May 31, 2024 By Bill Parry Police are searching for an alleged kidnapper who abducted a 7-year-old boy in front of a Long Island City school on Thursday afternoon, before dropping him off at his mother’s home just minutes later, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. The NYPD released a photo… Read more »
May 31, 2024 By Bill Parry A 46-year-old man was beaten and robbed in broad daylight by a stranger in Jackson Heights during the afternoon of Saturday, May 25. The victim was in his vehicle near Elmhurst Avenue and 92nd Street a block north of Roosevelt Avenue when his assailant approached at 4:40 p.m. When… Read more »
May 30, 2024 By Bill Parry Chaos erupted on board a Flushing-bound 7 train in Woodside early Tuesday morning as two riders were robbed at knifepoint by a group of young thugs while the subway crossed into Jackson Heights. The trouble began at around 4:10 a.m. when a 28-year-old man and a 30-year-old man were… Read more »
May 29, 2024 By Bill Parry A 56-year-old man was knocked unconscious during an unprovoked attack inside a Woodside playground on Sunday evening by a stranger who should be easy to spot if he is still in the neighborhood, likely around the Berkley Towers co-op apartment complex. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island… Read more »
May 29, 2024 By Bill Parry More than 8,000 people and an unknown number of puppies took part in LIC Springs!, the signature street festival organized each year by the Long Island City Partnership to showcase the booming neighborhood’s vibrancy and diversity. Vernon Boulevard was closed to motor vehicles to make way for live music,… Read more »
May 28, 2024 By Bil Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a man who stole a wallet and jewelry from a woman as she waited for the 7 train at the Queensboro Plaza subway station on the night of Sunday, May 19. The 25-year-old… Read more »
May 22, 2024 By Bill Parry A 7 train rider was struck at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street transit hub on Wednesday afternoon in an attempted suicide, according to an NYPD spokesman. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded to a 911 call of a person hit by the train and found a… Read more »
May 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from two Queens precincts are looking for scooter-riding robbers who targeted two women in three hours and remain at large more than two weeks later. The first incident occurred within the confines of the 114th Precinct at around 7:25 p.m. on May 7. A 50-year-old woman was walking… Read more »
May 21, 2024 By Bill Parry A Woodside man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly driving the wrong way on Northern Boulevard and striking and killing an Astoria delivery man who was riding a scooter in a head-on collision last November. Mohammad Bhuiyan, 48, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday… Read more »
May 20, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for an inept crook who tried to rob a man in Corona and failed, then threw a punch that missed before running off empty-handed. The attempted robbery occurred during the early hours of Saturday, May 11, while the 49-year-old male… Read more »