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• 37th Avenue and 61st Street The Hostess With the Leastest

  ...wanted to. I never understood why Hostess put the shop in the middle of nowhere (37th Avenue and 61st Street), where no one could take advantage of the deals. I also never understood the sign...

  Published by Lost City on January 4, 2009.

• 54th and 58th GET SET FOR A COLD LANG SYNE

  Huge viewing screens will be set up on Broadway at West 50th, 52nd, 54th and 58th streets for those who don't arrive early enough to get a closer view.

  Published by New York Post on December 31, 2008.

• Broadway and Northern Blvd. The Orange Hut

  ...little hamburger joint, hunkered down near the V subway station at the the corner of Broadway and Northern Blvd. It is an island of worn whimsy in a sea of ugly auto dealerships and...

  Published by Lost City on December 18, 2008.

• 50th & 49th Aves Because hotels are what's lacking in LIC

  ...on the hoteliers’ radars as well. It looks like a couple of adjacent parcels on 50th & 49th Aves between Vernon & 5th St are going to be transformed into a hotel...

  Published by Queens Crap on November 25, 2008.

• 50th & 49th Aves Vernon/Jackson to get a hotel; rezoning battles on in Dutch Kills

  ...on the hoteliers’ radars as well. It looks like a couple of adjacent parcels on 50th & 49th Aves between Vernon & 5th St are going to be transformed into a hotel...

  Published by liQcity on November 24, 2008.

• 69th Street near Broadway Jackson Heights: For Day Laborers, an Intersection of Fear

  Scenes like this have long been commonplace 69th Street near Broadway and 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, where scores of day laborers gather most days. But ever since Oct. 21, when the police arrested 10 laborers at the intersection, a feeling of unease has reverberated among the men.

  Published by New York Times on November 15, 2008.

• Roosevelt Avenue and 69th Street Market for Day Laborers Sours With the Economy

  ...a Garcia, 59, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who waits for work every day at Roosevelt Avenue and 69th Street in Queens, said he was trying to make just enough money to buy a plane...

  Published by New York Times on October 20, 2008.

• Astoria VIDEO: Neighbors rescue woman from fire

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

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

• Astoria SAMARITANS CATCH GAL LEAPING FROM QNS. FIRE

  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.

• Maspeth A Land of Opportunity Lures Poles Back Home

  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.

• Elmhurst Out of control Queens landlady forced to pay up

  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.

• Astoria COPS TOW CAR 'THIEF'

  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.

• Woodside Good Eating | Woodside: Thorough Fare

  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.

• Astoria Can they work wonders on Staten Island's waterfront?

  "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.

• Sunnyside Modern-Day Explorers Discovering Governors Island

  “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.

• Astoria Faded strip plots comeback

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

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

• Woodside Ready & (c)able, he comes to the rescue

  "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.

• Astoria AMAZIN' HR APPLE PRESERVED

  "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.

• Astoria Seven Years After 9/11, the Tears Keep Coming

  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.

• Woodside Police hunt for violent home invaders

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

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

• Sunnyside Spice up your life: Dip the dosa

  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.

• Astoria Rock-throwing vandals damage cars, homes

  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.

• Laurel Hill Boulevard and 64th Street Woman, 59, Found Dead On Queens Street

  Police responded to a call of assault Laurel Hill Boulevard and 64th Street at about 10:30 p.m.

  Published by WNBC on September 7, 2008.

• Astoria Urban Studies | Drilling: The Zentist Will See You Now

  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.

• Elmhurst Tennis worker busted in Open bomb hoaxes

  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.

• Elmhurst U.S. Open Worker Charged With Making Bomb Threats

  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.

• Elmhurst Cops: Teen called in bomb threats to U.S. Open

  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.

• Burmese Café Fall Preview: Eat, Drink, and Be Worried

  These sorts of colorful joints cannot easily be replaced. All three Polish meat markets in the East Village have closed. Other recent exterminations of worthwhile places include Brick Oven Gallery, Pintxos, Burmese Café, Bright Food Shop, Matamoros Pueblo Grocery, Havana Chelsea Luncheonette, and a slew of other cheap, unpretentious places.

  Published by Village Voice on September 3, 2008.

• Astoria ZAPPED AMTRAK TRESPASSER SUES

  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.

• Woodside F. Y. I.: More Fire Response

  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.