May 26, 2023 By Bill Parry A woman was stabbed in broad daylight at the Dutch Kills subway station earlier this month, according to the NYPD. The 23-year-old victim was waiting on a northbound N train platform at the 39th Avenue and 31st Street station at 10:05 a.m. on May 20 when she was approached… Read more »
May 26, 2023 By Bill Parry A woman suffered head injuries after she was attacked on board an E train in Long Island City earlier this week. Police from the 108th Precinct and Transit District 20 are searching for a man who approached the 52-year-old victim as the southbound E train was arriving at the… Read more »
May 24, 2023 By Bill Parry P.S.398Q will promote its Saving for College Program with NYC Kids RISE Friday morning transforming the 34th Avenue Open Street in front of the Jackson Heights school into a vibrant marketplace that will empower students and their families about financial education. The event, known as 529 Market Day, for… Read more »
May 19, 2023 By Bill Parry The city is suing the designer of the $41.5 million Hunters Point Library in Long Island City for failing to comply with federal Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines. When the library opened alongside Gantry Plaza State Park in September 2019, officials from Queens Public Library soon realized that sections… Read more »
May 17, 2023 By Bill Parry Long Island City Partnership’s signature festival, LIC Springs!, returns on Saturday, May 20, featuring more than 120 local businesses and organizations, including many of the neighborhood’s marquee arts and dining establishments. Vernon Boulevard will be closed to traffic between 46th and 50th avenues from noon to 5 p.m. for… Read more »
May 17, 2023 By Bill Parry A 14-year-old boy was arrested on May 16 within the confines of the 114th Precinct in Astoria, where he was charged with assault as a hate crime for an attack on a 35-year-old man last month. The boy, who was not identified because he is a minor, and two… Read more »
May 17, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD identified the suspect they are looking for in connection with a Sunnyside shooting that injured an off-duty cop and his parents on the night of Friday, May 12. Police are on the lookout for 44-year-old Michael Slack of Snellville, Georgia, for allegedly discharging his firearm multiple times… Read more »
May 17, 2023 By Bill Parry An Astoria man was indicted by a Queens grand jury and criminally charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of a father of five and for allegedly assaulting the victim’s sister in the spring of 2020, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Nathaniel Johnson, 57, of 12th Street… Read more »
May 17, 2023 By Bill Parry A couple from Astoria will take the stage at Carnegie Hall Friday, May 19, as the Syrian Music Preservation Initiative (SMPI) marks its fifth anniversary at Weill Recital Hall. The celebration begins at 8 p.m. and features SMPI’s Tak ht al-Nagham, an Arab chamber music ensemble led by artistic… Read more »
May 16, 2023 By Bill Parry NYPD detectives with the Regional Fugitive Task Force tracked down an Astoria Houses man in Boston who is suspected to be behind a fatal stabbing that occurred nearly three years ago. Nathaniel Johnson, 57, was brought back to the 114th Precinct in Astoria on May 15, where he was… Read more »