Queens News

Rapper DMC plans to celebrate Independence Day in his old neighborhood of Queens, New York, where he will celebrate being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Major crimes in Queens dipped nearly 13% through the first half of 2009 - more than the citywide drop - despite slumping economic times that historically encourage lawbreaking, preliminary NYPD statistics show.

Run-DMC and the late Jam Master Jay's street cred may take a hit, but their legacy gets a boost with the renaming of a New York street corner after the group.

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

The voice of 'Sid' in the new flim 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' is that of actor John Leguizamo.

A New Jersey man who authorities claim is a fugitive was shot once in the stomach this morning after police officers pulled him over in Queens, officials said.

Strip clubs in Queens, New York often take a backseat to their brethren in Manhattan in terms of notoriety and glamour.

Among the alumni of Far Rockaway High School in Queens, N.Y., are three Nobel Prize winners - two in physics and one in medicine - plus a pioneer in women's basketball , a famous psychologist , a financier and, appallingly, Bernard Madoff, class of 1956.

DATE: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at approximately 2:41 a.m. LOCATION: In front of 105-19 171 Street, Queens.

Jul 1, 2009 9:07 am US/Eastern Corner Of 205th Street And Hollis Avenue To Be Named 'Run-DMC JMJ Way' A New York City street corner will be renamed for the late Jam Master Jay and Run-DMC. The New York City Council has approved the new name "Run-DMC JMJ Way" for the corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue.

Democrats in the New York State Senate met on Tuesday and passed 124 bills, after claiming that a Republican senator walking through the chamber gave them the required quorum of 32 lawmakers.

Three workers, including a father and son, died after becoming trapped inside a hole and apparently inhaling toxic fumes at a waste management station in Queens, N.Y. June 29, 2009.

A spurned Romeo hungry for revenge allegedly stalked and threatened his former lover -- a married teenager -- and plastered nude photos of her around her Queens neighborhood, authorities said yesterday.

Sexual-abuse survivors who traveled to Albany, N.Y., with high hopes this past spring got a tough lesson in political reality.

Three workers - including a father and son - were killed Monday afternoon when they were overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes while trying to escape a deep, water-filled hole at a Queens waste transfer plant, authorities said.

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If you think the San Gennaro festival is your only shot at scoring delectable street foods--think again: upscale eateries are serving festival foods like cotton candy, zeppole, and corn dogs to comfort-food craving customers.

Joe Alonzo says he needs a job to move out of his parents' home and start his own family.

Four children were hospitalized after a school bus collided with a car in Far Rockaway this morning.

An elderly man cleaning a sewage drain died after falling into the drain and getting stuck in the sludge.