Flushing construction worker Raymond Chen, sitting in the Chinese cafe, said he plans to root for the Baltimore native while revisiting his family heritage.

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

HANDHELD FOOD Pita Joe (2 W. 14th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-627-7877) is scheduled to open today, serving kosher chicken schnitzel, falafel with organic hummus, and a variety of different lemonades. Erez Cohen, who also is the executive chef and owner of Delectica in Murray Hill, is in charge of the food.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Councilman John Liu, who represents Flushing, the city's largest Asian community, is irate.

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

As all of our farmers come from within 250 miles, our region’s climate means that over half of our markets close when local fields are covered in snow. Yes the Bronx Borough Hall Greenmarket ceases to operate after Thanksgiving, but so do markets in the Upper East Side, Carroll Gardens and Murray Hill.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

Rep. Anthony Weiner hosts forum with reporters ("pen and pad only") to discuss his legislative priorities and other issues; Palace Diner, private room, 6015 Main St., between 60th Avenue and Horace Harding Expressway North, Flushing.

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

The New York State Board of Elections has ruled that Jun Policarpio, a Queens congressional candidate accused of forging petition signatures, will not be allowed on the Republican ballot.

Published by New York Sun on August 8, 2008.

Muhammad Shahbaz and his brother run the Sunoco station on North Main Street in Hillcrest, right next door to the fire department.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 5, 2008.

The commercials are certainly obnoxious, but not racist, said Democratic City Councilman John Liu, who represents Flushing, a neighborhood with a large Asian population.

Published by amNY.com on August 5, 2008.

“The Albert Einstein students did the exact same thing that we did,” Ms. Golia said of her stint at Flushing Hospital Medical Center last year. “We were standing next to each other on ward rounds, presenting patients together at clinic and presenting cases to each other. We had the same supervisors.”

Published by New York Times on August 5, 2008.

"I think she needs to focus on tax issues. I think education particularly in New York City is very critical," said Eliame Hughes of Murray Hill.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 4, 2008.

These three disparate characters are part of a ragtag crew that cycles through the worn one-bedroom Murray Hill walk-up where Elizabeth Goodyear, who recently celebrated her 101st birthday, is confined, after two knee operations.

Published by New York Times on July 31, 2008.

Residents in Queens are growing more and more frustrated each day they are shut out of their building. Last week, an explosion at the building in Flushing damaged dozens of apartments. Since then, many people haven't been allowed back in, even to get their medicines.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 30, 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.

As officials from the Fire Department, Department of Environmental Protection and Con Edison pored over the scene, many residents milled around outside the building, at 147-25 Sanford Avenue in Flushing, hoping to collect some of their belongings and find out when it would be safe to return.

Published by New York Times on July 27, 2008.

My own loss of innocence, though, was probably more attributable to the good times I enjoyed with various high school and college girlfriends during what must have been a dozen visits to Flushing Meadows over the next two years.

Published by New York Times on July 27, 2008.

Deserved or no, the mere mention of Con Ed elicits scowls and muttered curses, as if the two syllables constituted a distillation of overcharging and arrogance, not to mention blackouts, steam pipe blasts and now a gas explosion at an apartment building in Flushing.

Published by New York Daily News on July 27, 2008.

Yet tenants of the Flushing building said they were not surprised when the 4:30 p.m. explosion sent air conditioners tumbling into the courtyard below and shattered windows four stories above.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

"We are homeless now," said her husband, Arun Sachdeva, who detailed his wife's sleepless night. The family's apartment was one of 37 still vacant as the investigation into Friday's explosion in Flushing continued.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

A massive building explosion in Flushing, Queens has left dozens of people homeless.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 26, 2008.

More than 130 firefighters - six of whom were injured - battled the inferno, ignited by the 4:30 p.m. gas blast at 147-25 Sanford Ave., authorities said.

Published by New York Post on July 26, 2008.

The explosion sent flames shooting into surrounding apartments and spread devastation, prompting the evacuation of scores of Flushing residents.

Published by New York Times on July 26, 2008.

The explosion is reported to have occurred on the second floor of the 90 unit building near 147th Street and Sanford Avenue, News 4 New York was told.

Published by WNBC on July 25, 2008.

The Fire Department says it has not confirmed reports of an explosion at the scene. Debris from the apartments can be seen on fire escapes and around the building in the Flushing neighborhood.

Published by New York Daily News on July 25, 2008.

Firefighters were called to the six-story building located at 147-25 Sanford Ave. in the Flushing section of the borough shortly before 5 p.m.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 25, 2008.

The building, located at 147-25 Sanford Ave., lost all gas service in June when a small kitchen fire knocked it out throughout the building that houses 90 apartments.

Published by New York Daily News on July 25, 2008.

Councilman John C. Liu, who represents the neighborhood, said the explosion occurred in a 90-unit building at 147-25 Sanford Avenue. He said that the American Red Cross had set up a temporary overnight shelter directly across the street from the building, at Junior High School 189.

Published by New York Times on July 25, 2008.

The fire happened before 4:30 p.m. at a six-story floor apartment complex at Sanford Avenue and 147th Street in Flushing.

Published by NY1 on July 25, 2008.

At least one person was killed in an apparent gas explosion in Queens Friday. The incident happened at a seven-story building located at 147-25 Sanford Avenue in Flushing.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 25, 2008.

The Phillies won't leave Flushing tied with the Mets atop the NL East. That much is for sure.

Published by New York Daily News on July 22, 2008.

Cindy Riveros, 14 months old, bounced off a large rubber ball in the outdoor basement stairwell of her Flushing, Queens, home Wednesday night, her parents said.

Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.

The accident happened at 134-37 57th Road around 7:00 Wednesday night.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 17, 2008.

Cindy Riveros tumbled at 6:03 p.m. from the third-story bedroom window of 134-36 57th St. in Flushing.

Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.

Police said no criminality was involved. The accident happened at about 6 p.m. Wednesday when Cindy fell from a bedroom window, which apparently had no guards, in Flushing. It was not clear whether the lack of window guards was because the landlord failed to put them up or the family removed them, according to the Post.

Published by WNBC on July 17, 2008.

At the Fifth Avenue Apple store, air-conditioning repair man Matthew Lichtman, 21 of Flushing - who had been camped out since 3 p.m. - said he "gave up happy hour tonight and a gorgeous date for the iPhone."

Published by New York Post on July 11, 2008.

According to a release from the Willets Point Industry and Realty Association, Mr. Ferrer will join local Councilman Hiram Monserrate at the event, where the main Willets Point property owners' group will call for the ouster of the chairman of Queens Community Board 7.

Published by The New York Observer on July 9, 2008.

A Flushing man convicted of shaking, biting and slapping his infant daughter - leaving her unable to stand - was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison.

Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.

Nadal might have run all the way to Flushing Meadows, if the U.S. Open started today instead of in August.

Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.

Justine had been the only child at a gathering on 136th St. in Queensboro Hill when he may have suffered a seizure while swimming in the inground pool about 7 p.m. Friday.

Published by New York Daily News on July 6, 2008.

Justine Almonte, who died after falling into the deep end of the pool at the home on 136th Street in Flushing on Friday, is the son of an officer in Brooklyn's 75th Precinct, sources said.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

Sixty years later, these beachheads remain in a few places like Flushing, Queens, where a handful of surviving British war brides meet monthly in a small British veterans hall, lunching on cold cuts and potato chips.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

Police said the boy might have had a seizure while swimming in the backyard pool on 136th Street in the Queensboro Hill section on Friday.

Published by WNBC on July 5, 2008.

Police say the boy was found unconscious in the pool on 136th Street in Flushing at 7 p.m. Friday.

Published by amNY.com on July 5, 2008.

The victim, who was the only child at the gathering on 136th St. in Queensboro Hill, likely had a seizure while swimming, a police source said.

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

Murray Hill, is an enclave generally immune to trends. Like virtually every other neighborhood, though, it always has room for decent new restaurants.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

Police say the boy may have had a seizure while swimming in the backyard pool on 136th Street in the Queensboro Hill section on Friday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 5, 2008.

The advisory vote by Queens Community Board 7 followed more than five hours of testimony and debate among board members, business owners, city and elected officials, affordable housing activists and union members in a jam-packed, sweltering community room in Flushing.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

My idea of exercise is carrying a six-pack up to my fifth-floor walkup, but here I was trying out for a spot as a U.S. Open ball person. More than 300 other hopefuls joined me at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, Thursday to compete for just 80 openings.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

In this edition of Neighborhood Eats, we're taking you to Flushing, Queens for some dim sum. There's a little something for everyone, from the exotic to the flavorful

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 27, 2008.

Ex-NYPD Officer Dennis Kim and his partner admitted accepting cash and sexual favors from a pimp in return for protecting a brothel in Flushing.

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

Other neighborhood activists have been pushing the city to construct a supermarket in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Flushing Avenue, but have run into opposition from preservationists who would rather save the historic and crumbling mansions known as Admirals’ Row, than raze them for a grocery.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 13, 2008.