A memorable year on the roads and rails
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Check out some of the stories that shaped the transit system serving 2.3 million Queens residents.
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Fair fares is unfair for disabled New Yorkers, lawyers say
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Attorneys from the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest have criticized the city for excluding Access-A-Ride from the Fair Fares program.
Read MoreThe year in photos: 16 images that defined Queens in 2019
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
Read More‘Unnoticed’ artists get their due in LIC exhibition
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A new LIC art exhibition will touch on themes like identity, cultural heritage, healing and resistance.
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Queens Public Library reveals most popular books of 2019
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama, James Patterson and Margaret Atwood were all major players on the Queens Public Library’s list.
Read MoreNew Cardozo High School annex aims to relieve overcrowding
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Construction for the annex is expected to be completed in September 2022.
Read MoreSix candidates for BP tackle community board disparities
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Whoever wins the special election will have the ultimate power to address the community board disparities.
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Significant racial disparities affect every community board in Queens
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White people are overrepresented on every single Queens community board. Latinx residents are underrepresented on all but one.
Read MoreHomeless Persons’ Memorial Day honors the New Yorkers who died in 2019
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The annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day honors the individuals who die without stable housing amid New York City’s historic homelessness crisis.
Read MoreAstoria Boulevard station reopens to riders
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Riders had full subway service at Astoria Boulevard beginning Wednesday night.
Read MoreFive more Queens subway stations will become ADA accessible
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The stations join six other Queens subway stations slated for accessibility improvements under the 2020-2024 Capital Plan.
Read MoreNYC shifts policy on permanent housing for street homeless
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The city will create 1,000 new permanent apartments to house so-called street homeless individuals.
Read MoreBrooklynite convicted of ‘ridiculous’ fatal shooting in Astoria
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Santiago Salcedo was convicted for shooting Qsaun Brown to death on Steinway Street after Brown made a derogatory remark toward two women.
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