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Good morning Queens! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Will new QueensLink studies revive South Queens rail service hopes?
  • Which Queens schools just added free tennis and tutoring afterschool?
  • Queens trafficker sentenced—how DA Katz says victims can get help

Also on today's calendar: The Compost Collective Fall Market and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 73 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Sunday: A bit of afternoon rain, temps: high: 65, low: 59.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 72 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Feasibility of ambitious QueensLink project to be studied — Queens Daily Eagle (queenseagle.com) — Studies funded by a new $500,000 federal grant will examine how the proposed QueensLink rail line could reshape commuting, housing, and community life in South Queens. Advocates hope the data will revive the sidelined project as officials currently favor the competing QueensWay greenway, even as Borough President Donovan Richards stresses the need for better transit options in local "transit deserts."
   

2. New York Junior Tennis and Learning expands ACES afterschool program to four new sites in the Rockaways (qns.com) — Families in the Rockaways and across Queens now have more free afterschool options as New York Junior Tennis and Learning expands its ACES program to four additional Rockaway schools, bringing the borough total to 16 sites. Kids receive tennis lessons, tutoring, enrichment, and healthy snacks, with several other Queens schools from Jamaica to Astoria already participating and more details available online.
   

3. Southeast Queens man sentenced for sex trafficking a young woman out of the Pomonok Houses in Fresh Meadows: DA (qns.com) — A Southeast Queens man has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for sex trafficking a young woman he exploited while she worked at a Queens motel and lived at Pomonok Houses in Fresh Meadows. Prosecutors say he abused her, took all her earnings, and broke promises of housing and childcare. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz urges anyone needing help to contact her office's Human Trafficking Bureau.
   

4. Affordable Housing Fast Track: NYC Names 12 Districts (uticaphoenix.net) — Starting Jan. 1, 2027, several Queens community districts, including Corona, Elmhurst, Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Bayside, Douglaston, Queens Village, Bellerose and Rosedale, will qualify for a faster 90-day review of certain housing proposals. The city says this Affordable Housing Fast Track keeps public input and environmental rules while speeding approvals in areas that have built little affordable housing. Residents are urged to follow community board notices and scrutinize each project's actual affordability levels.
   

5. Queens museum explores Louis Armstrong's Ghana connection in year-long exhibition (travelprnews.com) — Queens jazz fans can now explore Louis Armstrong's deep ties to Ghana at a year-long "Armstrong in Ghana" exhibition at the Louis Armstrong Center in Corona. The show blends rare archive recordings, contemporary art, live music, and talks to connect Armstrong's 1950s–60s visits with today's conversations about identity, civil rights, and cultural exchange between Queens and Accra.
   

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  • Kitten needs a home: We found this sweet kitten abandoned on the street and are looking for her forever home.
    Missy is approximately 8 months old, affectionate and very playful. She would absolutely LOVE another young cat to play with all day. More info… (Nextdoor Hunters Point South)
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    She is very smart and knows the block and surrounding area very well, so we believe she may still be nearby. She was last seen around Jamaica Ave… (Nextdoor Woodhaven (ForestPkwy-Jamaica))
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