Flushing News

ROSE GILL HEARN, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation , announced today the arrest of JAMES CHENG, a former Chief Plan Examiner with the City Department of Buildings , on charges of accepting cash payments from SUNG HO SHIN, a New York State Registered Architect, in exchange for reviewing building plans prior to the plans ...

A storefront in Murray Hill, Flushing, Queens, proclaims poultry insanity. Here we go again, offering yet another picture gallery of our favorite names for restaurants, liquor stores, coffee bars, caterers, and other food- and booze-related establishments.

There are moments in the telling of his story, particularly when he tries to describe the excruciating pain he suffered as a result of eye surgery gone awry, that Raul Mejia must stop and gather himself before going on.

A police pursuit of a stolen car in Brooklyn turned into a serious motor vehicle accident as the stolen car crashed into an SUV and sent three people, including a pregnant woman, to the hospital early Tuesday morning.

And I don't mean small-, medium- and coffee-table-size volumes. First, you've got your "page-turners"--the ones you can't wait to get back to.

Last month, a resident of Queens Jade apartments at 140-11 Ash Ave. in Flushing, Queens, noticed workmen carrying in wood to build more walls.

Ground is to be broken by March on a tall glass building to be used as a medical center and residential complex in downtown Flushing, according to a designer working on the project, but several elected officials said they had not heard of it until this week.

Last Friday around 7 p.m. a young woman entered a building on 31st Road near 23rd Street in Flushing,and was accosted in the elevator by a young man, pictured in this police sketch, who forced her into the stairwell and sexually assaulted and robbed her.

More than 200 properties across the city have 10 or more illegal-conversion complaints since 2005.

Salted away in a U-shaped strip mall in the eastern area of Flushing known as Murray Hill, Sukarak is a Korean snack shop and lunch counter that isn't afraid to fuse Korean and American food, with a little Japanese thrown in for good measure... The interior is a sprightly shade of green, and formica tables are strewn at convenient intervals.

The MS-13 gang's plot to murder a federal agent in New York has triggered a fierce crackdown - a blitz of predawn raids that have netted nine arrests.

City officials have chosen five more development projects, one in each borough, to receive tax-free financing through the federal stimulus program.

In the following press release Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown today announced that a Flushing man has been charged with second-degree attempted grand larceny, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and other charges for allegedly forging the signature of a man whose home had been foreclosed on in an effort to collect ...

Attorney Jeffrey Rothman, , Carlos Cruz and his son Stephen Cruz outside the Department of Education on Thursday.

Flushing is a true New York City melting pot, calling itself home to everything from Middle Eastern markets to Korean cuisine.

While standing in front of the present-day RKO Keith's, Flushing resident Jerry Rotondi holds a photo of the famed movie theater from the 1940s.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 12 comments: Anonymous said... I hope that Peter Koo won't be tweeded.

Popularity has been a double-edged sword in Flushing, Queens, one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods.

The electoral landscape is ever-changing, evolving and undergoing a modern-day "renaissance", especially after the election of President Barack Obama.

One great aspect of a job that requires traveling is the opportunity to visit with family and friends who live in the area.