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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Cops are looking for the pickpocket who stole the woman's wallet while she was perusing the clothing store in Jackson Heights.
Looking to settle down and buy a house in New York City? It may not be as expensive as you think.
Vote April 7-15 on whether the city's Participatory Budget funds music rooms at Bayside High School or solar panels for Douglaston Library.
Here's what's happening in Queens this weekend.
Thrillist ranked this Queens eatery among "The 31 Best Burger Joints In America," and it was the only one in New York City to make the cut.
Cops say the same man is responsible for stealing thousands of dollars in electronics and cash from six stores across Southeast Queens.
The trio clocked the 18-year-old aboard an R train while snatching a pair of Beats headphones off her head, police say.
After learning Kecha's owner abandoned her in a Rego Park apartment, locals stepped up to find the cat a new home and pay her vet bills.
Campus Magnet, home to five small Cambria Heights high schools, has three separate projects on this year's ballot.
Read up on the auditorium upgrades, school bathroom renovations and more on this year's ballot before casting your vote April 7-14.
Riccardo's By the Bridge and Prince Kabab & Chinese Restaurant have been temporarily shut down after their failed inspections, records show.
The head of a Long Island City design firm pleaded guilty to paying off Con Ed supervisors to secure lucrative contracts for his company.
"I'm going to try anything I have to to save the love of my life," Michael Bilski said of his wife, whose kidneys began failing a year ago.
Ten days before her murder, she told him to leave her alone, prosecutors say. He said, "I'd rather be dead or make peace with God in jail."
The carjacker stole a 51-year-old man's white Chevy Suburban after he left it running to warm it up, cops say.
Over 1,200 have signed a petition to keep the academy's principal after its board voted "without any explanation" not to renew her contract.
Catalina Cruz, the first Dreamer to run for office in New York State, will lead the ceremony in Jackson Heights on Wednesday.
The NYPD released new surveillance photos of a man wanted for the fatal shooting at the Long Island City public housing complex.
The Queens neighborhood will be one of three in New York City to house a new "small-format" store, the retailer announced Tuesday.
An autopsy showed the girl was brutally beaten to death. Her stepfather was the only adult in the apartment when she died, prosecutors say.
