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Alternate side parking rules, congestion pricing, toll hikes and other fees make car ownership costly and burdensome in the five boroughs. Many New Yorkers, as a result, stick with using a Metro Card.
A Queens historian and preservationist has teamed up with a Brooklyn-based foundation to salvage storefront signs from shuttered city businesses — including the distinct red and yellow sign of the ...
A popular 10-day festival will return to Forest Hills next month with a lineup of more than 100 films. The event, called Festival of Cinema NYC, kicks off on Aug. 4 at the Regal UA Midway and will ...
Cheese of the World, which has been located in Forest Hills for more than 65 years, is closing. Nellie Chiu, the owner of the 71-48 Austin St. store, made the announcement on Instagram Wednesday. She ...
The popular Swedish homeware and furniture store IKEA is closing its Rego Park store in December—less than two years of being in operation. IKEA Queens, which opened a 115,000 square foot space within ...
Dozens of immigrant home care workers — who look after elderly patients — held a protest outside Councilmember Sandra Ung’s district office in Flushing Thursday calling on the lawmaker to sign on to a ...
Eight reputed mobsters—including two from Queens—who allegedly ran underground gambling parlors in Queens and Long Island have been arrested by the feds on racketeering, illegal gambling, money ...
More than a dozen Queens elected officials have called on the city and state to fund a study that that would assess the viability of a new potential north-south train line in central Queens. The call ...
Two residential areas in southeast Queens were designated historic districts yesterday by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The commission created two separate historic ...
A street corner in Kew Gardens will soon bear the name of a well-known historian while an intersection in Richmond Hill will be modified to carry the name of a local preservationist. The first street ...
The Rite Aid store on Austin Street will close next week — adding to the growing list of locations the company is shuttering across Queens and the nation. The 71-14 Austin St. Rite Aid will shut down ...
The Department of Education will expand the Gifted and Talented program to all school districts, Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks announced Thursday. “Expanding our Gifted and ...