Latest News from Howard Beach, NY

French expatriates gather at the Howard Beach Library to discuss Marine Le Pen's presidential bid and its impact on international policies.

NYPD shifts tactical patrols to Howard Beach, Queens, after ten home burglaries in recent weeks leave local waterfront blocks on high alert.

Queens Historical Society completes digitization of 84 boxes of records from the 1986 civil rights case, opening the public database on Saturday.

City engineers begin emergency repairs on Howard Beach tidal gates after blocked outfalls leave waterfront streets vulnerable to high-tide flooding.

Low-lying Howard Beach streets are submerged during high tide, prompting calls from city leaders for accelerated bulkhead and flood gate repairs.

St. Agnes Parish volunteers pack $15,000 in medical supplies for South American earthquake relief, coordinating with the Venezuelan Consulate.

NATO foreign ministers met with Gulf counterparts on Tuesday to address the Strait of Hormuz stalemate, as Queens fishing groups worry about supply chain impacts.

Global oil prices dropped sharply following a two-week ceasefire announcement, bringing economic relief to Howard Beach residents and businesses.

A federal judge denied a motion by a Howard Beach man to vacate his gang assault conviction, rejecting claims of prosecutorial misconduct.