In Alley Pond Park there's a tulip tree over 450 years old. That's one of the Queens and NYC facts in Go Wild in New York City, a book ... Read More

Love live music? York College always seems to have a couple performances going on each week, from the jazz faculty trio to visiting artists. (See complete event calendar for ... Read More

Did you make it to Flushing's Lunar New Year parade last Saturday? I didn't get to go this year, but I'm enjoying the parade photos that folks have posted ... Read More

NYC Restaurant Week in Queens - January 27 and next week Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing - January 28 Latin Legends of Comedy - January 28 NYC Guitar Festival at Flushing Town ... Read More

Out of work early this Friday? Catch a free screening of Kundun at the Museum of the Moving Image, starting at 5 p.m. Then migrate to Ruthless Scrabble! It's ... Read More

Watch Out for Barbers' Clippers, and Zingers (NY Times) New reality TV show set in a Jamaica barbershop. More on Mr. Rooney's Barbershop. Boro School Funds in Peril (Daily News) Overcrowded Queens ... Read More

There's a new fast food burger place in town, and no, it's not a real-life McDowell's from the Queens-set comedy Coming to America. It's about as far ... Read More

Taiwan's acclaimed Wind Dance Theater troupe led by I-Fang Wu makes its American debut at Flushing Town Hall this month. In short, Wind Dance Theater is modern dance meeting ... Read More

Restaurant week is upon us. As mentioned previously, Water's Edge is the only Queens restaurant participating. Joey in Astoria notes you book your reservation via OpenTable.com. JIY also points ... Read More

Though January 29, 2006, is the official start of the new lunar year 4703, the Year of the Dog , in Flushing the celebrate kicks off early this Saturday, ... Read More

The Louis Armstrong House has been named the official NYC tourist Cultural Organization of the Month for February of 2006. To celebrate, four special events are scheduled ... Read More

Police arrested five teens outside Hillcrest High School on Friday morning following what was described as gang violence in which four students were attacked. Terrified students, including many elementary ... Read More

Masso Opening - New Italian Restaurant in Long Island City Ricky Swallow at P.S. 1 - January 19 - March 20 NYC Guitar Festival at Flushing Town Hall - January 21 and ... Read More

Hello! This Saturday you got to go out! Have you heard of the new joint Hell Gate Social (12-21 Astoria Blvd)? Word on the street says it's ... Read More

When Man's Best Friend Treads on Hallowed Ground (NY Times) Park construction, burial ground memorial, and controversy at Martin's Field in Flushing (164th St and 46th Ave). Queens Residents Fight Against Federal ... Read More

Masso opened up last night on Vernon Boulevard in the Hunters Point neighborhood of Long Island City. Masso is an Italian restaurant and lounge, opened by Francine DiTomaso of ... Read More

Update - Go to Lunar New Year in Flushing, Queens - All Events, Current Year The date of the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing, Queens has been changed ... Read More

Today's NY Times profiles Bukharian cuisine and restaurants. The Bukharian are Jews from Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries. About 120,000 have left Central Asia in recent years, ... Read More

Enjoy this roundup of restaurants and pubs in Forest Hills. Your favorite spot isn't listed? Or there's one you wouldn't set foot in if they paid you? ... Read More

If there was ever a place for a universal music to emerge, it would be Queens, the most diverse locale in the world. And that's the music ... Read More

There's something literary about beautiful, old bars and pubs, especially ones that serve Guinness and single-malt Scotch. Maybe it's just the drunken writers rambling in the corner, but ... Read More

At midday a tanker truck carrying fuel turned on its side and exploded on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) near the Roosevelt Avenue exit for Woodside and Jackson Heights. ... Read More

Update - Service on the #7 has resumed this afternoon following a fire on the BQE. Forget the cold, get out of your apt, and take the International Express ... Read More

Gun Play at the Chocolate Factory - January 12 - February 4 New York Film Critics Circle Series - Foreign Affairs - January 6 to February 12 Saturday Evening Classical at Flushing ... Read More

In a Historic Queens Enclave, Efforts to Fend Off the Bulldozers (NY Times) Flushing's Waldheim district changing from single-family to high-density. (Also see Cherry Avenue) Residents Speak Out Against Downzoning In Little ... Read More

Forgotten NY's Christina Wilkinson has written a fascinating new report on Pomonok, a neighborhood of Flushing, south of the LIE and home of Queens College. She includes much detail ... Read More

Queens gardeners, get a leg up on spring. And folks who haven't ever gardened (and even if you only have window), open up a new can of worms at the ... Read More

Songwriter guitarists usually stick to the "Moon Shadow" formula, but at Flushing Town Hall you can see a couple top-notch performers tapping the Shadow Magic vein. They're premiering ... Read More

The Roving Gastronome demands we all eat at Mina's and moves to the Independent Republic of Trade Fair. The new Joey in Astoria fills up with hot dogs gone ... Read More

The Queens Landmarks Photo Gallery features many of our borough's famous sights. Check it out. Landmarks of Queens - Photo Gallery

The Latin Legends of Comedy -- Joe Vega, JJ Ramirez and Angel Salazar -- perform together at Queensborough Community College. The three veteran comics and actors are also the ... Read More

RKO Keith was Flushing's own glory-day movie theater built in the 1920s, complete with a fountain in the lobby and Spanish galleons painted on a wall. But it's ... Read More

New York City's winter tourist promotion "Paint the Town Red" has a few Queens deals going for it. Check these out to see great stuff and save money ... Read More

New York Film Critics Circle Series at MMI - January 6-8 Capote Director Bennett Miller at MMI - January 7 MLK Celebration at York College - January 7 Mulchfest Cometh: Christmas Tree Collection ... Read More

Sounds like the Chocolate Factory has gotten inspired by the video game art and movies at Museum of the Moving Image. The new production Gun Play combines video games ... Read More

Art-O-Mat is a fairly new art gallery/art store on Vernon Boulevard in Hunters Point. They said they might be open for just the holidays, but they must have done ... Read More

The winter exhibits open at the Sculpture Center this Sunday. Anya Gallaccio headlines with her reconstruction of a fifty-foot weeping cherry tree. Plus there'll be several sculpture by Michael Ross ... Read More

Marshall Sworn In As Queens Borough President, Begins Second Term (NY1) "Right now, I got to stop them from closing our hospitals." Beating Them at Their Own Game (NY Times) The Albanian mob ... Read More

This sounds pretty awesome (if a little melodramatic). Jennifer Shahade, a top U.S. women's chess player, says she'll take on all challengers at the Noguchi Museum on January 14. ... Read More

The Museum of the Moving Image starts its seventh annual New York Film Critics Circle series on January 6. The theme this year is Foreign Affairs, and the ... Read More

Update - Go to Lunar New Year in Flushing, Queens - All Events, Current Year Get lit at the Year of the Dog celebration in Flushing. This year the ... Read More

Get going on your New Year resolutions. Here's a list of gyms, pools, YMCAs, and martial arts in Queens, NY. If you prefer to stretch your way ... Read More