05/22/13 2:30pm

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Fresh Pond Road, one of the central arteries of Ridgewood, will be getting a new five-story residential development. In addition to 28 units of housing, the 20,000-square-foot project at 63-34 Fresh Pond Road will also have a small amount of office space. We wonder if it will be a glassy affair like so many new buildings these days. GMAP

10/26/12 2:00pm

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In many parts of NYC, children forgo trick-or-treating altogether or only visit stores, restaurants, and other businesses for candy handouts, because their residential areas just aren’t conducive to knocking on doors, and no one knows which doors are OK to knock on anyway. The more famous Halloween shenanigans in the city are for basically for adults.

But Queens is home to several safe, family-friendly neighborhoods where the tradition of going house to house is thriving. Here’s our guide to the best hoods for trick-or-treating in the borough. (more…)