South Queens News

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A Bayside Bishop was charged with, and allegedly admitted to, predatory assault of a child congregant over the course of three years.

Over two weeks just prior to Thanksgiving, the students at PS/MS 146Q in Howard Beach held a sock drive and pajama drive.

The arrival of December means cold temperatures and snowy days. If you’re looking for some fun in the sun escapes to break up the dreariness, here are some ideas. Queens’ hometown airline, JetBlue, flies to all these places.

In July 2018, the Long Island Rail Road reversed itself and announced that the Lefferts Boulevard bridge in Kew Gardens would be repaired rather than torn down, saving the businesses on it.

“My customers come back and go, ‘Oh, I’m sure you’re so relieved that everything is taken care of,’” Thyme Natural Market owner Nathalie Reid told the Chronicle Tuesday.

Now that the long-sought reconstruction of the old Jamaica Bus Depot is nearing realization, elected officials from the surrounding neighborhoods and from areas served by buses from the terminal are asking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to adopt what they see as the most environmentally friendly of three proposed construction options.

In a letter “expressing our disappointment” to MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye and NYC Transit President Andy Byford dated Nov. 22, 18 elected officials requested that the MTA pay the extra money to go with “Candidate Alternative D,” which would house the highest number of buses on-site and do so in enclosed parking facilities.

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A new chapter of controversy has started for the Queens Borough Public Library and its new Hunters Point branch, after a Queens woman and an advocacy group alleged the building makes it impossible for some individuals to access certain parts of the structure.

In a federal lawsuit filed against the QBPL, its trustees and the city, the Center for Independence of the Disabled-New York alleges the Hunters Point Library was “designed and built with a total disregard for adults and children with mobility disabilities and in flagrant contempt of the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.”

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After 16 years of waiting, the Center for the Women of New York will finally move its headquarters into a landmark Fort Totten building.

The organization announced that the Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the 207 Totten Ave. location will take place on Sunday, Dec. 8. The CWNY says it is ready for the move despite signs remaining on the building that read “Do not enter. Building unsafe by order of the NYAC Fire Marshall.”

Flushing Meadows Corona Park continued to honor its Thanksgiving tradition by hosting the annual New York City Turkey Trot on Saturday, Nov. 30.

“It’s your post-turkey workout. Your body will thank you later,” joked the registration table posters. All Community Events, the organizers of the Turkey Trot, teamed up with communities throughout the nation to form the American Turkey Tradition, a multicity running festival. Participants ran with neighbors at their local venue, but had the ability to later compare their results with other Turkey Trotters, totaling approximately 60,000 runners, across the country on a national leader board.