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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The York College lab technician and his alleged drug supplier are accused of selling cocaine near the college at least twice, charges say.
The man faces life in prison for opening fire on two brothers - killing one of them - following a traffic dispute in Kew Gardens.
An Ozone Park man was sentenced for taking nude photos of a 14-year-old girl and manipulating her into a sex act after getting her drunk.
Nearly 400 eateries are participating in NYC's Winter Restaurant Week - Only three of them are in Queens.
A man punched the 72-year-old woman in the face and stole her wallet while she was walking home in Ozone Park, police say.
An East Elmhurst man will serve six months in jail for stealing Millennium the tortoise.
"What are you hiding?" the Bayside-based Senator asked Mayor Bill de Blasio in a letter on the city's potential expansion into Fort Totten.
The 65-year-old man was found lying unconscious with a gunshot wound to his head, police say.
Dozens of locals packed a meeting with the DOT to ask questions, offer suggestions or just vent about the bike lanes along Queens Boulevard.
The man patted down the employee for goods before making off with $600 from the cash register, police say.
Businesses flooded by the Elmhurst water main break in January can apply for emergency loans as high as $30,000 to repair the damage.
The 6-foot-3 Brooklyn man tried to fight cops at the airport after he was deemed too drunk to board his Southwest flight, police say.
Living at any one of these Queens addresses will cost you no more than $1,000 a month. Yes, really.
An Elmhurst couple is accused of illegally cramming 15 people into a one-family house they allegedly rented out as five single-room units.
Community Board 1 approved plans for a $2 million renovation of the baseball field, including regraded turf, new bleachers and a new dugout.
The 19-year-old was found dead roughly a half-mile from his home, riddled with bullets to his neck and chest, police say.
Cops are investigating the death of the man found with a massive head injury in Little Neck.
"They want us to pay for what they did to make the congestion so terrible," said President Michael Feiner. "I think it's ludicrous."
A 15-year-old boy was found dead, with gunshot wounds to his torso, in the stairwell of a Far Rockaway apartment building, police say.
One Queens subway rider didn't like it when another passenger told him to turn down his music - so he stabbed him in the hand, police said.
