Jan. 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a man who robbed a bank in Astoria last week. The suspect walked into a Citibank, located at 22-16 31st St., at around 9:30 a.m. Thursday and handed a note to a teller demanding cash, police said. The 26-year-old male teller complied and handed over… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2021 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state will begin to lift some COVID-19 restrictions this week as the state’s coronavirus positivity rate and other benchmarks are decreasing. Cuomo said he will lower restrictions in micro-cluster zones statewide–including a Queens yellow zone that covers portions of northern and central Queens…. Read more »
Jan. 22, 2021 By Allie Griffin The rental market in Queens has taken a hit over the past year — and western Queens saw a heavy decline. The average rent paid in December to nab a Queens apartment was down 6.23 percent, from December 2019, according to a recent report released by the real estate… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2021 By Allie Griffin The opening of a 24/7 COVID-19 vaccination site at Citi Field has been postponed as New York City’s supply of the vaccine dwindles. The vaccine “mega site” at the ball field was originally set to open this week. However, the city doesn’t have enough doses this week to supply… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2021 By Allie Griffin A 28-year-old woman was found lying in the hallway of an apartment building in LeFrak City Monday morning and has been pronounced dead. The woman was lying on the fifth floor hallway of a building at 97-22 57th Ave. when police officers arrived at around 4 a.m. She was… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2021 By Allie Griffin A Catholic deacon from Maspeth was caught trying to engage a 14-year-old boy in a sex act through an undercover sting Tuesday. Rogelio Vega — who serves as a deacon at Saint Sebastian Church in Woodside — allegedly conversed with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy for… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police are searching for a suspect tied to a string of commercial burglaries in Flushing. The suspect — a man believed to be in his 20s — has burglarized seven businesses in the neighborhood since mid-December, according to police. He has allegedly stolen thousands of dollars of cash and… Read more »
Jan. 21, 2021 By Allie Griffin Construction workers have broken ground on a two-tower development that will include a new 476-seat school. The large-scale development is going up at 69-02 Queens Blvd. and a school will occupy space in the lower levels of one of the two towers. One tower will be 15 stories, while… Read more »
Jan. 21, 2021 By Allie Griffin A lucky pooch was rescued from the icy waters of the Jamaica Bay Wednesday morning. Officers with the NYPD Harbor Patrol unit spotted Tinkerbell the pup frantically doggy-paddling and struggling to stay afloat through the bay around 10 a.m. Wednesday, according to the NYPD Special Ops Twitter account. The… Read more »
Jan. 20, 2021 By Allie Griffin President Joseph Biden was honored in a very New York way at a Queens subway station Wednesday. As Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, the 46th Street subway station in Astoria was transformed in honor of the new president. One of the signs… Read more »