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1. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center Completes Renovations At 93-29 Queens Boulevard In Rego Park, Queens (newyorkyimby.com) — Renovations are complete at the Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park, bringing a fully updated gym, spin studio, weightlifting area, and modern locker rooms to local residents. The $25.9 million overhaul also improves accessibility, safety systems, and building infrastructure, preserving historic WPA murals while transforming the center into a more functional, inclusive neighborhood hub.
2. Gilbane Development Wins NYSERDA Recognition for Affordable Queens Housing Project (constructionowners.com) — A new affordable housing project in Jamaica, Queens, has earned a NYSERDA Building of Excellence Award for its highly energy-efficient Passive House design. The Hillside North Building is planned as 100% affordable housing, aiming to cut energy use while improving resilience. Developers say the recognition highlights how Queens projects can combine sustainability with urgently needed lower-cost homes.
3. ODA Completes Radiant LIC with Cascading Aluminum Facade (parametric-architecture.com) — A new residential tower called Radiant LIC has opened in Long Island City's Queens Plaza, featuring cascading terraces and a corrugated aluminum facade inspired by the elevated railway. The design weaves outdoor terraces throughout the building to improve wind conditions and give residents private outdoor space. It's one of several projects reshaping Queens Plaza from industrial hub to dense residential neighborhood.
4. Longer primary care visits and risk scoring cut hospital use for Medicaid (scienmag.com) — Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens has redesigned primary care for high‑risk Medicaid patients, using longer visits and risk scoring to cut emergency room trips and hospitalizations. With help from state-funded patient navigators, the program tackles chronic disease and social barriers like transportation and housing, offering a model other Queens providers and policymakers may look to replicate.
5. Three more 'mole men' spotted climbing into Upper Manhattan manhole (nydailynews.com) — New Yorkers have reported a string of 'mole men' climbing into and out of manholes across the city, including a recent sighting of a bandana-wearing man emerging from a Queens sewer with accomplices. Police say the groups appear to be urban treasure hunters searching for valuables and scrap metal, and are investigating multiple late‑night incidents in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
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