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Queens’ top stories from October 2021
BY JULIA MORO
EDITORIAL@QNS.COM
@QNS
Looking ahead to the new year,
QNS takes a moment to remember
the top stories of 2021. From
crime to real estate, QNS reported
on a range of topics that our readers
couldn’t get enough of.
Here are the top stories from the
month of October:
FOUR QUEENS
NEIGHBORHOODS
AMONG NYC’S BEST FOR
FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS
IN 2021: REPORT
StreetEasy, the popular real estate
marketplace website, reported that
four of the top 10 best New York City
neighborhoods for fi rst-time homebuyers
are in Queens.
In the study, StreetEasy looked
for areas that are affordable for
New Yorkers ages 25 to 44 who earn
the city’s median annual income of
$70,406. According to a recent Street-
Easy survey, millennials make up the
majority of fi rst-time buyers in NYC,
with the typical new buyer being 37
years old.
The complete list of neighborhoods
is as follows: Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn;
Forest Hills, Queens; Riverdale,
Bronx; Jackson Heights, Queens;
Midtown East, Manhattan; Upper
East Side, Manhattan; Bay
Ridge, Brooklyn; Flushing, Queens;
Rego Park, Queens; and Midwood,
Brooklyn.
GOVERNOR HOCHUL
ANNOUNCES EXPANSION
OF LONG ISLAND
EXPRESSWAY IN QUEENS
IS UNDERWAY
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced
Wednesday, Oct. 20, that the state’s Department
of Transportation began construction
on projects to add auxiliary
lanes and improve exit and entrance
ramps from Little Neck Parkway to
48th Street in Maspeth and Sunnyside.
“Investment in our state’s transportation
infrastructure is critical for
the continued expansion of a thriving
economy,” Hochul said. “These muchneeded
upgrades will ease congestion
and enhance safety along one of the
most heavily utilized vehicle corridors
in New York state.”
The $19.7 million project will lengthen
three acceleration lanes and three
deceleration lanes. The auxiliary
lanes will also be added between 48th
Street and the Little Neck Parkway in
Douglaston to improve traffi c fl ow.
Exit and entrance ramps at Kissena
Boulevard, Utopia Parkway and
Francis Lewis Boulevard will also be
Forest Hills is the highest-ranking Queens neighborhood on StreetEasy’s list of top 10 best NYC neighborhoods
for fi rst-time homebuyers in 2021. Photo via Joe Shlabotnik/Flickr
extended by approximately 370 feet.
Other safety enhancements will be
installed at those locations.
POLICE LOOKING FOR
A MAN WHO RIPPED
OFF A MCDONALD’S IN
RIDGEWOOD
The NYPD are looking for a man
who was seen paying for his order
inside McDonald’s on Friday, Oct. 15,
when the man lunged, reaching into
the cash register, stealing $1,116.
Video surveillance caught the
suspect stealing at the Ridgewood Mc-
Donald’s located at 54-04 Myrtle Ave.
before driving away in a dark gray Nissan
Rogue in an unknown direction.
The suspect was wearing a black
headband, a dark sweatshirt, ripped
blue jeans and dark sneakers. No
injuries were reported.
‘ALL THE QUEENS
HOUSES’: WOODSIDE
ARCHITECT’S BOOK
CAPTURES BOROUGH’S
‘DOMESTIC TREASURES’
IN PHOTOS
An architect-photographer from
Queens put together a collection of photos
featuring hundreds of unique homes
throughout the borough.
Rafael Herrin-Ferri work, “All the
Queens Houses: An Architectural
Portrait Of New York’s Largest and
Most Diverse Borough,” was on display
at The Architectural League of New
York’s offi ce gallery in Manhattan in
2017. The exhibit showcased nearly 300
snapshots of local “castles” taken across
34 neighborhoods.
“As I started to get to know the ‘World’s
Borough,’ I was delighted to discover
how unorthodox the housing stock
was. Regardless of socio-economic
status, almost every street of every
Queens neighborhood has some highly
idiosyncratic residential structure
exhibiting great personal, cultural and,
in many cases, religious pride. And it
became my mission to discover them all,”
Herrin-Ferri said.
The book is now available in stores, as
well as online on Amazon and Barnes &
Noble.
YEAR IN REVIEW
This man was caught on camera reaching into the cash register at a
Ridgewood McDonald’s and made off with more than $1,000.
Photo courtesy of NYPD
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