Queens News

Jamaica-born Pat Baccas-Bowen, founder, CEO and host of Atlanta-based Future Movement Radio , has been appointed lieutenant colonel aide de camp by the governor of Georgia, the Honourable Nathan Neal.

Amy Li began her journalism career as a crime news reporter in Queens, New York, in 2004.

Nassau and Suffolk county officials are pushing Gov. Cuomo to allow slot machines on Long Island as part of his plan to expand legalized gambling in the state.

Mornings are great for morning people, and you know who you are. You're ready with or without the two shots of espresso that everyone else needs- to just pull out of the driveway.

A former member of Mayor Bloomberg's security detail admitted yesterday on the stand that he shot at his then-girlfriend's ex - and that he didn't report the shooting out of fear that it would "bring attention" to him and his high-profile unit.

A new report by two state senators accuses city day care centers of being unsafe, unregulated and filled with numerous health code violations.

Sources tell NY1 that the son of a construction union vice president became on Thursday the sixth suspect arrested in connection with the alleged stealing of iPads from a Queens school badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Midway through the second month of the season and the headlines are -- predictably -- dominated by top tier pitchers.

Good morning. For 15+ years, the willow lake trail, and 55 acres of parkland right in the middle of Forest Hills, has been closed to the public.

QUEENS park advocates are giving a yellow card to Mayor Bloomberg's plan to take part of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park for a soccer field - and then "replace" the lost greenspace with a new park several miles and neighborhoods away.

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer is no stranger to bicycling. Now he's joined Citi Bike.

Highway officers investigate a fatal motorcycle accident on Vernon Blvd. at 31st Ave.in Astoria, Queens early Wednesday morning.

A token booth in the New York City subway system. Token booth clerk Tracy King, who worked at the 111th St.

A few weeks ago, word got out that Brownstoner, the real estate blog that has not only chronicled, but embodied so many of the things that have transformed Brooklyn in the last decade , would be launching a new site: Brownstoner Queens.

In Nassau Cnty road construction. two lanes closed on The Northern St Pkwy WB between Post Ave/X32 and The Grand Central Pkwy In Nassau Cnty road construction.

A Bay Area boxer who was arrested at a New York City airport on gun charges has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.

Worldly eater and Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern calls New York mini-chain Xi'an Famous Foods the "ultimate immigrant story." David Shi, the father of Eater Young Guns semi-finalist Jason Wang opened a hole in the wall food stall at the Golden Mall in Flushing, Queens almost ten years ago.

It's been said that dogs do speak, but only to those who listen. So when I heard there was someone who could possibly listen to my dog Oslo, I had to see and hear for myself, though, admittedly, I was It is not every day that a prince shows up to play a little baseball in Harlem, but that's exactly what happened Tuesday afternoon as Britain's ... (more)

Lamb chops travel well. The best-loved versions around New York, as chosen by Chowhounds, range across the globe in flavors, ingredients, and preparations.

A NEW WRINKLE in the Willets Point redevelopment plan that would make a shopping mall the first part of the project to be built was approved by Queens Community Board 7 on Monday.