costumes, moko jumbie stilt walkers, island foods, singers and dancers. “We are bringing the islands to Long…
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Aug. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry
Aug. 23, 2023 By Ethan Marshall A study conducted by the travel information site Scott and Yanling concluded that New York City is the second-most expensive city in the United States where people can take weekend getaways. Scott and Yanling concluded it costs $1,291 to spend the weekend in New York City. The study was…
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Aug. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Queens high school students participated in an eight-week paid summer internship as part of a leadership program sponsored by Bank of America. Five city high school juniors and seniors were selected to the 2023 Student Leaders for New York City initiative providing them with first-hand experience in serving…
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Aug. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry A youth soccer team from Far Rockaway has bragging rights after winning City Parks Foundation’s “CityParks Soccer Battle of the Boroughs” tournament at Flushing Meadows Corona Park earlier this month. The team representing Beach 30th Street Playground and Baisley Pond Park was crowned champion on Aug. 11 after competing…
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Aug. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) helped kickoff U.S. Open Fan Week on Aug. 21 at Corona Yard adjacent to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, where the main draw gets underway from Monday, Aug. 28, and will run through Sunday,…
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Aug. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry
Aug. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry Flushing Meadows Corona Park now features a home for retired concrete playground animals in a quiet grove just east of the iconic Unisphere. NYC Parks hosted a retirement party for the six whimsical cement sculptures on Aug. 18, complete with party hats and cake, and issued a proclamation honoring…
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Aug. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway and Transit District 23 are on the lookout for a slipper-wearing gunman who menaced an on-duty MTA worker at the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue subway station on the night of Monday, Aug. 14. The 22-year-old MTA employee was standing on the platform…
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