Pre-K Storybook Ending Wishes
City officials hoped that Mayor De Blasio’s landmark Universal Pre-K (UPK) …
Place: Queens
Family Ties
Loved ones facing challenges together discover a deeper meaning of family.
Mark of a Devoted Child
Mike Arotsky, aka Mike Tattoo, forged a life as an actor and colorful Queens character. Now he cares full-time for his ailing mother.
via DNAInfo
Illegal Driveways Cut Corners
Check out our interactive map detailing curb-cut complaints.
Extending Gingerbread Lane
Master builder Jon Lovitch hopes to break his own world record by filling the New York Hall of Science with 1,020 gingerbread houses.
via The Queens Courier
Blind Marathoner’s Race to Help
Nooria Nodrat raises money to aid college-bound blind girls in her native Afghanistan.
Meet Queens’ ‘Qustodian’
Jeff Orlick’s alter ego is The Queens Qustodian, a one-man cleanup crew who tears down illegal street signs and tackles other urban blemishes.