jamaica Archives – QNS

permits

Permits filed for new 9-story, 98-unit mixed-use development on Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica

By Ethan Marshall

specialized high school

News

CEC 26: Queens needs more specialized high school seats for local students

By Shane O’Brien

housing lottery

Housing lottery opens for new apartments near Jamaica-179th Street station, rent starts at $1,863

By Ethan Marshall

disaster resilience

News

Senator Sanders and CM Brooks-Powers lead disaster resilience training in Southeast Queens

By Colum Motherway

cold case

Springfield Gardens

Cold case homicide: Queens DA seeks public help in solving 2020 murder of correction officer

By Bill Parry

queens village

Queens Village deli worker gets 24 years for gunning down pal over money dispute: DA

By Bill Parry

powerball

News

Several lucky New Yorkers win big in Powerball and Take 5 drawings this week

By Czarinna Andres

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Cambria Heights

Council Member Nantasha Williams awards $169K to 14 Southeast Queens food pantries

By Athena Dawson

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Jamaica

Man sought for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old girl onboard an MTA bus in Jamaica: NYPD

By Bill Parry

Police at the scene in Jamaica, Queens where a shootout between police and an armed robbery suspect on Nov. 19, 2024 ended with the perpetrator dead and an officer seriously wounded.

AMNY

Queens shootout leaves cop wounded, robbery suspect with lengthy rap sheet dead

Queens firefighter search home in two-alarm fire

AMNY

Two-alarm Queens fire rips through partially-completed homes: FDNY

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News

Council Member Nantasha Williams introduces new bill aimed at groundwater flooding issue in southeast Queens

By Athena Dawson

Sabrina Wright, owner of Golden Sugar Bakery, is lovingly known by her customers as the “Cake Lady.”

Caribbean Life

Golden Sugar Bakery: How Sabrina Wright turned $19.84 Into a six-figure cake business

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Jamaica

Stubborn 5-alarm fire burns for hours at a Jamaica tire shop on Tuesday afternoon: FDNY

By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell

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News

Jamaica nonprofit teams up with care agency to bolster support for kids and families facing health crises

By Athena Dawson

Firefighters rescued numerous residents over ground ladders during a three alarm fire at 168-20 Liberty Ave. in Queens on Sunday, July 28.

AMNY

Queens firefighters battle three-alarm fire at home that left five residents injured

Queens man stabbed

AMNY

Murder in Queens: Man stabbed to death at bodega location

Jamaica

Juneteenth In Queens brings joy, and fun festivities to St. Albans

By Athena Dawson

Suspect who killed Queens man over parking spot

AMNY

Queens cops looking for brute who killed man over parking spot

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Two Southeast Queens subway stations receive much-needed upgrades: MTA

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica

Jamaica gang member pleads guilty to 2018 murder of MS-13 member

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica

Congressman Meeks secures millions in federal funds for Jamaica based projects

By Iryna Shkurhan

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Jamaica

Mayor defends police use of force during arrests in a confrontation at a migrant shelter in Jamaica

By Bill Parry

widows

Jamaica

Tonight: Free performance at Jamaica Center highlights lives of MLK Jr. and Malcolm X’s Widows

By Athena Dawson

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The entrance of Mount Morris Baths.

What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge

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Schneps Podcasts

The Evolution of Queens with Seth Bornstein of Queens Economic Development Corporation

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