The fire broke out Sunday afternoon on 41 Street, Astoria.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 22, 2008.

Irene Karras awoke at about 1 p.m. to find flames consuming her home on 41st Street in Astoria. With no safe means of escape, she sat on her bedroom window's ledge and yelled to the gathering crowd below that she had no choice but to jump.

Published by New York Post on September 22, 2008.

Even before the migration back to Poland began, the Polish community in Greenpoint was fracturing under the pressure of gentrification, which drove up property values. Young families, new immigrants and those of modest means have in turn settled in nascent Polish communities in the city, including Maspeth and Ridgewood in Queens, and Borough Park in Brooklyn, while others have moved out of the state.

Published by New York Times on September 21, 2008.

Wong, 56, made life a living hell for single dad San Martin, 39, from the moment he moved into her Elmhurst apartment building in February 2006.

Published by New York Daily News on September 21, 2008.

The cars, yanked from the streets of Flushing, Astoria, Long Island City and Ozone Park, were mostly from the '90s, but included a 1978 Cadillac.

Published by New York Post on September 20, 2008.

In Woodside an inviting dining scene can be found, one spiced up by Asian and Latin restaurants that have opened in the past decade or so.

Published by New York Times on September 19, 2008.

"There's a strong sense of community - there are kids playing in the street and parents sitting on porches," she observed. "It's similar to my neighborhood in Astoria, Queens, with its view, the nearby bridge, the industrial buildings and mix of old and new architecture. We have similar problems . . . We have a grid system, you don't."

Published by SI Live on September 18, 2008.

“It’s got to be one of the best-kept secrets in New York,” said Greg Ivan Smith, 38, a filmmaker from Sunnyside, Queens, enjoying a picnic of tapenade and bruschetta with friends and neighbors on Saturday afternoon. “You feel like you’re on a New England college campus.”

Published by New York Times on September 15, 2008.

"The Mets are New York's working-class team. They're scrappy and determined and a lot of fun," said lifelong fan Amy Vitacco, 32, of Astoria, Queens. "The apple is a bit kitschy, but it reflects that history, and that's why fans love it."

Published by New York Post on September 14, 2008.

Many of the smaller family-run businesses on Astoria's Steinway Street are closing

Published by New York Daily News on September 14, 2008.

"I ran out of the house with my baby in my arms," said Joshua's mom, Evelyn Rodriguez, 27, of Woodside. "I had to make it to the hospital."

Published by New York Daily News on September 14, 2008.

The incident happened just after 6 a.m. Friday on 78th Street in Woodside.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 12, 2008.

Lorraine and Tommy Betancourt, from Astoria, Queens, came this year, as every year, to feel close to their lost son, Firefighter Paul Gill, 34, of Engine Company 54 on Manhattan’s West Side, the father of two boys.

Published by New York Times on September 12, 2008.

At the moment, Dosa Garden is the only Indian restaurant to serve dosas. Indian Clove in Sunnyside soon will be opening an offshoot to their upscale dining room with a vegetarian-Indian Dosa place next door. Dosa Garden delivers to some parts of the North Shore.

Published by SI Live on September 11, 2008.

On August 23 and August 24, criminals broke into the tracks on the Amtrak trestle that runs through Astoria. On both occasions, they hurled baseball-sized rocks onto cars and houses.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 9, 2008.

Dr. Oliva lives in Astoria, Queens, with his wife, whom he met when she was a patient at a Gramercy Park dental office where he once worked as a lab technician.

Published by New York Times on September 6, 2008.

While on post at the fire command center, the Elmhurst, Queens, native wreaked havoc by using his personal laptop computer to send three online messages to the Web site GoAmerica.com, which uses a live operator to relay the typed missives over the phone, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 5, 2008.

Mehmet M. Kadayifci, 19, of Elmhurst, made the threats while working early Wednesday morning at the U.S. Tennis Association's fire command center in Flushing Meadows where he was supposed to be monitoring surveillance cameras for signs of fire, said

Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

Mahmet Kadayifci, 19, of Elmhurst, was working his midnight to 8 a.m. shift Tuesday at the United States Tennis Association's command center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park when he made the prank calls, authorities said.

Published by amNY.com on September 4, 2008.

Brian Hopkins, 25, of Astoria, was discovered engulfed in flames at about 4 a.m. atop the high-speed Acela train, having been jolted by 27,500 volts from arcing overhead wires.

Published by New York Post on August 31, 2008.

Phivos Ioannou, 47, of Astoria, could get 15 years in prison if found guilty of grand larceny and identity theft.

Published by New York Post on August 30, 2008.

Queens Boulevard in Woodside, you go under some railroad arches near 67th Street, with windows. It’s a dark and sinister-looking structure, which makes me wonder: Who manages these arches and what’s inside them?

Published by New York Times on August 30, 2008.

Paul Newman, 32, is allegedly part of a team of robbers who would choke and place guns at the heads of cab drivers in Astoria and Flushing, demanding money and, in three instances, stealing the cabs.

Published by New York Sun on August 29, 2008.

"I don't see why they can't be opend to the public," he stated. "I don't see anyone using the courts in Sunnyside at Petrides or in Huguenot at Tottenville sometimes. The courts are there. Why let them just go to waste?"

Published by SI Live on August 28, 2008.

And according to "Amy," the blogger at Filming in Brooklyn, who originally tipped us off to the sighting, the original shoot took place in Woodside, specifically at 58-45 41st Drive.

Published by The New York Observer on August 27, 2008.

On a routine ride-along in Jackson Heights, Queens, last week, Alvarado stumbled across a downed tree, potholes and walls covered in graffiti.

Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.

The neighborhoods that counted the most conditions last month range from leafy Bellerose, Queens, to boisterous Inwood, Manhattan. Those with the fewest included midtown and Gramercy Park in Manhattan; Crown Heights in Brooklyn; Kingsbridge and Riverdale in the Bronx and Astoria in Queens.

Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.

The first stop was Elmhurst, Queens, where a caller had reported that five pit bulls were caged in the back of a used-car lot.

Published by New York Times on August 23, 2008.

Soon, they pulled in at an old-fashioned diner below the No. 7 train on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside and piled in. Des removed the kitten from his bag and dabbed ointment on its chin.

Published by New York Times on August 23, 2008.

Jerry Antonacci, owner of Crown Container, says he reached an agreement earlier this week to sell his 23,000-square-foot parcel on 34th Avenue and move to Maspeth, Queens, should the city’s proposal pass successfully through the land-use process.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 22, 2008.

One of the suspects, Danielle Bremner, 26, of Woodside, apparently knew she was being sought and flew from Europe to Chicago, where authorities there arrested her Tuesday night.

Published by amNY.com on August 20, 2008.

The bandit got his start with a half dozen robberies in Queens banks -- in Forest Hills and Astoria -- then moved on to Brooklyn, committing his last 15 heists in that borough. He's hit banks in Sheepshead Bay, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, New Utrecht and Borough Park, and he's not picky about which banks he robs.

Published by SI Live on August 20, 2008.

Benjamin Chao, 52, of Maspeth, felt the same way - and hoped the end of the Olympics would bring a new appreciation of China.

Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.

A hearing by the City Planning Commission on Wednesday combined public testimony on Willets Point and two other rezoning projects, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and at south Hunters Point, along the East River in Queens.

Published by New York Times on August 14, 2008.

The hearing combined public testimony on Willets Point and two other rezoning projects, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and at south Hunters Point, along the East River in Queens.

Published by New York Times on August 14, 2008.

It's tough to get a parking spot in Jackson Heights, Queens - unless you are City Councilwoman Helen Sears.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

But the breakfast was nowhere near the 15th State Senate District, which stretches from Ozone Park and Howard Beach to Glendale and Maspeth

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

A large tree toppled onto a house in Astoria, damaging the roof and gutters. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

Lastly, a car was reported stolen from Morgan Avenue, between Withers Street and Maspeth Avenue at around 7:50 am on July 31. The owner was given some good news; that the 113th Precinct in neighboring Queens had found and towed the car. Of course, this came with some bad news: the car was found without wheels and tires, and it was running without keys.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 6, 2008.

Mr. Vallone, who represented Astoria, Queens, between 1974 and 2001, says term limits cripple the council's ability to counterbalance the mayor's wing of City Hall. He wants to see term limits abolished altogether, but said he would be open to an effort to extend term limits to three terms, up from two.

Published by New York Sun on August 6, 2008.

At a night out event in Astoria Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said police are doing all that they can.

Published by WNBC on August 6, 2008.

The first two seasons of Ugly Betty which is set in Jackson Heights were taped in Los Angeles.

Published by New York Daily News on August 5, 2008.

If successful, he could prevent her from getting on the ballot, which would make him the de facto assemblyman in the heavily Democratic Jackson Heights district.

Published by The New York Observer on August 5, 2008.

The woman with a mental acuity roughly equivalent to a second-grader left her Sunnyside residence run by a Very Special Place last Tuesday to take a public bus to her Travis day program.

Published by SI Live on August 4, 2008.

He promised he would get in eventually, but I couldn’t stay long enough to find out. I had just received a call from some friends, who, as it turned out, had spent the day at the majestic Astoria Pool, one of the city’s largest public pools, perched on the Queens side of the East River.

Published by New York Times on August 2, 2008.

Mr. Dines, who for five years sold his meat at Greenmarkets in Jackson Heights in Queens; Cortelyou, Fort Greene and Greenpoint in Brooklyn; and Murray Hill, West 97th Street, Tompkins Square, TriBeCa and Union Square in Manhattan, admitted he had on occasion sold meat he had bought from others and has placed his animals in other farms or facilities to be raised.

Published by New York Times on July 30, 2008.

"What is so special about Brooklyn?? That's all we ever read about in this rag. Are you telling me the snotty (white) infants in Park Slope will be getting a better slice of life than the (brown/white/asian) kids in Astoria and Jackson Heights??" ["Brooklyn, The Borough: Growing Up New York"]

Published by The New York Observer on July 29, 2008.

The W, a fairly new subway line that runs from Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, Queens, to Whitehall in Lower Manhattan, was rated the worst of the 22 subway lines examined because, the Straphangers said, its service was infrequent and irregular, its number of car breakdowns high, its cars dirty and its announcements garbled.

Published by New York Times on July 29, 2008.

"What is so special about Brooklyn?? That's all we ever read about in this rag. Are you telling me the snotty (white) infants in Park Slope will be getting a better slice of life than the (brown/white/asian) kids in Astoria and Jackson Heights??" ["Brooklyn, The Borough: Growing Up New York"]

Published by The New York Observer on July 29, 2008.

Karen Kelly, the developmentally disabled 55-year-old who disappeared Tuesday from her Sunnyside group home, sallied back into the residence run by A Very Special Place this morning.

Published by SI Live on July 26, 2008.