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Report: 2026 Queens community board stats show continued increase in diversity across several demographics

The 2026 Queens Community Board Demographic Report shows a historic increase in participation from underrepresented communities, including women, Hispanic and Latinx residents, res...

Queens Community Board 5 talks plethora of local happenings during monthly meeting

Queens Community Board 5 – which encompasses Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale – hosted its board meeting on Wednesday, July 8, where board members discussed a pletho...

Seven Queens neighborhoods among top 50 priciest in NYC during second quarter of 2026: Report

Queens experienced a 6% increase in the median sale price year-over-year, from $560,000 in the second quarter of 2025 to $595,000 in the second quarter of 2026, according to a repo...

NYC’s Fair Housing Growth Strategy draft report calls for nearly 86.5K additional housing units in Queens by 2030

New York City recently released a draft report of its Fair Housing Growth Strategy, which went into detail the number of housing units needed across each borough now and in the fut...

Married-couple families account for majority of homeowners in Queens: Report

Married-couple families account for 52.6% of all homeowners in Queens, according to a report by PropertyShark. Queens tied with Brooklyn for the second-highest percentage of homeow...

Investment sales in Queens reach nearly $2.6 billion in first half of 2026, up 49% from previous year: Report

The investment-sales volume in Queens surged 49% year-over-year in the first half of 2026, from $1.744 billion to $2.599 billion, across 315 transactions, according to a report by...

Cost of homes and rentals in Queens remain static, inventory rises year-over-year in July 2026: Report

The median asking price for homes sold and the median asking price for apartments rented across Queens in July 2026 had little change year-over-year, despite large increases in hom...

A people’s guide to the ‘Commie Corridor’ of Brooklyn and Queens

The stronghold of young, leftist and college-educated voters fueled Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rise. [ more › ]

Queens apartments among smallest in country, despite immense size growth over last decade: Report

While new apartments in Queens have experienced a large increase in the average square footage over the last decade, they still rank towards the bottom nationwide, according to a r...

CM Brooks-Powers calls on NYCHA to address vacant units in southeast Queens

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers is calling on NYCHA to prioritize five developments in southeast Queens in the agency’s Vacant Unit Readiness program, noting that her council...

CB 5 talks parking, one-ways and more

Discussions about streets within the Community Board 5 area dominated the panel’s brief July 8 meeting, as members touched on parking enforcement and possible one-way conversions.D...

Certified Election Night Results

The certified primary election night June 23, 2026 results, according to the Board of Elections in the City of New York, are as follows:   *Denotes incumbent. Winners in bold.  ...

QEDC to host ‘Building Queens’ development conference in LIC focusing on ‘unprecedented wave’ of borough investment

The Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) will host an inaugural “Building Queens” development and investment conference in Long Island City next month, bringing together...

Health insurers pitch 21 percent increase

If health insurers have their way, the amount Queens residents pay to purchase health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace could go up by an average of nearly 21 p...

Douglaston-Little Neck Library a go

The Queens Library welcomed city officials and dignitaries from throughout northeast Queens Monday for the ceremonial groundbreaking for the future Douglaston-Little Neck Library.T...

Sen. Comrie outlines challenges and opportunities facing the neighborhood during State of the District event in Jamaica

State Sen. Leroy Comrie held a State of the District event in Jamaica last week, outlining some of the challenges and opportunities facing neighborhoods and residents in the 14th S...

Luxury homes in Queens remain mostly static in price in June, price of luxury rentals up: Report

In June 2026, Queens experienced a small decline in the median asking price for luxury units in the borough year-over-year, while the median asking rent for luxury rentals rose ove...

Rendering unveiled for mixed-use building with 140 units in Woodside

A rendering has been created for a proposed 13-story mixed-use building with 140 housing units at 50-01 Queens Blvd. in Woodside. The building would cover 117,750 square feet and f...

ZIP-ping through post office battles in Ridgewood and Glendale: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

One unique distinction between Queens and the other boroughs of New York City is the importance of a neighborhood to each resident. Here in Queens, if we’re talking to someone from...

The World’s Borough Gets a New Slogan

In 2007, local artists painted a mural decreeing “Queens is the future.” Now the tagline is proudly displayed on welcome signs—right above the name of Astoria’s own Zohran Mamdani.

City announces Long Island City’s Parcel E to be transformed into 983-unit housing development with over 600 affordable...

The city will transform a long-vacant city-owned site near the Long Island City waterfront into a sprawling mixed-use development that will create almost 1,000 homes across three b...

How many new homes does NYC need? 700K, housing agency says.

Astoria, Queens A new, first-of-its-kind report gives a neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown of how the city can build its way out of the housing crisis. [ more › ]

2026 Inclusion Conference on the Bund to Focus on Building the AI Economy Together

LIC community leaders question Mamdani-backed housing development

The Mamdani administration announced a plan to build 1,000 homes on a vacant city-owned lot in Long Island City earlier this week – but some community leaders say the project w...