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Braunstein Hosts Successful NE Queens Urgent Need Blood Drive
“Thank you to each person who came out to make a lifesaving donation at my office’s Blood Drive at The Bay Terrace Shopping Center. Due to the generosity of the Northeast Queens community, over 250 lives will be saved,” said Assemblyman Edward Braunstein. “I thank the New York Blood Center for partnering with my office on another successful event, with added appreciation to Cord Meyer Development Company for providing us with the necessary space, and the New York Mets for providing free tickets for the raffle.”
The Ladybug Transistor announce 'The Albemarle Sound' 25th anniversary reissue & US tour
Brooklyn baroque psych-pop vets The Ladybug Transistor will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their excellent third album, The Albemarle Sound, with a deluxe reissue and tour dates in December. The reissue will be out November 8 via Happy Happy Birthday to Me (vinyl / CD) and Merge Records (digital). Preorder yours.
Weekend Guide: Labor Day Weekend and The 57th Annual New York Carnival Parade
Labor Day weekend and the joyful West Indian American Day Parade are back to signal the end of summer on Monday. There’s also no shortage of things to do all weekend — and before the kids, finally, go back to school on Thursday. The NYC Unicycle Festival pedals...
New world, new college courses
The jobs landscape has changed drastically around the world in just a few short years. To meet the needs of the next generation of people in various industries, institutions of higher education have developed new courses and programs to both attract new students to their halls and shape the leaders of tomorrow.
Stay safe on the road this weekend
Labor Day may be a holiday rooted in celebrating the contributions of workers, but it also has become the second-most dangerous national holiday after Independence Day for motor vehicle accidents, according to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, which boasts a Level 1 trauma center. “Labor Day is a weekend, a holiday...
NYPD: Robber broke eye socket of victim, 76, with rock at deli on Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 43-year-old Brooklyn man is accused of assaulting a 76-year-old victim while robbing a deli in Stapleton. The incident unfolded at Bay Deli and Grocery located at 680 Bay St. around 4:55 a.m. on Aug. 9, as detailed by authorities. If you purchase a product...
Kindness: A principle embedded in everything this local organization does
Sign up for our Caribbean Life email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Equality for Flatbush (E4F) is a Black Lives Matter organization, founded by Imani Henry (he/him) that has been fighting gentrification, displacement, and police violence, and we’ve been fighting that in Brooklyn since 2013.
Lost Neighborhood — San Juan Hill Documentary to Premiere at Lincoln Center, the Site of Its Demolition
A forgotten part of New York’s West Side will have its name in lights when Stanley Nelson’s documentary film San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood, has its world premiere at the Lincoln Center this Fall. It’s an appropriate venue because, in the early 1960s, the San Juan Hill district from W58th to W70th Street was […] The post Lost Neighborhood — San Juan Hill Documentary to Premiere at Lincoln Center, the Site of Its Demolition appeared first on W42ST.
Motorcyclist falls off Queens bridge to street below: NYPD
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man driving a motorcycle was critically injured on Wednesday after falling off the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge in Queens, according to the NYPD. It happened around 7:30 p.m. The 35-year-old man was driving a 2019 Kawasaki motorcycle when he fell off the bridge and landed near Beach 92nd Street […]
City officials incinerate seized cannabis on Long Island
WESTBURY, Long Island — It sounds a little like frat boy humor, but the answer to the question of what to do with a four-ton pile of marijuana actually is to smoke it, according to city officials. However, the way in which that happens may not be the one that one might think. Mayor Eric […]
Community rallies to save kitten stuck in storm drain on Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In what is a paw-sitive turn of events, the Staten Island community banded together with city agencies to rescue a stray kitten from a storm drain Wednesday afternoon. Police report that it was just after 3 p.m. Wednesday that the NYPD received a report of...
Farm fresh bagel store opens second Staten Island location where nearly 100-year-old deli once operated
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After a year of renovations and tweaks, Farm to Bagel opened its second location in West Brighton. Farm to Bagel Castleton can be found at 857 Castleton Ave., West Brighton, 718-885-4414. Its flagship operation, Hillside Farm to Bagel, is located at 1664 Richmond Road, Dongan Hills, 718-980-6363; HillsideFarmtoBagel.com.
Former and Current Collegians To Compete In the 2024 US Open Main Draw
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – With qualifying complete and the main draws set at the 2024 US Open Championships, many former and current collegians look to make their stamp among the best players in the world at the final Grand Slam of the calendar year. In the men’s singles draw...
NYC expands 3-K, parents say it's not enough
Mayor Adams announced that his administration has now offered 3-K seats to every family who applied on time. However, some parents are pushing back on this saying it’s not as good as it sounds. FOX 5 NY’s Linda Schmidt takes a closer look at the ongoing controversy.
Megabus moves Philly, NYC stops as Peter Pan takes over routes
Goodbye, double-decker, blue-and-yellow Megabus buses; Hello, green-and-white Peter Pan coach buses. If you’re making last-minute budget travel plans along the East Coast for Labor Day weekend, you may have noticed that Megabus is no longer operating its New York City-bound stop under the Spring Garden SEPTA overpass in Philly.
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