Jackson-Heights News

Two suspected burglars from Queens - one wielding a kitchen knife - were awaiting arraignment today.

Hunter College told Joanna Siwiec and Angelia Vargas that the scholarships they had been promised would be rescinded.

It's the second love fest in one week on W. 125th Street in Harlem. Tuesday morning, Michael Jackson fans from all over New York, New Jersey and Connecticut trickled out to prepare for the 1 p.m. Jackson Memorial, which will be broadcasted on a giant, black blow-up video screen.

Monday, July 6, 2009, by Joey 1) A final twist in the saga of Andrei Vavilov , the mysterious Russian oligarch who sued to try and get out of buying $53.5 million worth of Plaza penthouses, before finally purchasing one unit and selling it for a loss.

The NYPD yesterday released the above sketch of a man wanted for sexually assaulting a young woman in a College Point park.

US mobile network operator Verizon Wireless has announced it has activated a new cell site in Jackson Heights.

IT WAS peace, love and samosas for a group of community leaders from around the globe.

Brooklyn-based Rapid Realty is living up to its name. The rental brokerage is expanding quickly and will open at least two new offices in the next several months, according to Carlos Angelucci, the company's COO, who said the firm is also in the process of franchising its business.

The Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y now underway was designed with the goal of enhancing the efforts of emerging leaders in communities throughout the world.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 by Sarah Elbert. Some people may feel as if the place in which they live is absolutely perfect for them, which means that it actually is perfect or they're simply easy to please, or perhaps it's just always been home and they haven't had a good reason to leave.

Hunky bartender Alejandro Torres literally puts on a show each night that he works at Friend's Tavern on Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights ' main drag.

The shared garden at the Chateau in Jackson Heights, Queens. On an average Saturday, the main business drag bustles with people doing errands, many with children in tow.

The Daily News ' real estate coverage today is all about that neglected little borough known as Queens , land of mystery and wonder and housing bargains, Jason Sheftell writes .

A tax preparer has been arrested for stalking and threatening to harm an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan DA's office.

Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada tried to pull a Joe Lieberman, throwing Democratic leaders in Albany into a tailspin.

Cops are hunting a sickening pervert who grabbed an 8-year-old Queens girl and took photos of her feet and genitals, police said.

The new majority in the State Senate may find itself locked out of its ornate chamber Wednesday, which would force it to meet in a nearby office building or park.

Celebs on the 7-train? It could happen, according to Queens e-mail newsletter The Q Note : "A few days ago, Daniel Karatzas of Jackson Heights' Beaudoin Realty Group took around an actor from a well-known television show to scope out potential new homes in the neighborhood.

Martha Clark, center, holds the street sign bearing the name of her only child, Corp.

It was the usual spectacle: flashy, festive, cultural and colorful. But this years Queens Gay Pride parade had an added attraction: politicians on parade pushing to make New York the 17th state to legalize same sex marriage.