Howard-Beach News

A blaze erupted among Christmas wrapping at a Walmart in Westbury. Everyone was safely evacuated the store, a fire official said.

The Queens woman who said she killed her ex-cop husband after years of abuse will not be able to use battered woman's syndrome as a defense... [Her] lawyer - who has sparred repeatedly with [Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur] Cooperman for months and urged the judge to let someone else preside over the trial - objected.

A few months back, Nate told me about a strange little neighborhood he'd discovered out near Howard Beach .

Don't dare dump on our city! B rooklyn: To Voicer Jerry Southern, who called New York a cesspool: We who were born, raised and live here know New York is the greatest city in the world.

NEW ROCHELLE - A 32-year-old Howard Beach man who police said was driving a car after his license had been suspended two dozen times is now facing a felony charge.

A Queens grandmother was struck and killed Thursday night on her way home from her own Birthday party.

For two years after I returned to New York I lived in the neighborhood that I grew up in: Howard Beach.

A coalition of Broad Channel residents is calling for a new pedestrian barrier to be installed along a dangerous stretch of Cross Bay Blvd.

Faye McCormack lost her son Fred to an accused drunken driver. Putting drunken drivers behind bars is Fay McCormack 's business.

Thursday, November 12, 2009 City Mulling Acquisition of St. Saviour's by Jeremy Walsh - TimesLedger Newspapers As preservationists continue to clash with the owner of the land where the 162-year-old St.

The Boy Scouts from St. Helen's Troop 139 - helped out the Howard Beach Civic Association on Sunday, October 4th - by cleaning up and planting at both the HBCA sites.

A few quick bits on Tuesday's elections. There are so many predictions of low turnout, but that means your vote becomes more valuable.

On Nov. 5, 1990 Rabbi Meir Kahane, a Brooklyn-born Israeli extremist, was fatally shot after a speech at a New York hotel.

John "Junior" Gotti, center, and his attorney Charles Carnesi, right, hold a press briefing after leaving the federal court in Manhattan .

A coalition of Broad Channel residents is calling for a new pedestrian barrier to be installed along a dangerous stretch of Cross Bay Blvd.

A prior float in support of companion animals--come see this year's entry in the Greenwich Village parade photo: Mayor's Alliance for New York City's Animals Planning on partying this Halloween? If you're the kind who craves costumes this time of year, here are two upcoming occasions where putting on the dog will benefit shelter pets.

Republican Eric Ulrich and Democrat Frank Gulluscio are in a race for Queens District 32, representing the communities of Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach, Broad Channel, Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, and others.

In Hamilton Beach, a little rain makes for some major mayhem. Rain and high winds caused flooding last weekend on many streets in the southern Queens neighborhood that abuts JFK Airport.

A Queens fourth-grader with solid test scores was barred from her school's dance program because officials there insisted she take a test prep class instead.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg looked like he couldn't get wait to get out of Howard Beach, Queens, soon enough.