Sept. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A grieving Woodside mother returned to the intersection where her 16-year-old daughter was fatally struck by a hit-and-run delivery truck on the last day of school, calling for urgent city action to curb traffic violence and safeguard children after the same driver also injured her younger daughter. Maria Sumba… Read more »
Sept. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A 52-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint by two masked men in Woodside during the early morning of Tuesday, Aug. 27. The victim was walking on a commercial stretch of Broadway near 64th Street just before 4 a.m. when two strangers approached him from behind, and one of his… Read more »
Sept. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry A good Samaritan was assaulted and robbed when he tried to intervene in a beatdown of a fellow 7 train rider at the 82nd Street subway station on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights last week. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 reported that… Read more »
Aug. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry The massive barge blaze that raged for hours on Newtown Creek in the Blissville section of Long Island City Tuesday night was sparked by an exploding lithium-ion battery that was among the scrap metal onboard the vessel, new FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker confirmed Thursday. During a press briefing with his… Read more »
Aug. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are still looking for two muggers who assaulted and robbed a 22-year-old man in Corona more than a month ago. The victim was walking past 35-59 Junction Blvd. on the night of Monday, July 22, when he was approached by two… Read more »
Aug. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for a brute who assaulted a senior woman in broad daylight as she walked near the Big Six Towers in Woodside. The random attack occurred on Queens Boulevard and 63rd Street just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug…. Read more »
Aug. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry The FDNY battled a massive blaze that broke out on a barge on Newtown Creek in the Blissville section of Long Island City on Tuesday night. The blaze began just before 9:30 p.m. on board the vessel that was tied up alongside the Sims Metal recycling facility located at… Read more »
Aug. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for a Croc-wearing burglar who broke into one of the eateries at the International Food Court and stole cash and booze last month. The incident occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 20, when the bushy-haired hipster entered… Read more »
Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A recidivist animal abuser and hoarder from Jackson Heights was indicted by a Queens grand jury after dozens of dogs and cats were rescued from deplorable conditions from her home on 82nd Street in May. Elizabeth Grant, 56, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Supreme Court on an 88-count indictment… Read more »
Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A former director at two Queens nursing homes is criminally charged with stealing more than 1,500 oxycodone pills, which were meant to be destroyed. Charles Gonder, 52, of 30th Drive in Astoria, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday on a criminal complaint charging him with criminal possession… Read more »