Jackson-Heights News

Posted By: Nick Neyland The ornate Rubin Pavilion at the Brooklyn Museum wasn't designed to host a bunch of scruffy indie rockers, but that's exactly what it got for a special Todd-P-curated show on Saturday.

"Note these photos -- big vans are taking people from their homes to a physical therapy center in Flushing -- Flushing Medical Clinic is its name.

The NYPD has released security camera video of a man robbing a woman in Queens. Police believe the suspect has struck at least three times in Jackson Heights, in each case he rode up to his target on a bicycle, then grabbed their property, and gets away on the bike.

Word is, there are going to be up to 2 million people watching the big parade on Saturday, and maybe another 2 million watching the Marathon Sunday, so this would be a terrific weekend to enjoy the wonders of public transportation ). Saturday The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade Line up in costume on 6th between Spring and Canal 6:30-8:30 to ...

Over the past five years, Jorge MuA oz and his mother, Doris Zapata, along with his sister, Luz, have handed out more than 70,000 home-cooked meals to unemployed New Yorkers.

Here's where to fuel up around Jackson Heights' Halloween Parade. Pio Pio Photo: msbphotography.com You might know that Jackson Heights, Queens a ' one of New York Citya TMs most diverse neighborhoods a ' is dense with restaurants that dish up affordable, authentic regional food from all over the world.

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities expanded its Silver Spring office at 1010 Wayne Ave.

Mary Sarrow of Jackson Heights reveals area on 74th St. where she says rats have been spotted.

All city parking rules are in effect today and tomorrow. President Obama completes his tristate visit Friday late afternoon/early evening, attending a fund-raiser for Sen.

A makeshift memorial and pieces of a shattered motorcycle and car were all that was left early Friday morning at the scene of a deadly crash in Jackson Heights.

Two dining guides are out today for those who want to be well-fed even if they're not well-off. In the Village Voice's annual Best of NYC issue, Robert Sietsema and Sarah DiGregorio weigh in with their choices for the Best Foie Gras , the Best Fish Heads and other favorites.

The lawyers were in a huddle, the hour was late and Justice William M. Erlbaum's celebrated equanimity was fraying.

The murder suspect saw stars as press flashbulbs popped in his eyes. "Didja do it?" one of the newspaper shutterbugs demanded.

Jack Price's sister-in-law, Joanne Guarneri, signs a banner before she and hundreds of others marched down College Point Avenue on Oct.

Senator Hiram Monserrate, center, speaks to the media after leaving the Queens courthouse in New York on Thursday.

Dozens of immigrants from a wide range of faiths and backgrounds, though mostly South Asian, gathered in Flushing last weekend to denounce what they deem racial profiling when it comes to the arrest of suspected terrorists.

State Senator Hiram Monserrate used "force, not violence" to get his injured companion, Karla Giraldo, to a hospital the night he cut her face - accidentally - with a glass, a defense lawyer argued on Tuesday in closing arguments before a judge in Queens.

New York City politicos and activists on Monday denounced the attack against Queens resident Jack Price outside a College Point convenience store early on Oct.

Soy Andina's the main course, with two excellent shorts to whet your appetite: Grace, a true story about an undocumented immigrant mother from Colombia; and Team Taliban, which explores the impact of the War on Terror through the lens of professional wrestling.

From the Indypendent : Nearly every day along Broadway and 69th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, day laborers - mostly undocumented immigrants - line up and wait for someone to come by and offer them a job.