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Ford introduced the Mustang at the New York World's Fair on 17 April 1964, a US$2,368 pony car that took 22,000 orders on its first day and sold more than 400,000 in its first year.

Pan Am's first Boeing 747 passenger flight left New York for London at 1:52 a.m. EST on 22 January 1970, nearly seven hours late after an engine overheated on the original jet.

Chef Hooni Kim opens a small, fermentation-focused Korean restaurant at the back of a banchan shop in Long Island City, Queens.

The first phase of Queen's Wharf Brisbane, the AUD $3.6BN riverside district built around the historic Queen's Wharf site, opened to the public as Star Brisbane.

The Mets signed Juan Soto to the richest contract in sports history, a reported 15 years and $765 million with no deferrals, a $51 million average and an opt-out after 2029.

The full rebuild of LaGuardia Airport's terminals, once mocked as America's worst airport experience, was completed.

Ontario's liquor board removed more than 3,600 US-made products from 35 states, nearly $1 billion a year in sales, as retaliation for Trump's tariffs on Canada, and most other provinces followed.

Buildings 1 and 2 deliver 880 affordable homes in Queens; residents began moving in during May 2026. Grand opening celebrated May 18, 2026. Published rents: Selected 2-bedroom, 150% AMI $3,377, Selected 3-bedroom, 150% AMI $3,890.

The Rego Park development adds 120 affordable apartments at 30%, 50%, 80% and 90% AMI. Completion celebrated September 24, 2026.

174 Power Global's East River ESS is a 100 MW / 400 MWh battery on NYPA land in Astoria, Queens, approved by the New York PSC in July 2021 at 132M USD under a seven-year Con Edison dispatch contract; construction was due to start in 2025 per NYCEDC and NYPA after the end-2022 target slipped; no commissioning report was found.

JFK’s New Terminal One is under construction, with its first 14 gates and arrivals/departures halls now expected to open in early 2027. The published US$9.5 billion budget covers the full 23-gate terminal; no separate first-phase total is verified.

The first phase of JFK's New Terminal One opens with its arrivals and departures halls and 14 gates, the start of a 2.6 million sq ft international terminal that will be the airport's largest.

The year's final Grand Slam, played on hard courts in Queens over two weeks. Grounds passes let visitors roam outer courts and watch practice sessions.

The women's singles final fills Arthur Ashe Stadium on the tournament's second Saturday, closing the American hard-court season. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the US Open running 29 August to 12 September.

The season's last major ends under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis arena in the world at roughly 23,000 seats. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the tournament running 29 August to 12 September, with the men's singles final on the closing Sunday.

C26-0002 is a 300 MW battery storage interconnection request in Queens, NY. The grid operator lists its queue status as Active interconnection request. The requested in-service date is 2031-12-01; this is a planning date.

The US Army Corps of Engineers is advancing a $52.6BN plan of storm-surge gates, sea walls and levees around New York Harbor, after shelving a more radical $119BN 'mega sea wall' spanning the harbor mouth.