Interesting facts about independent newspapers in Queens, a large, urban place that no one knows anything about

There are 55 community newsweeklies and 29 immigrant papers there.

Best quote comes from a Maureen E. Walthers, publisher and editor of something called The Times Newsweekly of Ridgewood, on reporters for the city's megapapers: "Nothing personal, she said, 'but you’re dealing mostly with people that came from Iowa.'"