Jackson-Heights News

RCN is adding 10 new HDTV networks to its line-up in the New York City market, officials said Thursday.

An angry mob swinging fists and a chain left an unidentified 22-year-old man clinging to life on a Queens street early yesterday, police said.

While the aftermath has been generally chaotic, the most inconvenienced deity appeared to be the God of Abraham, who is worshipped by billions of Muslims, Jews, and Christians.

Point Industry and Realty Association, a group of 10 business owners who oppose the rezoning, called yesterday's 1 a.m. vote "tantamount to a rejection," based on the long list of conditions the community board ...

Cops responding to a 911 report of gunfire at Vanderveer Place and Flatbush Avenue discovered the unidentified male teen with a single gunshot to the stomach.

A series of happy accidents. That, in a nutshell, is how 32-year-old saxophonist and scholar Evan Rapport describes the arc of his career - ' a career that began in the nightclubs of Maryland and ultimately ...

Jackson Heights whodunit: Where's that Scrabble sign? The beloved Jackson Heights Scrabble sign is missing.

June 24, 2008 NY1 is celebrating Pride Week with a number of stories looking at established and not-so established gay communities throughout the five boroughs.

High heels or platform sneaks? The perennial question of footwear is as important today as it was almost 40 years ago at the Stonewall Inn on that one fateful June night that jump-started the modern gay-rights ...

By Timothy Fleming More than just the hills - as in Forest Hills, Richmond Hill and Queensboro Hill - will be alive with the sound of music on June 21, places like Long Island City, Flushing and Jamaica will ...

On Metropolitan Avenue, authentic Mexican and Argentinian. Things are heating up on Metropolitan Avenue, where a new Mexican place called Casa de Elian is serving "taco truck quality food ," cmoore618 reports.

A trip to Jackson Heights , Queens , will get you some great food, a colorful trinket - and likely, a parking ticket.

A small group of New Yorkers, led by Tom Lowenhaupt of Queens, are organizing for a .nyc domain - as in joining the ever-dominant .com, .org and the more unwieldy .mobi and .aero. The group, Connectingnyc, is ...

Peter Ward, President of The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, announces Wednesday the union's endorsement of Hiram Monserrate for N.Y. State Senate.

MMBloggers, you all might think Mr. Mickey spends his time in the chic neighborhoods of Manhattan when not jetting off to the glamour destinations like Paris, Rome and Mumbai.

Two men have been charged with raking a busy Queens street with gunfire last weekend, injuring five people, cops said Thursday.

Meeting Becomes Forum for Local Issues By Henrick A. Karoliszyn An overflowing room poured with worries after a daylight shooting left five wounded on Roosevelt Avenue and 80th Street two weekends ago.

It is pretty bad when someone gets shot on the streets in the dead of night. But when five people are wounded by gunfire in broad daylight - as happened in Jackson Heights on Saturday - action must be taken ...

Officers work at shooting scene on Roosevelt Ave. in Jackson Heights last Saturday.

Tenants gaining ground in fight for homes By Jeffrey Harmatz Low-income renters may finally be gaining an advantage over their corporate landlords, the Vantage Group.