Fundraiser for Sandy Recovery in Queens by Coalition for Queens
Fundraiser for Sandy Recovery in Queens by Coalition for Queens.
Shady Park in Long Island City opens for first time since Hurricane Sandy
Andrews Grove, nicknamed Shady Park because of the large trees that once grew there, in Long Island City opened to a gaggle of happy parents and children last Friday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy. The storm took down about six of the park’s giant trees. The massive roots ripped up the concrete, fell […]
Koch Bridge driver faces homicide trial
By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers Court proceedings have begun for the first driver in a series of eerily similar accidents that took place off the southbound exit ramp of the Edward I. Koch-Queensborough Bridge in 2011. Grant Riddell, a 37-year-old Brooklynite who hails from New Zealand, was arraigned last week on an indictment charging him […]
LIC’s battered ‘Shady Park’ returns for holiday season
Photo by Rebecca Henely City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (l.) lends a hand to state Sen. Michael Gianaris after he hangs a bow on the Christmas tree in Andrews Grove. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers While sections of Andrews Grove in Long Island City remain closed to the public, residents celebrated the reopening of the […]