Hollis News

Opening Day at the Mets' Citi Field - back when fans had some hope. Rarely doesA the national spotlight shine as brightly as in its 2009 illumination of Queens, where a mysterious illness shared headlines with a brand-new ballpark and terrorist raids.

Ominous? What is this place? Name it in the comments for the simple satisfaction that you know Queens through and through.

Angel Fernandez, who performs with Marc Anthony and J-Lo, recently used Eventide's Anthology II plug-in bundle on a wide variety of projects at his studio.

Regarding Paul Vallone's political future, we will be finding out during the next few months whether he will run for political office in 2010.

Marllorie Santiago and husband, Robert Solomon, load their car with 42-inch flat-screen TV bought at Kiss Electronics in Harlem.

Chef Unique Johnson proudly shows off her stuffed cheeseburgers and fries at Hollis Famous Burgers.

A second New York man has been sentenced in connection with the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in a Groton motel room last December.

In January Run-DMC learned that they would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .

NY1's CeFaan Kim was in Hollis where a street was renamed for Run-DMC. Hollis Avenue and 205th Street will now be known as Run-DMC/JMJ Way.

This Sunday , a historic Street Renaming Ceremony will take place honoring Hollis, New York Hip-Hop pioneers Run-DMC. City Councilman Leroy Comrie recently enacted legislation to rename 205th Street and Hollis Avenue to RUN-D.M.C. J.M.J. Comrie's bill was passed unanimously in June and signed into law by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Police say the man pictured right robbed a bank in Greenwich Village. The unidentified crook, who stands 5-foot-6 and weighs 160 pounds, entered the Capital One branch at University Place and Eighth Street at 10 a.m. Saturday, passed a teller a demand note, and fled with an unspecified sum of cash.

Relatives of the city's first swine-flu fatality say they are ready to sue for $40 million.

Rapper DMC plans to celebrate Independence Day in his old neighborhood of Queens, New York, where he will celebrate being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Queens residents will now get to "Walk This Way" on Run DMC JMJ Way. A New York City street corner will be renamed after trail blazing rap trio Run DMC and Jam Master Jay, officials announced Tuesday.

A spry, 98-year-old Queens man who loved to travel and was a Meals-on-Wheels volunteer tragically died in a head-on collision with a drunk driver barreling down the wrong side of the road, police said today.

Juan Collantes, 24, of Deer Park, was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. A 98-year-old man lost his life Friday night when the car he was a passenger in was hit by an alleged drunken driver going the wrong way down a road in Brentwood, according to Suffolk police.

Jun 12, 2009 8:04 am US/Eastern Reporting Jay Dow QUEENS The rough weather overnight made a mess of things in New York.