A Queen's View of Queens

FilmThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three at the Elevate Acre/River to River Festival55 Water StManhattan8PMCome see the original film that inspired the remake in theatres now.  Four hijackers, got up like Groucho Marx and led by Robert Shaw with the voice of a Dalek, kidnap a New York subway train ...

ConcertsRachel Trachtenburg's Homemade World & The Beach Puppeteers on The BeachGoverners Island3PMSee above for Rachel Trachtenburg's Homemade World, which here takes part in this family tribute to the wonderful Maurice Sendak. TheatreTwelfth Night at the Delacorte TheatreCentral Park (at 81st S...

 If you are thinking about buying a home - think fast, because you are about to miss out! Last year, the government instituted a $7,500 tax credit for new home buyers that had to be paid back over a term of 15 years - with the stipulation that your home had to be purchased before the end of 2008....

BikingRed Bull Trackstar Courier Classic at the Red Bull Space40 Thompson St (at Watts St)Soho/Manhattan2PMThis bike race is not for amateurs: Teams of four will compete in an alleycat-style race around the city, with the goal of picking up packages from predetermined locations, for a grand prize...

How Are You Keeping Cool This Summer? With schools out, and the weather finally starting to heat up, old and young alike are heading to some of the city’s 54 public pools. With 10 locations in Queens, pools are open through Labor Day for residents to escape the heat. At indoor pools, the recreati...

OrganizationBrooklyn Critical Mass in Grand Army PlazaFlatbush and Prospect Park WProspect Heights/Brooklyn7PMMembers of the bike-group-cum-political-organization Critical Mass take to the streets of Brooklyn for their monthly ride. Afterward, join the riders for a party at grill-friendly East Ri...

When you prepare an offer to purchase a home, you already know the seller’s asking price. But what price are you going to offer and how do you come up with that figure? Determining your offer price is a three-step process. First, you look at recent sales of similar properties to come up with a pr...

LectureJeffrey's Meats of Essex Street Market w/Jeffrey Rhalter at LES Tenament Museum108 Orchard St (at Broome St)Lower East Side/Manhattan(212) 982-84206:30PMThis famed meat market has been an Essex Street Market staple for 70 years (and an LES institution for nearly 90 years). Tonight, owner a...

Selling your home?  Thinking about selling your home?  I've got some bad news for you that not every Realtor will be will to tell you... YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY ON THE SALE OF YOUR HOME AS YOU WANT We are in what's known as a Buyers Market - that means you don't have the power - th...

FilmThe Age of Innocence at Peir/Summer on the Hudson FestivalW 70th St (at the Hudson River)Manhattan(212) 408-02197PMScorsese's magnificent film, taken from Edith Wharton's novel, is set in 1870s New York and centres on lawyer Newland Archer (Day-Lewis), whose plans to wed the impeccably connec...