Tag Archives: Queens

Atlas shrugged in Queens . . . again

Atlas shrugged in Queens . . . again

Glendale Center would be built on more than 6 acres of land, owned by ATCO, which currently houses Atlas Terminals and several stores. Current zoning permits the project to move forward without approvals. There’s a strong sense of déjà vu developing among residents in Glendale. The original developers of the Atlas Park Mall, which went into bankruptcy and was later ...

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Man with ties to 50 Cent’s G-Unit gunned down in Queens

Man with ties to 50 Cent’s G-Unit gunned down in Queens

Mazaradi Fox, aka Jamal Green, 42, is pictured here with 50 Cent in 2006. He was once part of the rap group G-Unit. A rapper with close ties to 50 Cent was shot and killed Friday when a gunman in a black ski mask unloaded on an SUV full of people in Queens, police said. Mazaradi Fox, 42, whose real ...

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Queens Library group mulls cancer’s ifs, ands & butts

Queens Library group mulls cancer’s ifs, ands & butts

Queens Library Hillcrest resident Chander Iyer, who bravely wrote a book about his own battle with rectal cancer, was ready to lead a recent discussion about the topic at the Queens Library’s Pomonok branch but – unlike the group pictured – only one person showed up. Turns out it takes more than a support group with a catchy name to ...

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Queens Library group mulls cancer’s ifs, ands & butts

Queens Library group mulls cancer’s ifs, ands & butts

Queens Library Hillcrest resident Chander Iyer, who bravely wrote a book about his own battle with rectal cancer, was ready to lead a recent discussion about the topic at the Queens Library’s Pomonok branch but – unlike the group pictured – only one person showed up. Turns out it takes more than a support group with a catchy name to ...

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Convention center headed for Queens

Convention center headed for Queens

Fleet Architects, LLP A development group plans to build a $ 200 million convention center, hotel, apartments and retail on the site of a car dealership in Corona. A spacious convention center and 25-story hotel and apartment complex will soon rise on the site of a Corona car dealership near Citi Field. Fleet Financial Group plans to break ground on ...

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SEE IT: Another brewer hops into Queens

SEE IT: Another brewer hops into Queens

Todd Maisel, New York Daily News/New York Daily News Micro brew masters Anthony Accardi, left, and Rob Kolb, right, show off their brewing systems in this basement in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. A pair of beer-loving buddies is joining a bevy of Queens-based businessmen who offer one-of-a-kind brews. Transmitter Brewing signed a lease in Long Island City this month — becoming the ...

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