Dec. 12, 2022 By Christian Murray A playground in Woodside is about to get a $7.1 million makeover. Councilmember Julie Won announced Thursday that Lawrence Virgilio Playground, located between 39th Road and 39th Drive, will be undergoing a revamp that will include upgraded play equipment, sprinklers, security lighting, handball courts and more. The playground was… Read more »
Dec. 12, 2022 By Christian Murray A 77-year-old substitute teacher was arrested Thursday for allegedly choking a student at a College Point middle school, police said. Vernon Jerom allegedly grabbed the neck of a student at College Point Collaborative and was arrested at around 2:10 p.m. The school is located at 14th Avenue and 124th… Read more »
Dec. 12, 2022 By Christian Murray The journey for bicyclist crossing the Roosevelt Island Bridge, which links Vernon Boulevard in Astoria to the island, has got a whole lot safer. The Department of Transportation has installed weather-resistant panels in the bike lanes to cover the slippery metal grating that cyclists have long argued was unsafe—particularly… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2022 By Czarinna Andres The police are looking for a man who robbed an 85-year-old woman—who was using a walker—inside a parking garage in Jackson Heights Friday. The suspect allegedly approached the elderly woman from behind at around 7:05 p.m. and pushed her to the ground inside the garage located at 74-10 35th… Read more »
Dec. 9, 2022 By Christian Murray A Rego Park man has been indicted for allegedly robbing a woman at knife point–and then groping her–on a M train while it was in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City last month. Abel Pita Aviles, 36, was arraigned Friday for allegedly robbing a 24-year-old woman on… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Nathan Murray Plans are in the works for a new public high school in College Point. The School Construction Authority plans to open a 659-student school where St. Agnes Academic High School was located before it closed last year. The agency, according to a SCA filing, plans to revamp the shuttered… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Two men were stabbed—one fatally—in an attack that took place in South Ozone Park Wednesday. Police received a 911 call at around 3 p.m. yesterday that two men had been assaulted in the vicinity of Lefferts Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard. When police arrived at the scene, they found a… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Christian Murray A Brooklyn man who fatally struck a 62-year-old Asian American woman over the head with a rock in North Corona last year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is likely to be sentenced to 20 years in prison. Elisaul Perez, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Christian Murray A long-time Italian restaurant that has been part of the fabric of Sunnyside for more than 50 years is closing. Dazies Restaurant, which was established in 1970 by the late Lily Gavin, is closing next month. The restaurant has been located at 39-41 Queens Blvd. since it opened and… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Christian Murray A Queens man was sentenced to 23-years-to life in prison Tuesday for a fatal stabbing that took place outside a baby’s Christening party in Corona in 2019. Antonio Martinez, 50, was sentenced after being found guilty of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon on Nov. 16 following… Read more »