• June 18, 2013
  • Welcome!
    |
    ||
    Logout|My Dashboard

Queens Chronicle

Ozone Park rezoning plan moving forward

The long-awaited rezoning of Ozone Park is in motion. More than 500 blocks of southern Queens, including almost all of Ozone Park and parts of Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park and Woodhaven, will be rezoned this year in what is likel… Comments (0)

They just keep on truckin' in Maspeth

The Maspeth Bypass plan that went into effect two years ago doesn’t seem to be doing much. Residents, elected officials and civic leaders are reporting truck after truck ignoring truck route signs to avoid traffic on the Long Island Expres… Comments (0)

FEMA preliminary flood maps are out

The Federal Emergency Management Agency released its preliminary flood maps Monday which include much of coastal Queens that was flooded in Hurricane Sandy. The new maps, the first change in New York City’s flood zones in 30 years, … Comments (0)

De Blasio, Rozic to DEP: Fix our flood

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) Friday blasted the city’s Department of Environmental Protection for what they saw as a lackluster response to chronic flooding in Fresh Meadows and similar neig… Comments (0)

Gifted & Talented move worries parents

Parents and teachers from a citywide Gifted and Talented program and from its proposed new school buildings criticized a prolonged phaseout period and potential overcrowding at a meeting Tuesday night. Under a new Department of Educ… Comments (2)

More Editorials
More Letters
Queens Council on the Arts hosts ‘wacky’ block party

Block parties in New York City turn traffic-clogged streets into a pedestrian paradise made for lazy weekends, elephant ear consumption and sunburns. The Queens Council on the Arts will continue the tradition on June 22 with a celebratory … Comments (0)