Apr. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello The month of May brings a lively lineup of special events to the Queens County Farm Museum, located at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. As New York City’s oldest continuously farmed site and the only working farm in the five boroughs, Queens Farm offers unique seasonal…
Apr. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry FDNY fire marshals are still working to determine the cause of a stubborn 2-alarm fire at the CALLAHEAD headquarters in Broad Channel that injured a civilian and a firefighter on the night of Sunday, April 27. The blaze broke out at 3-04 Cross Bay Blvd. just before 7…
Apr. 29, 2025 By Czarinna Andres and Ramy Mahmoud Students, community advocates and transit experts gathered at Queens College on Monday evening, April 28, for a town hall focused on advancing the QueensLink project — a proposal that could dramatically improve public transportation in Queens by reactivating the long-abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch rail line.…
Apr. 29, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The median sale price across New York City rose 10% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, from around $698,000 last year to $768,000 this year, according to a report by the real estate database site PropertyShark. Several Manhattan neighborhoods had the most significant increases over this period…
Apr. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello Pickleball season is in full swing across Queens, and there’s no shortage of places to play. With longer days and warmer weather here to stay, players of all ages are hitting the courts—from casual neighborhood matches to competitive tournaments. The borough’s passion for the sport is on full…
Apr. 28, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ), a nonprofit working to combat food insecurity through youth-led urban farming, celebrated the launch of a new hydroponic farm at M.S. 053 in Far Rockaway on April 24, expanding its Far Rockaway Farm Hub and giving hundreds of students…
Apr. 28, 2025 By Czarinna Andres The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has signed a contract to sell a long-vacant development site at 3229 Far Rockaway Blvd. for $8 million, public filings show. The buyer, Walton Realty NY LLC, is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at an address commonly associated with real estate…
Apr. 28, 2025 By Athena Dawson Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. delivered his third annual State of the Borough address at Queens Theatre on Friday, April 25, outlining his administration’s efforts over the past year across education, health, the environment, social services and economic development. Richards’ speech took a defiant tone against former…
Apr. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry An off-duty NYPD cop from Briarwood was arrested on Thursday morning and booked at the 102nd Precinct in South Ozone Park for allegedly sending sexually explicit content via an online app to an undercover officer posing online as a 14-year-old girl. Police Officer Travis DeSouza, 35, of Van…
Apr. 25, 2025 By Czarinna Andres The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is hosting a series of pop-up events across Queens and select locations in Brooklyn to help bus riders prepare for major service changes set to take effect this summer as part of the Queens Bus Network Redesign. The outreach campaign began earlier this…