Dec. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn teenager was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, petit larceny and other crimes in the gunpoint theft of a French Bulldog from another teen at the NYCHA Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City on Christmas Day. The teenage defendant, of Sheffield Avenue in Brooklyn, allegedly pointed… Read more »
Dec. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry The new chair of Community Board 2 was less than two weeks into his tenure when disaster struck in the heart of Sunnyside. A massive 5-alarm fire just five days before Christmas displaced nearly 450 people from their apartment complex at 43-07 47th Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 20, and… Read more »
Dec. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry A man was robbed at gunpoint near Mount Sinai Queens Hospital in Astoria during the early morning hours on Saturday, Dec. 16, according to the NYPD. The 32-year-old victim was at the corner of Crescent Street and 30th Avenue at 2:15 a.m. when two strangers approached him. One… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry A Long Island man was indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and other crimes in connection to a high-speed, three car-collision on the Long Island Expressway last month that left one of his passengers dead and two others unable… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry An Astoria man has been indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for allegedly pushing his 60-year-old neighbor down a stairwell in their apartment building causing fatal injuries early last month, Queens District Attorney. Melinda Katz announced Friday. Kevin Ogara, 44, of… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry The name of an Astoria scooter rider who was fatally struck in a head-on collision with a taxi in Long Island City last month was released by the NYPD Friday. Antonios Spyropoulos, 59, of 29th Street, was named as the victim of the Nov. 27 crash after an… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for a scooter rider who allegedly assaulted an NYPD officer in Corona and remains at large two weeks later. The incident went down in broad daylight at around 2:20 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8 when a uniformed cop… Read more »
Dec. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry FDNY fire marshals have determined that Wednesday’s massive 5-alarm fire in a Sunnyside apartment building, which left 450 residents displaced, was caused by the illegal use of a blow torch. The blaze erupted at around noon in a 6th-floor apartment at 43-09 47th Ave., after it was sparked by… Read more »
Dec. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry The FDNY battled a massive 5-alarm fire at a Sunnyside apartment complex that broke out at around noon and took more than four-and-a-half hours to bring under control. The first call was received at 12:02 p.m. after the blaze broke out on the top floor of a six-story apartment… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry An 82-year-old woman was mugged in broad daylight on Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside last week and police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for two alleged robbers. The victim was walking near Sunnyside Reformed Church at Skillman Avenue and 48th Street at around 2:30 p.m…. Read more »