Feb. 22, 2019 Staff Report

The cause of the 2017 collision in Flushing that saw three people killed after a coach bus slammed into an MTA bus may be explained by a Thermos bottle lodged between the motorcoach’s brake and gas pedals, according to a federal agency.

Feb. 22, 2019 By Christian Murray

Tenants have started moving into a 231-unit affordable apartment building that recently opened in downtown Flushing.

Feb. 14, 2019 Staff Report

Police have released surveillance video of a suspect wanted in connection to the gruesome Feb. 12 shooting in Flushing that left a 31-year-old Queens man dead.

Feb. 13, 2019 By Meghan Sackman

A Flushing man was arrested on Monday in connection to the gruesome death of a New Rochelle woman whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase on a Greenwich, Connecticut, street earlier this month.

Feb. 12, 2019  By Meghan Sackman

Former U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley donated his congressional papers to Queens College, his alma mater, in a ceremony last week that traced his decades of public service in Queens and the Bronx.

Feb. 22, 2019 Staff Report

Police have made two more arrests in the broad daylight shooting at the 90th Street station platform that saw one person die earlier this month.

Feb. 21, 2019 Staff Report

Feb. 21, 2019  By Meghan Sackman

The man who was fatally dragged by a moving 7 train at Grand Central Station earlier this week was an area resident, according to police.

Feb. 21, 2019 By Christian Murray

The number of arrests, deportations and immigration court proceedings brought by ICE involving New York residents has surged since President Donald Trump took office, according to a scathing report released today by Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Feb. 20, 2019, By Meghan Sackman

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly sworn in representative of the 14th District, will be opening a Jackson Heights district office next month.

Feb. 22, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a much-anticipated plan yesterday that takes the next steps toward overhauling the “broken placard system” that has plagued New York City’s streets “for a long, long time,” with new technologies, a penalty system and a dedicated enforcement unit among the measures to be implemented.

Feb. 21, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan

A LeFrak City resident was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for using social media to solicit child porn online, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York.

Feb. 21, 2019 Staff Report

Two men have been charged with assault after allegedly attacking three corrections officers last month at the Queens Detention Center in Kew Gardens in a case that could land each of the defendants in prison for up to 15 years.

Feb. 19, 2019 By Meghan Sackman

Two public hearings are scheduled to take place next week where state and federal officials will discuss their plans to add lanes and other improvements to the Van Wyck Expressway as a means to increase the flow of traffic between the Kew Gardens Interchange and JFK Airport.

Feb. 19, 2019, By Meghan Sackman

Police are searching for three men who robbed a 57-year-old woman at gunpoint in Rego Park Saturday night.

Feb. 22, 2019  By Meghan Sackman

Community Board 1 voted earlier this week to revoke the liquor license of a Steinway Street bar after a slew of incidents on site since its opening only a few months ago. 

Feb. 20, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

A new Vision Zero plan released yesterday lists 21st Street, running between Astoria and Long Island City, among several priority corridors in the five boroughs that have proven dangerous and are now the focus of new safety initiatives by the city.

Feb. 20, 2019 By Meghan Sackman

Construction is expected to begin this fall on a 3-story addition to the main school building at P.S. 2 in East Elmhurst.

Feb. 19, 2019 By Christian Murray

Several state legislators will be reaching out to subway riders this week as they try to put pressure on their fellow lawmakers to include congestion pricing in the upcoming budget.

Feb. 16, 2019 By Jon Cronin

The first of seven buildings that will make up the massive Halletts Point development is complete and apartments are now available for rent.

Feb. 22, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a much-anticipated plan yesterday that takes the next steps toward overhauling the “broken placard system” that has plagued New York City’s streets “for a long, long time,” with new technologies, a penalty system and a dedicated enforcement unit among the measures to be implemented.

Feb. 21, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

M. Wells Dinette will be leaving MoMA PS1 at the end of February after a seven-year run as the museum’s cafeteria-in-residence, with a new Mediterranean restaurant anticipated to open on site this spring.

Feb. 20, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

A new Vision Zero plan released yesterday lists 21st Street, running between Astoria and Long Island City, among several priority corridors in the five boroughs that have proven dangerous and are now the focus of new safety initiatives by the city.

Feb. 20, 2019 By Christian Murray

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back at her critics yesterday after being attacked by financial commentators and fellow Democrats for allegedly not understanding how the Amazon tax incentives were structured and for lacking pragmatism.

Feb. 19, 2019 By Christian Murray

It’s a dog eat dog world and competition among veterinarians in Court Square is about to heat up as three clinics are set to open this summer.

Feb. 22, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

A group of Queens politicians and local activists gathered yesterday at the site of Amazon’s future distribution center in Woodside to vow to continue the fight against the e-commerce giant just one week after the stunning collapse of the HQ2 deal.

Feb. 21, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

A piece of wood measuring several feet long fell from the 7 train tracks above Roosevelt Avenue and pierced through a car windshield below near 65th Street earlier today, according to authorities.

Feb. 20, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

The Long Island City man arrested on Monday after allegedly raping a woman on Skillman Avenue last Friday could spend up to 25 years in prison if convicted, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office.

Feb. 20, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

A new map recently put forth by a public transit nonprofit outlines dozens of subway stations the Metropolitan Transportation Authority should focus on making fully accessible, with Sunnyside’s 40th Street-Lowery Street station among the selected.

Feb. 20, 2019 Staff Report

Police are searching for a man who exposed himself to a child while both were aboard a 7 train en route to the 52nd Street station late last week.

Feb. 22, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan

A Maspeth massage parlor with a seedy history was shut down last week by court order due to alleged prostitution.

Feb. 22, 2019 Staff Report

A 57-year-old man was killed after being struck by a van while walking on Flushing Avenue in Ridgewood yesterday morning, according to police.

Feb. 21, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan

State Sen. Joseph Addabbo is once again calling for the legalization of sports betting in the state, this time as a means to fill in the unexpected $2.3 billion shortfall recently announced in New York’s 2020 budget. 

Feb. 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan

A gentlemen’s club in Maspeth with a history of violent incidents has had its liquor license stripped after a recent stabbing.

Feb. 19, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan

Police are trying to locate a young man wanted for a violent assault and violation of a restraining order that took place in Ridgewood last Wednesday.