Permits filed for 5-story fire station in Elmhurst

Homicide detectives out of the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are working to determine why a 31-year-old man was gunned down outside a Merrick Boulevard watering hole on Sunday morning.

Police responded to a 911 call of a person shot outside the Wave Juice Bar and Lounge at 125-22 Merrick Blvd. at around 6:16 a.m., where they found the victim with gunshot wounds to his chest and leg.

Sep. 23, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

The front gate of the Union Street firehouse in downtown Flushing will receive a new mural following a donation from a Korean fried chicken chain. 

Two teenagers turned themselves in at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows, where they were booked for stealing an unoccupied MTA subway car at the Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. station and taking it for a brief joy ride just after midnight on Thursday, Sept. 12.

The 17-year-old girl surrendered just after noon on Wednesday, and her accomplice, a 17-year-old boy, turned himself in the following morning. They were each charged with two counts of criminal mischief in the first degree and reckless endangerment in the first degree.

Sept. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Long Island City Astoria Lions Club proudly marks the 10th anniversary of its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, which has collected an impressive 6,000 pounds of food and critical items each year.

Flags are flying at half-staff at all city buildings across the five boroughs to honor a Department of Sanitation veteran who was killed in the line of duty in Northeast Queens on Saturday.

Mayor Eric Adams and DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch rushed to the Queens East Garage on Sept. 21, where 54-year-old Richard Errico fell from the cab of a vehicle he was operating at around 5:43 p.m.

Sep. 23, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Local elected officials, water safety advocates and families of drowning victims gathered on Friday, Sept 20, to honor the lives of seven New Yorkers who drowned this summer.

Sep. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and Ramy Mahmoud

It was a parade that was truly out of this world!

Sep. 23, 2024 amNewYork Metro

On Oct. 7, 2023, our world changed forever. As families in southern Israel celebrated the joyous holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, unleashing a brutal attack that left over 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage, nearly all civilians. It was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Sept. 23, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

A local property owner has launched a fundraising campaign to revive the famous Sunnyside mural on the corner of 40th Street and 47th Avenue.

Sep. 23, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

A pilot program allowing American travelers to renew their passports online will now become a permanent fixture following its success.