Nestled along a residential stretch of Seagirt Boulevard in Far Rockaway, the Seagirt Boulevard Community Garden has been a green fixture in this Queens neighborhood for over two decades. Watch Restoring the Rockaways on PBS. See more from Need To Know. A photograph of the space from 2009 reveals row after row of neatly planted [...]
From NY1 News this afternoon: U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Friday that the government is setting up a program that will allow victims to put off their mortgage payments for up to a year while doing repairs.
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MyFoxNY reports today that Council member Daniel Dromm has warned community members that two openly gay men have been murdered within the span of a week in his district, which includes Jackson Heights, Elmburst, Woodside and Corona. From MyFoxNY: The first murder occurred at 32-23 91st Street on February 3, 2013 and the second murder [...]
Today in the news, NY Eater has a comprehensive look at the restaurants across the city that are still closed nearly four months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the East Coast. The list includes seven restaurants in Breezy Point and the Rockaways. From NY Eater: Here, now, is an updated map of restaurants that are still [...]
When Vincent Hyland’s great-grandmother, Catherine, died in 2004, he took a stack of old photographs from her house on 127 street in Rockaway Beach, Queens, and placed them in his bedroom closet, just five blocks over on 121st. Among the photographs: a sepia portrait from the 1920′s. Wedding photos from decades prior. A series of [...]
