MAY 21 — Real Estate
Willets Point Commons Opens, Launching Queens' All-Affordable Megaproject
The first 880 affordable apartments at Willets Point Commons opened to residents in May 2026, the leading edge of a 2,500-unit, 100% affordable Queens…
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MAY 21 — Real Estate
The first 880 affordable apartments at Willets Point Commons opened to residents in May 2026, the leading edge of a 2,500-unit, 100% affordable Queens…
MAY 06 — Transit
The MTA's Brooklyn–Queens light rail is in a two-year design phase, with a draft environmental review due fall 2026 — even as it plans around uncertain…
MAY 04 — Food
The Queens Taste food festival returns May 12 to Sound River Studios in Long Island City, with about 50 borough restaurants and bars, organized by the Queens…
APR 13 — Sports
The Islanders fired coach Patrick Roy in early April and named Peter DeBoer his replacement, missing the playoffs again even as rookie No.
MAR 29 — Sports
Rick Pitino's St. John's won a second straight Big East Tournament title, beating UConn 72-52, earned a No.
MAR 27 — Sports
NYCFC installed the final steel beam at Etihad Park in Willets Point on March 25, completing the structural frame of New York City's first soccer-specific…
FEB 20 — Transit
The first phase of the privately financed New Terminal One at JFK — new arrivals and departures halls plus the first 14 gates — is on track to open in 2026…
JAN 24 — Sports
The Mets traded two top prospects to Milwaukee for two-time All-Star Freddy Peralta and signed reliever Devin Williams, remaking the front of their pitching…
DEC 15 — Crime & Courts
A 780-count indictment accuses 13 people of stealing more than $2.2 million in merchandise from 128 Home Depot stores across nine states and reselling it.
DEC 03 — Transit
We ranked nine NYC ground transportation operators for Queens car service in 2026 by JFK and LaGuardia airport coverage, intra-Queens and cross-borough…
SEP 09 — Sports
The 2025 US Open drew a record 1,144,562 fans to Flushing Meadows, paid out a record $90 million in prize money, and crowned Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna…
SEP 03 — Transit
The MTA completed its boroughwide rebuild of the Queens bus network on Aug. 31, 2025, touching nearly every route serving 800,000-plus daily riders.
JUL 25 — Transit
The Long Island Rail Road carried 298,419 riders on July 23, 2025 — its highest single-day total since the pandemic — as Grand Central Madison drives record…