Jul. 20, 2023 By John Schilling The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) invited local leaders and residents of Old Howard Beach for a walkthrough of the construction site on the corner of 99th Street and 165th Avenue near Frank M. Charles Memorial Park on Wednesday, July 19. A part of the Raised Shorelines…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Few in Queens will forget when the borough was known as the “epicenter of the epicenter” during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when the only sounds coming from the streets were the sirens and gunned engines of FDNY EMS ambulances rushing the stricken to Elmhurst Hospital and other…
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Jul. 19, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann Summer is here and with New Yorkers heading to the beach to beat the heat, the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau hosted a beach safety event with the NYPD Scuba team in Far Rockaway on July 18. NYPD Community Affairs Bureau Det. Tanya Duhaney said the NYPD had organized the…
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Jul. 17, 2023 By John Schilling Elected officials and local leaders gathered together on Beach 73rd Street in Arverne on July 10 for a street co-naming ceremony honoring Alvin Benjamin, the man behind the Arverne By The Sea oceanfront community that first opened on the eastern half of the Rockaway peninsula in 2004. Remembered as…
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Jul. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry
Far Rockaway resident Jahvon Frazier was sentenced Thursday in Queens Supreme Court to 30 years to life in prison for killing a young father of three from the neighborhood in an unprovoked shooting in August 2020, as well as a previous assault.
Jul. 13, 2023 By John Schilling Elected officials, community leaders and Far Rockaway locals gathered in front of The Child Center of NY’s Ocean Bay Community Cornerstone at 57-10 Beach Channel Drive in Arverne on Wednesday, July 12, for a street co-naming ceremony to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Deborah L. Hoyle. Remembered…
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Jul. 12, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police found a dead man in a bathtub inside a Far Rockaway apartment Tuesday night after responding to a 911 call regarding a “foul odor” that was coming from the apartment, according to an NYPD spokesperson. Officers from the 101st Precinct responded to the 911 call at approximately 9:23…
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Jul. 7, 2023 By John Schilling The Edgemere Community Civic Association (ECCA) gathered with elected officials on the Rockaway Beach Boardwalk at Beach 38th Street on July 6 to voice their frustrations over the neighborhood’s lack of beach access for the last 26 years. Since 1996, the one-mile stretch of beach between Beach 38th and…
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Jul. 7, 2023 By John Schilling Two workers accused of an alleged assault on a customer in a Rockaway Park deli last month were indicted and arraigned in court on July 7 on first degree strangulation charges and other crimes, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Saber Abuhamra, 34, and Jorge Hernandez, 23, are…
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Jul. 4, 2023 By Bill Parry Despite her landslide victory in the June 27 Democratic primary, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is reminding her supporters that there is still work to be done in her re-election bid. Katz acknowledged that retired Judge George Grasso, who had a disappointing second-place finish in the primary, will continue…
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