Construction started on a $4.5 million facelift of Chappetto Square in Astoria, one of Robert Moses' Triborough Bridge playgrounds.
The Hunters Point Library will open this September, eight years after plans were first unveiled.
New alternate side parking regulations are coming to Astoria, after a years-long campaign by the Old Astoria Neighborhood Association.
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement will use the funds for anti-violence programs in western Queens' public housing complexes.
Astoria resident Noriko Okaya will stand up for a good cause this weekend, as she paddles around New York City to raise money for charity.
A mobile science lab is parking in Astoria this summer to teach students of all ages about marine life in Hallets Cove.
More than 500 households in Astoria lost power after storms battered the city Wednesday.
The Queens Public Library is expanding the hours of its tech lab at Queensbridge Houses from three to four days a week.
"Before he became an American hero, he was mine," said Luis Alvarez's son, David. "He was my hero, the one I wanted to make proud."
NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez, a fierce advocate for the Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund, died Saturday of colorectal cancer.
The city is closing 12th Street between 44th Avenue and 43rd Road to traffic and parking and adding public seating, starting this month.
The Astoria Houses Senior Center, which the mayor's office planned to close amid budget cuts, will remain open.
A long-awaited $1 million dog run on Hoyt Avenue in Astoria opened Thursday, following months of delays.
A live podcast show in Queens is getting heat for inviting right-wing extremist and former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos to guest star.
Corporate Center’s One of a Kind Pop-Up Event Doubles in Size since Inaugural Event
This LIC-based nonprofit helps formerly incarcerated men reenter the workforce by teaching them a foundational skill: how to put on a tie.
The two-year-old boy suffered a broken leg and a fractured skull in the hit-and-run on Queens Plaza South.
A British company is turning the Paper Factory Hotel into a co-living space with shared amenities and an event program.
Two weeks after Amazon nixed its Long Island City campus plans, residents of the nation's largest public housing complex look for work.
The online retail behemoth has abandoned plans for a sprawling Long Island City campus.
The inflammatory posters drew condemnation from advocates and the local city councilman.
Volunteers participated in UJA-Federation of New York's Supplies for Success backpack assembly event
Million Solar Strong campaign organizers want the state's help reaching their goal, which includes solar power in 100,000 low-income homes.
Long Island City residents can catch the ferry at Gantry Plaza State Park starting Aug. 29.
A spray area, new play equipment and an athletic field were among upgrades unveiled Thursday in the park's first makeover in over 20 years.
Residents need the mayor to sign off on renegotiations of a tax spike that could oust many from the co-op. "We're begging him for consent."
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday the controversial redesign will move forward, despite board members voting it down 27-8 in June.
The 11-story complex going up across from the MoMa PS 1 museum will display and sell local art for anywhere from $275 to $10,000.
"We want the mayor to hear us," said Citylights resident Paul Burrows. "This park is fabulous. We want to be able to live here and use it."
Citylights residents fear a sharp spike in the co-op's property tax assessments could force them out of the state-owned waterfront complex.
"Grease" will play on the big screen at the park this Friday for Central Astoria Local Development Coalition's first drive-in movie night.
Dozens of bicycling activists linked arms along 43rd Avenue to protest for more protection between the road's bike and car lanes.
This group is asking the city to add a safe grassy area to Astoria Park. NYC Parks says plans are already underway to do just that.
Her best friend's child has cancer, so this Astoria woman started a GoFundMe to treat it. She's raised nearly $16,00 in less than 2 weeks.
The Museum of the Moving Image will honor two filmmaking pioneers with these special series launching on Friday.
More than 5,000 people are expected to come out for a day of amusement park rides, multiethnic foods and piña coladas.
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A committee will draft a master plan for the long-awaited Queens neighborhood over the next two years, the city and Amtrack said Thursday.
The Long Island City park's old field house will be demolished on Thursday to make way for a new multimillion-dollar facility.
The museum was researched, created and installed by students in a pre-GED program for young adults with criminal pasts.