Queens Chronicle Last Thursday, the Office of Cannabis Management announced that New York State had begun accepting applications for th...

    Queens Post   Small business owners will soon be able to expand their storefront onto the sidewalk as part of a new Open Storefronts in...

  Bloomberg   The pandemic has battered New York City businesses, with almost 6,000 closures, a jump of about 40% in bankruptcy filings ac...

QNS   For weeks, hand sanitizer, face masks, Lysol spray, disinfectant wipes and even gallon jugs of water have become scarce acros...

From Curbed : Mayor Bill de Blasio has been largely noncommittal on speaking about how the city can combat some of the blight that’s sweep...

Forgotten-NY From DNA Info : The Rego Park Sears will close this spring after two decades in the neighborhood, the company announced. ...

From PIX11 : Three firefighters were injured and at least 14 businesses were destroyed when a massive blaze ripped through a row of store...

From DNA Info : The deal to bring the first major department store to downtown Jamaica in more than three decades, announced nearly three ...

From Citizen of the Month : [In 2008] I wrote a blog post titled, “ The Slummification of Kissena Boulevard ,” where I talked about the d...

From DNA Info : Aigner Chocolates, a much loved Forest Hills store which closed earlier this year, will reopen next week under new ownersh...

I had to pick up some supplies this weekend at Staples on Fresh Pond Road, and when I returned home, I noticed this in the bag. So is it a ...

From Edge of the City . Anyone know what happened here? Looks like a doozy.

From CBS New York : Witness Joe Illescas said his family was shopping when he believes the driver was trying to park in a handicap spot i...

From Karen Clements : Poor transportation, too many fast food options and crime are some of the barriers residents told Downtown Jamaica’s...

From WPIX : From meat and produce, to cheese, eggs and milk, do how you know how clean your grocery store is? An undercover investigati...

From Sunnyside Post : The face of Greenpoint Avenue—between 47th and 48th Streets—is going to change as three long-time stores are closing...

Our wanderings reveal more trashification. Last week it was the unsightly, dirty property at 67-70 Yellowstone Blvd. This week it's the...

Last July , there was word that the Gulf gas station at Metropolitan Ave and Woodhaven Blvd was for sale. There was a permit issued to remo...

From the Queens Chronicle : In October 1965 a liberalized immigration law known as the Hart-Celler Act was passed allowing immigrants to c...

From the Queens Courier : The only Staples in Howard Beach is closing at the end of this month. The store put signs up announcing the cl...