Danielle Woodward is a reporter for Patch in New York City, where she covers all things Queens. She came to Patch from the Traverse City Record-Eagle in Northern Michigan, where she's covered business, features and education news. She's also been a copy editor and producer for the Arizona Republic and has written for the online news site, Addiction Now.
Danielle was born and raised on an island in Southeast Michigan (No, it's not as cool as it sounds.) and graduated from Michigan State University in 2015. She lives in Brooklyn with her one-eyed chiweenie, whom she loves more than most people.
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Snowdays, a dessert shop best known for its shaved ice cream and deluxe hot chocolates, will open on Bell Boulevard in June, QNS reported.
The airline reached a settlement with the Astoria family, whose pooch died after a flight attendant put it in an overhead bin, TMZ reported.
NYC Small Business Services will offer free bilingual courses on business planning, entrepreneurship, finances and more in June,
The man was charged with a hate crime Wednesday for his expletive-laced tirade that went viral on a train between Forest Hills and Jamaica.
The thieves made off with three iPhones and $700 in cash, police say.
The Museum of the Moving Image will honor two filmmaking pioneers with these special series launching on Friday.
The bar's owner pleaded guilty on Wednesday to failing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in employment tax to the IRS.
The Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade is the nation's largest, organizers say. It will march for the 91st time on Monday.
LIRR trains between Jamaica and Penn Station were delayed Wednesday after "an unauthorized person on the tracks," was struck, officials say.
NYPD precincts in Southeast Queens rank among the city's highest for weed-related arrests and summons, lawmakers said in a letter to the DA.
The ride service has doubled in four Queens neighborhoods "long ignored by yellow taxis," according to Uber Connects NYC.
A slow teller may just have saved this Queens bank a ton of money, police said.
The fight caught on tape inside a South Richmond Hill Checkers restaurant landed two men in the hospital, police said.
The East New York man was arrested on Tuesday for fatally shooting a man inside the Baisley Park Houses earlier this month, cops said.
NYC beaches will open for the summer on Saturday, but one popular stretch of the Rockaways won't be joining them, city officials announced.
Three thieves allegedly broke into the Hollis home after another perp snuck inside and opened the door for them, police say.
The local Business Improvement District will get $300,000 for projects to revamp its business scene, city officials announced Monday.
Painting with a Twist is opening its first spot in Queens, and you could win a free session for two by subscribing to Forest Hills Patch.
The man is caught on tape breaking the 94-year-old man's glasses after knocking them off his face in an argument.
The man laughed as he fled a Rego Park Burlington Coat Factory with a stolen Adidas bag after flashing a gun at security guards, cops say.
