Bayside News

Every street in Queens seems to have at least three or four houses or apartments totally glowing for Christmas.

From the Queens Chronicle : Alley Pond Environmental Center is about to get a $7 million makeover.

A city project that would halt flooding in Bayside and filter sewer overflow in Douglaston as well as upgrading grasslands along Northern Boulevard will be completed by November 2010, a spokeswoman for the city Department of Environmental Protection said this week.

Avoid the Cross Island Parkway this morning. An accident in the left lane in Bayside, Queens is causing major delays.

From the Times Newsweekly : Just days before the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season, police seized a bounty of counterfeit designer merchandise with a estimated street value running into the millions from a Maspeth warehouse during a raid on Tuesday, Nov.

Y onkers: Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't understand the logic of the statement of the executive director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom when, after the state Senate voted against legalizing same-sex marriage, he said, "Today was a good day for marriage in New York." Exactly how is denying people their rights advancing the cause ...

Debbi Madero was 15, hanging out with friends on her Bayside, N.Y., front steps when a new kid walked by.

Hitchhikers attempt bribe By Victor Mimoni, Queens Courier An anti-crime cop in the 111th Precinct observed three hitchhikers near the corner of Springfield and Northern Boulevards in Bayside - who were "obstructing pedestrian and vehicular traffic." When Police Officer Spyros Karellas stopped and confronted the trio at about 5:30pm on Tuesday, ...

Regarding Paul Vallone's political future, we will be finding out during the next few months whether he will run for political office in 2010.

A plan to create a $1.5 billion police academy in Queens has cleared its final hurdle in the City Council, but local leaders are vowing to keep close tabs on the mega-project to make sure it doesn't severely impact the surrounding community.

David Edelstein at the W South Beach, his latest development project. Designed by Anna Busta's Studio B, the Living Room at W South Beach has velvet curtains in eggplant purple and armchairs covered in white pony or slate velvet.

We'll call it the curse of the Screech! Seems like the photo spread in People Magazine a few months ago is the closest anyone is going to get to seeing their favorite Baysiders reunite.

Queens, NY Focus News from Queens: Con Ed at fault for explosion death Fewer cops & firehouses, more layoffs in 2010 ...yeah, more Bloomberg as usual.

Every year at around this time, I begin to get really excited. It's 6 weeks until Christmas, which means- Christmas lights! Its such a simple thing, that no matter who you are or how old, it makes you take time out and just embrace the holiday spirit.

From the Queens Tribune : Barry Plonski said at his polling place on Election Day that he'd vote for any Council candidate who would get rid of the stinky Ginkgo Biloba trees near his home on 210th Street and 43rd Avenue in Bayside.

Pete Nicolopoulos and staff show off chicken marsala. A notable 19th century mansion known as "The Oaks" is believed to have given Oakland Gardens its name.

Karen on November 13, 2009, age 67. Longtime resident of Bronx , N.Y. Daughter of the late Marion and William Byrnes .

Queens, NY Focus News from Queens: Candidate Kevin Kim and Sacred Heart RC Church in Bayside Mixing Politics and Religion ...I really hate it when Democrats do the wrong thing.

Andreas Andreou, 30, said that a month ago he was delivering pizzas in Bayside, but he "called in some favors" and borrowed startup money to open the small place, with its fast-food decor but serious Greek food and pizza.

Diane Macchio with one of her 'babies.' The lady's in cement. But Diane Macchio says she's been running into cinderblock walls of sexual discrimination for daring to carve her name in the wet concrete of this gritty trade in Queens that has traditionally been ruled by a gruff boys club.