By MARK SULEYMANOV After six years of hibernation, the W train is back in service but its revival has forced cutbacks to other trains along the line and some…
Maloney Beats Ardini in 3-Boro Race for Congress
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA Robert Ardini, the Republican candidate running against longtime incumbent Rep. Carolyn Maloney, said he and Pope Francis have something in common. Both have only one lung. Like…
For riders, transfers are key to new streetcar line
By REZA MALEK Mayor Bill de Blasio has given New Yorkers a bit more information regarding his proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar but has still not said whether there would be free…
Small Businesses Get City Help
Lloyd Cambridge and the Queens NYC Business Solutions provide counseling and advice to small businesses. Similar services are available throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Janice Fredricks opened her…
A Monk’s Journey from Guyana to Queens
By LOVASHNI KHALIKAPRASAD The monk begins his journey before the sun rises, his orange robes swirl by the brisk winds in the empty streets on Sunday morning. At this time,…
When you have to go home again
By CHRISTOPHER TUCCILLO It's 8 on a Sunday night, and the neighborhood of Middle Village in Queens is fairly quiet. Sitting in his bedroom two blocks down from Metropolitan Avenue…
Grade Pending on Restaurant Grades
By MARCO POGGIO Inside a little deli in the little Indian and Bengali enclave of Curry Hill, a Manhattan neighborhood in the East 20’s and 30’s, Mhamud Hasan, the owner,…
Is cricket taking Brooklyn and Queens?
By LOVASHNI KHALIKAPRASAD Cricket, which was first played in New York City in 1844, has now become a growing sport here. As immigrants from the English-speaking Caribbean, Pakistan and India…
In changing LIC, stores struggle to keep up
By INGRID CURTIS Clara Robles is glad that in the new Long Island City, customers still come to the old drugstore where she works. Vernon Boulevard Pharmacy opened 27 years…
Hooray for Hollywood — in Queens
By DAVID BELTRAN Elected officials cut the ribbon to the city’s first outdoor studio lot Tuesday at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens which officials hope will attract more movie and…