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Cheese of the World, which has been located in Forest Hills for more than 65 years, is closing. Nellie Chiu, the owner of the 71-48 Austin St. store, made the announcement on Instagram Wednesday. She ...
Eight reputed mobsters—including two from Queens—who allegedly ran underground gambling parlors in Queens and Long Island have been arrested by the feds on racketeering, illegal gambling, money ...
A housing lottery has opened for 267 apartments in a new affordable development in Forest Hills. The units, which are located in two of a three-building development, are open to residents who fit low- ...
A development company has filed a land use application to construct a 16-story mixed-use building on a large triangular lot in Rego Park that includes a synagogue and the Tower Diner. RJ Capital ...
The popular Swedish homeware and furniture store IKEA is closing its Rego Park store in December—less than two years of being in operation. IKEA Queens, which opened a 115,000 square foot space within ...
March 21, 2020 By Michael Dorgan An employee at the Trader Joe’s store in Forest Hills says that the company is failing to keep its workers safe in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has told the Queens Post that she has secured $1 million in federal funding that will go toward the upgrade of the Forest Hills Long Island Rail Road station. The funds ...
Community Board 6 resoundingly voted to approve plans for a major residential redevelopment of Forest Hill’s abandoned Parkway Hospital. The board voted 33 to 3 (with one abstention) at Wednesday’s ...
A Queens historian and preservationist has teamed up with a Brooklyn-based foundation to salvage storefront signs from shuttered city businesses — including the distinct red and yellow sign of the ...
A local diner has shuttered after a last-ditch effort to salvage the business fell short. The Forest Hills Diner, located at 68-60 Austin St., closed last week after the economic fallout from COVID-19 ...
A notorious Kew Gardens hotel — where a triple shooting left a 20-year-old man dead on New Year’s Day — has officially closed. The Umbrella Hotel closed Friday, a hotel worker told the Queens Post ...
A dairy company that hails from Queens is returning to the World’s Borough from New Jersey. Bartlett Dairy, a minority-owned family business that was established in Queens in 1963, broke ground ...