Nov. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens Together, the restaurant-driven food relief organization that mobilized during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to assist thousands of families, will hold its third annual Thanksgiving food distribution event at Culture Lab LIC on Saturday, Nov. 18. Queens Together is bringing together more than a hundred volunteers… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry A Court Square couple was robbed at gunpoint during a home invasion by two men posing as delivery men last week, according to authorities. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for the duo who rang the doorbell of a residence in the vicinity of… Read more »
Nov. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry The FDNY battled a massive three-alarm fire in Woodside on Wednesday night that took them more than five hours to bring under control. The inferno broke out just after 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the MS Auto Repair shop at 62-15 34th Ave., according to the FDNY. The… Read more »
Nov. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry Mayor Eric Adams joined city officials, labor leaders and partners from the film and TV industry to break ground on the construction of yet another new film and TV-ready production studio in western Queens on Wednesday, Nov. 15. The $275 million East End Studios Sunnyside Campus construction project will… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who is wanted in connection with a “public lewdness” investigation stemming from an incident on board an N train late in October. A 22-year-old woman was on board a northbound N train approaching… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2023 By Bill Parry A Bronx man was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 9, and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria, where he was charged with murder in connection with a fatal hit-and-run just five blocks east of the precinct on the morning of Friday, Oct. 20, according to the NYPD. Zahir Williams,… Read more »
Nov. 9, 2023 By Bill Parry Nearly 300 residents participated in a town hall meeting at Culture Lab LIC on Monday, Nov. 6, to kick off the comprehensive planning process for the Long Island City Neighborhood Study, One LIC. Council Member Julie Won welcomed the standing room only crowd who heard presentations from the NYC… Read more »
Nov. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry A Staten Island man was criminally charged with grand larceny and other crimes on Nov. 6 for allegedly siphoning $1.4 million from a Long Island City apparel company where he worked as the financial controller, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Nov. 8. Glenn Jakers, of South Railroad… Read more »
Nov. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenager was robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight on Oct. 30 inside the 33rd Street-Rawson Street subway station in Long Island City, according to the NYPD. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are searching for a stranger who approached the 14-year-old victim just before 8… Read more »
Nov. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry A trio of crooks ambushed, assaulted and robbed a man as he walked past a Corona barbershop beneath the 7 train on Roosevelt Avenue late last month, according to authorities. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for three suspects who approached to 59-year-old man at… Read more »