One of the beauties of attending the US Open is the chance to see more than one match played. You don't have to buy a ticket to a specific ... Read More

New Orleans and the Gulf states have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Rescue operations are on-going and it'll take months or longer for families to regain their homes and ... Read More

At the US Open in Flushing Meadows, the big big story of the day is Andy Roddick losing in the first round in straight sets to Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. ... Read More

What's with the blue tennis courts at the US Open? If you tuned in to the first-day coverage of the US Open, you might have been surprised to see the ... Read More

Mister Softee is the ultimate New York summer treat, up there with the Lemon Ice King -- even better than the King, because Mister Softee comes to your neighborhood. ... Read More

The US Open starts today, August 29, and the top-seeded tennis players this year are Roger Federer of Switzerland and Maria Sharapova of Russia. Federer is the ... Read More

From August 30 to September 5, save almost 9% when you shop for clothes in Queens and all of NYC. Just in time for back-to-school shopping, there is a ... Read More

Wednesday night is your last chance this summer to catch free outdoor movies at Socrates Sculpture Park. There's Zorba the Greek and a Korean film playing. Get your dinner ... Read More

Photo: Pilsner Brass Band at Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden Free Outdoor Film at the Queens Museum of Art - House of the Flying Daggers - August 26 Warm-Up at P.S. 1 ... Read More

We're almost back to school, folks. Boo! Catch the Saturday morning sun still low in the sky from the East River during the LIC - DUMBO Art Paddle. Contact the LIC Boathouse ... Read More

The USTA has a RSS feed set up for US Open news, and starting this Friday with a re-cap of the Qualifying Tournament, there'll be US Open podcasts for ... Read More

Next week the US Open starts up, and I've got my eyes locked, not on the tennis stars and their serves, but on the weather forecast. When the clouds ... Read More

Yesterday a real estate trade group released July housing numbers, showing Queens, along with Nassau and Suffolk to continue the march of house price increases. However, the number of ... Read More

I am getting very excited about the US Open (the most watched sporting event in the U.S., even if it does take two weeks to watch the whole tennis "event.") ... Read More

The Princeton Review announced this week that Queens College ranks eighth on the top-ten list of best value colleges in America. To qualify for best value, a college has to ... Read More

On Saturday the George Eagle Carr Community Garden hosts the Summer Fest block-party with djs spinning tunes, storytelling, food, face-painting, and even a skatemobile teaching about in-line skating. It's ... Read More

This Sunday there's an antique car show at Cunningham Park. Checking out vintage automobiles is always a fine time, and the spot at Cunningham is right near the remnants ... Read More

Assemblyman Michael Gianaris has complained to search engine Google about the satellite images the company provides through Google Earth and Google Maps (See NY Post article: Goofy Google ... Read More

The US Open is almost here, with pre-tournament events this week and the official start on August 29. Here's a tip for tennis fans. Your best chances to ... Read More

Free Outdoor Film at the Queens Museum of Art - August 19 Warm-Up at P.S. 1 - August 20 Go Fly a Kite in the Rockaways - August 20 and 21

Tonight after work, catch the 7:30 at the Museum of the Moving Image: The Robin Harris Story: We Don't Die, We Multiply. It's the opener to the new Black Light: Films From the ... Read More

HopStop.com is a site for mass transit directions. It works pretty well, especially for taking the bus -- as we often must -- in Queens. The MTA's subway ... Read More

The Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens reports: All sections of the borough are now undergoing rapid transformation.... A vast influx of population from Manhattan and Brooklyn is taking ... Read More

The HBO show Entourage, now in its second season, is the story of four guys from Queens, one making it big in Hollywood, and the other three tagging along for ... Read More

Could it come true? Could the Jets actually return to Queens, New York? The newspapers reported at the end of last week that the New York Jets have ... Read More

Want to learn more about Queens? Let's face facts -- first and foremost, Queens is a collection of neighborhoods. If you're looking to move to the borough, start ... Read More

Howard Beach has gotten a lot of negative press. Here's a positive bit, one sure to surprise. Howard Beach is a home on the range, a home to the ... Read More

Free Outdoor Film at the Queens Museum of Art - August 12 Warm-Up at P.S. 1 - August 13 Paintball By Numbers - August 13 Jazz in the Garden at the Noguchi Museum ... Read More

Be the first to Float through Socrates Sculpture Park at the new exhibit opening this weekend. Then stroll down Vernon to Queensbridge Park for Family Day. On your way back, walk East along ... Read More

It's paint by numbers at the Flux Factory this Saturday at 8 p.m. Well, rather, it's paint at numbers. The Amateurs art group will arm attendees with paintball ... Read More

Just a reminder that this weekend is the Dragon Boat Races and Festival in Flushing Meadows. The races are held on Meadow Lake, which has earned recent notoriety as ... Read More

Though Queens is "the Hometown of Jazz," I am still surprised to find three jazz concerts happening in the next week. This Thursday and next there's jazz on Austin ... Read More

Hunters Point, the Queens neighborhood with the hottest real estate, just added beach-front property. NY Water Taxi has built a beach on the East River open for lounging, sunbathing, ... Read More

Jammin' in Jamaica, Queens - Concerts and street fair - August 5 & 6 Free Outdoor Film at the Queens Museum of Art - August 5 Latino Cultural Festival in Queens - ... Read More

All your buddies chillin' in the Hampty-Hamps? Sucks to be them. They don't get $1 PBR on their beach. Or hot doggers, for that matter. But we do. Check ... Read More

Jo-Ann Jones' name will be in the annals of Queens history for her major contribution to the artists and residents of Flushing. As the founder, with businessman Aaron Weiss, ... Read More

Reggaeton has been the only sound hot enough this summer to cut through the fog of humidity plaguing New York and the radio waves. All June and July I've ... Read More

Kissena Park is a beauty. It's a major park at almost 235 acres, but it feels like the neighborhood gem unknown to anyone outside of Flushing. Wide paths ... Read More

Flushing has always been growing. Back when George Washington visited, it was the nurseries and their flowers that were growing. These days it's the skyline. Already the biggest urban center ... Read More

NYC Park and state officials announced last week that they had caught four snakehead fish in Flushing Meadows' Meadow Lake (NY1). Considered a danger to local fish and ... Read More

Dutch Kills in Long Island City has a great location, minutes from midtown with good bridge and subway access, and an even better name. (Kills is Dutch for creek.) ... Read More

The New Rascals, featuring two members of the '60s rock band the Young Rascals, play the bandshell in Forest Park this Thursday. The Young Rascals hit the charts with ... Read More