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Queens Residents See Little Value in Homeless Hotels
Queens Residents See Little Value in Homeless Hotels
Morris leans his back against the wall in front of a 7–11 store on a rainy night in Forest Hills, with a black backpack full of clothes…
An Peng
Nov 6, 2019
One Shelter Too Many
One Shelter Too Many
The news was a shock — and a blow — to the Rockaway community. Anger spread from one house to another, one resident to another, as the…
TuAnh Dam
Nov 6, 2019
Renting God’s House: One Congregation’s Search for A Faith Home of Their Own
Renting God’s House: One Congregation’s Search for A Faith Home of ...
As voices rose to sing the refrain of the service’s third hymn, the bibles in the pews remained untouched. Lyrics, in Spanish, flashed on…
Rebecca Clark-Callender
Nov 2, 2019
Elmhurst building has highest number of heat and hot water outages. But does it really?
Elmhurst building has highest number of heat and hot water outages....
Some residents claim it’s one mysterious caller.
Gabby Elizabeth Miller
Oct 31, 2019
As Sunnyside Yards planning process continues, community remains divided
As Sunnyside Yards planning process continues, community remains di...
As the Sunnyside Yard Master Planning Process draws towards an end, and potential groundbreaking gets closer every day, supporters and…
James Schapiro
Oct 28, 2019
In Queens Housing Court, Waiting Takes a Toll.
In Queens Housing Court, Waiting Takes a Toll.
By An Peng, James Schapiro and TuAnh Dam
TuAnh Dam
Oct 27, 2019
Restaurant Row thrives post-Hurricane Sandy
Restaurant Row thrives post-Hurricane Sandy
Frank Amato stood under the black awning of Elegante, a pizzeria and Italian restaurant in the Rockaways, excitedly showing off the…
TuAnh Dam
Oct 17, 2019
Labor Day of a “Latchkey Kid”
Labor Day of a “Latchkey Kid”
If residents in Forest Hills want to get optical checks on a rainy Labor Day, the only place they can go is Cohen’s Fashion Optical…
An Peng
Oct 17, 2019
MTV3’s only employee in NYC: Mari Karpinen
MTV3’s only employee in NYC: Mari Karpinen
When I spotted Mari she was struggling with her video equipment in the pouring rain. Standing beside her was her fiancée, holding an…
Noor Al Kalouti
Oct 17, 2019
Rockaway Residents Criticize Beach Closure
Rockaway Residents Criticize Beach Closure
At a recent community board meeting, three Far Rockaway residents criticized New York’s recent citywide beach closure and its effect on…
TuAnh Dam
Oct 17, 2019
Profiting Off Pee: a story about working on Labor Day
Profiting Off Pee: a story about working on Labor Day
By Celia Heudebourg
Celia Heudebourg
Oct 17, 2019
Hotels and their neighbors clash over noise, trash in Williamsburg and Greenpoint.
Hotels and their neighbors clash over noise, trash in Williamsburg ...
By Celia Heudebourg
Celia Heudebourg
Oct 17, 2019
Rezoning Debate Ignores Safety Questions
Rezoning Debate Ignores Safety Questions
Situated on a notably treeless stretch of street, 1123 Myrtle Avenue is not a building you’d want to look at twice. The Myrtle Ave Line…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
Oct 17, 2019
Construction of controversial Park Slope shelters promotes discussion on affordability
Construction of controversial Park Slope shelters promotes discussi...
Park Slopers might be seeing Mayor Bill de Blasio around his famous YMCA gym more often now that he has dropped out of the 2020…
Jackie Hajdenberg
Oct 17, 2019
Not Looking to Sell Your Bed Stuy Brownstone? Don’t Pick Up the Phone
Not Looking to Sell Your Bed Stuy Brownstone? Don’t Pick Up the Phone
On Bedford-Stuyvesant’s historic, tree-lined Bainbridge Street, at the corner of Stuyvesant Avenue, Denise Gillman owns the brownstone in…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
Oct 17, 2019
Queens Man Evicted Over Name Error
Queens Man Evicted Over Name Error
New York, NY — Silence filled the halls of the Queens Civil Courthouse on an unusual Tuesday morning. All but one of the judges were away…
Gabby Elizabeth Miller
Oct 14, 2019
At Queens CB2 meeting, residents denounce Sunnyside Yard
At Queens CB2 meeting, residents denounce Sunnyside Yard
Almost two hours into the September 4th meeting of Queens Community Board 2, Arthur Tarley, who calls himself a “son of Queens,” stepped…
James Schapiro
Oct 2, 2019
Rockaway Community Responds to Hate Crimes
Rockaway Community Responds to Hate Crimes
“I’m not that naïve,” DeNaro said as she stared out of the sanctuary’s blue-stained glass windows, just nine blocks away from where…
TuAnh Dam
Sep 29, 2019
Forest Hills community debates on the issue of bike lanes
Forest Hills community debates on the issue of bike lanes
Residents in Forest Hills say Queens Boulevard is the “Boulevard of Death” — over the years, multiple bicycle injuries and fatalities…
An Peng
Sep 28, 2019
2020 Census Moves to Document the Undocumented
2020 Census Moves to Document the Undocumented
With the 2020 United States Census around the corner, New York City has ramped up efforts to achieve as complete a count as possible.
Gabby Elizabeth Miller
Sep 28, 2019
Donuts, Coffee, and Labor Day
Donuts, Coffee, and Labor Day
When people call up The Kingsbridge Donut Shop in the Bronx to place an order, they are often met with a simple greeting: “coffee shop.”…
Rebecca Clark-Callender
Sep 28, 2019
In Woodside, a passion for barbering
In Woodside, a passion for barbering
Ruben Arnov has been a barber since 1985. For the last ten years, he’s owned and operated Ruben Barbershop in Woodside, Queens. His rent…
James Schapiro
Sep 28, 2019
Hundreds attend town hall to protest proposed homeless shelter
Hundreds attend town hall to protest proposed homeless shelter
Ridgewood, NY — Hundreds of Queens locals crowded into the P.S/I.S. 119 auditorium last night to protest a planned homeless shelter at…
Taylor Dudley
Sep 28, 2019
Man arrested after brutal beating of Crown Heights rabbi
Man arrested after brutal beating of Crown Heights rabbi
The police have arrested and charged 26-year-old Oniel Gilbourne with assault as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon on…
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Sep 26, 2019
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