Aug. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD announced on Tuesday that an elderly Woodside woman died 12 days after she was struck by the driver of an SUV late last month. Eleanor Neri, 76, was just steps from her 69th Street home and trying to cross the intersection of 41st Avenue and 69th Street… Read more »
Aug. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry LaGuardia Community College is going all in on its new urban farming and management curriculum and an evolving alliance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the school’s Long Island City campus. LaGuardia launched Project SEMBRAR, an experimental learning program with a three-week paid urban agriculture internship where… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry A 20-year-old man should have known not to talk to strangers, especially late at night on a dark street, but during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 29, in Corona, he learned that lesson the hard way. Police say the victim struck up a conversation with a woman… Read more »
Aug. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry Long-known as the borough’s other “Boulevard of Death,” the city Department of Transportation announced on Aug. 8 the substantial completion of a bus priority project along Northern Boulevard, a five-mile long stretch from Woodside to Corona, making it the longest bus lane installation in the five boroughs DOT is… Read more »
Aug. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry An Astoria doctor was indicted by a Queens grand jury and criminally charged with sexually assaulting patients in a hospital and raping acquaintances in his home, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 33, of Broadway in Astoria, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on… Read more »
Aug. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was killed by a hit-and-run driver who collided with his motorized scooter in Corona on Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. Amikar Armondo Marquez-Larez, 36, of Clay Street just south of Newtown Creek in Greenpoint, was riding a 2021 Znen ZN 150T just before 5 a.m…. Read more »
Aug. 4, 2023 By Bill Parry Sixth-graders from P.S. 111Q in Long Island City and officials from NYC Kids RISE rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 3. The students recently graduated to middle school with NYC Scholarship Accounts — tangible financial assets for their educational futures — along with… Read more »
Aug. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an unprovoked attack in which the perpetrator allegedly shouted anti-Asian remarks at a 7-train rider before assaulting him at the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City last month. The 31-year-old male victim was standing in the mezzanine level at… Read more »
Aug. 1, 2023 By Bill Parry A G train rider was beaten and robbed while standing inside a Court Square subway station in Long Island City last month — and the suspect remains at large. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for the assailant who approached… Read more »
July 27, 2023 By Bill Parry A long stretch of Vernon Boulevard will be closed to traffic on Saturday from 44th Drive in Long Island City all the way to 30th Drive in Astoria as part of the city’s popular Summer Streets program which is expanding to all five boroughs this year. From 7 a.m…. Read more »