Ridgewood News

The crew of 'Emerging Past' sets up a scene in the office of Tribune Publisher Michael Schenkler .

Councilwoman Crowley in front of an abandoned newspaper stand that could be turned into a community space.

From Queens Rules : "She [Lisi De Bourbon] added that Queens enjoyed less landmarking status than Manhattan and Brooklyn because the borough developed later and less densely." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A response: "So, let's see - here's the round-up of historic district advocacy in Queens ...

City officials said at a Monday night Borough Board meeting that they are working to alleviate overcrowding at Queens schools by opening the Metropolitan Avenue campus in Forest Hills and a couple of elementary schools next year.

Lisa Menou shows off some of her holiday ornaments from huge exchange on Swap-bot.com site developed by Rachel Johnson and her husband.

A Queens fifth-grader who wanted to earn a Girl Scout service badge has helped collect a whopping 1,331 pounds of food for the Daily News-City Harvest food drive.

The buyers of a building in Ridgewood, Queens, were clearing out the basement of their new purchase when they came across a manual two-lane bowling alley buried under stacks of boxes.

Springtime in December: It's weird, but I love it! Tonight , enjoy one of the final yoga sessions at Starr Space .

The underdogs: Legal activist Marty Needelman, City Council member Diana Reyna, and El Puente organizer Luis Garden Acosta.

At today's Land Use Committee meeting, Council Member Elizabeth Crowley moved her colleagues to vote unanimously to designate the Ridgewood North Historic District.

Firemen walk through the remains of a knitting factory on Knickerbocker Avenue after fighting the "All Hands Fire," New York City's biggest fire until Sept.

Lost among Halloween's blog blitz was the terribly sad news that Michael Yaniro , bassist for hardcore sludge outfit Twin Stumps , was horrendously attacked two weeks ago in Ridgewood over $10 and a cell phone.

A man was struck in a driveby shooting on Nov. 4 - but the shooter's weapon was only a pellet gun.

A small white-washed basement on Gates Avenue, not unlike any other block in Ridgewood near the Myrtle-Wyckoff L/M - the middle of nowhere, to some - is the site of 15 years of collaboration between performance artists Genesis and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge .A The space served as their studio before Lady Jaye's untimely death in 2007.A Genesis - ...

The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House is tens of thousands of dollars closer to patching its dilapidated roof after its "Let's Raise the Roof" fundraiser.

With Halloween around the corner, state and city lawmakers reminded parents to enjoy the celebration safely in Queens County, home to over 1,000 registered sex offenders.

Police say Piotr Kilinkiewicz, 44, was driving drunk on the Meadowbrook Parkway.

Picture of homeless guy in Benninger Park in Ridgewwood, Queens. A boozed-up homeless man has been the bane of a Queens neighborhood, urinating and defecating in public and exposing himself in front of children, fed up locals said on Wednesday.

Famous Accountants Queens Misc. 1673 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY , 917-414-7798 October 24 - November 28, 2009 Opening: Saturday, October 24, 6 - 10 PM Web Site Larger Map Famous Accountants' inaugural show, a oeTwenty-Threea features work by both Ellen Letcher and Kevin Regan.

A BMT train map from 1925 shows the Myrtle Avenue El running from Metropolitan Avenue to the Brooklyn Bridge.