Scenes Of Queens: The Van Wyck Garbageway

This scene takes place on the Jamaica/South Richmond Hill border on the east service road of the Van Wyck Expressway. Queens Chronicle Illegal trash piles have been growing in South Ozone Park, and with them, residents’ frustration. Aracelia Cook of the 149th Street South Ozone Park Civic Association recently documented several of the chronic illegal … Continue reading Scenes Of Queens: The Van Wyck Garbageway

Queens Black Lives Matter Mural Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Jamaica, Queens, New York In a few weeks, New York City (and other American cities) will be recognizing the one year anniversary of the extrajudicial murder of George Floyd committed by Officer Derek Chauvin and also the start of the Black Lives Matter mass protest demonstrations that followed it. Which brings up Mayor de Blasio's … Continue reading Queens Black Lives Matter Mural Doesn’t Matter Anymore