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 »
May 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Vernon Boulevard will transform into a vibrant playground for children and families with the return of LIC Springs! tomorrow, May 18. The free community street fair, hosted by the Long Island City Partnership (LICP), has previously attracted crowds of up to 10,000. Last year’s 10th-anniversary celebration, which honors the… Read more »
May 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 108th Precinct have uncovered new video surveillance that shows a suspect walking through the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City after he allegedly slashed a 22-year-old woman on board an E train on the night of Friday, May 10. The victim was riding a… Read more »
May 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 114th Precinct are investigating a bizarre attack in broad daylight near the Woodside Houses NYCHA complex on Wednesday afternoon. A 37-year-old man initiated a physical altercation with a couple and was beaten and stabbed repeatedly when the man and woman fought back. The instigator approached the… Read more »
May 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are still looking for a sexual deviant who subjected a 7 train rider to public lewdness late last month. On the night of Wednesday, April 24, a 64-year-old woman was on a northbound 7 train approaching… Read more »
May 13, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD seized nearly a hundred illegal scooters and mopeds off the streets of Long Island City, Corona and Elmhurst as part of an ongoing crackdown across Western Queens in collaboration with the Queens District Attorney’s office. The latest joint operation in Patrol Borough Queens North began on the… Read more »