Oct. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry A woman in Woodside fell victim to the old “switcheroo” scam while she was walking near the vicinity of 64th Street and 43rd Avenue on the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 17. The 65-year-old victim was strolling about a half block north of Queens Boulevard when she was approached by… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for two crooks who pretended to be one of their own during an early morning robbery on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights earlier this month. A 41-year-old man was walking past a storefront at 89-14 Roosevelt Ave. just after 3:30… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry Elementary school students from P.S. 234 in Astoria were sworn in as junior firefighters and EMTs at the FDNY Fire Zone in Manhattan to kick off National Fire Prevention Week on Oct. 10. FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh presented the children with the Chief William F. Feehan Fire Safety Education… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A manhunt is underway in Astoria for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a man early Friday morning at the intersection of Steinway Street and Astoria Boulevard and ran away from the scene of the crash, according to authorities. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria responded to… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry An NYPD sergeant was arrested at the 114th Precinct in Astoria on Oct. 18 for allegedly driving under the influence, according to authorities. Sgt. Braulio Aponte appeared to be inebriated after he got out of his vehicle at around 5:18 p.m. after parking outside the station house on Astoria… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry Long Island City is riding the wave of economic strength bolstered by more than 103% job growth since the pandemic began in 2020 in a neighborhood that has seen a 40% growth rate in the last ten years, more than five times the growth rate for New York City… Read more »
Oct. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenage girl was struck and killed after falling to the tracks at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station Tuesday morning, according to the NYPD. The victim, whose exact age and identity have not been determined, was waiting by herself on the southbound E platform when she appeared to… Read more »
Oct. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from two Queens precincts are looking for three suspects who remain at large after they allegedly beat up and robbed two men last month. The most recent incident occurred just before 3:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, within the confines of the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights. Police say… Read more »
By Bill Parry The MTA announced Thursday that NYC Transit completed structural and aesthetic renovations at the Junction Boulevard 7 train station in Corona, one of the busiest subway stations in the borough. Transit workers completely rebuilt three degraded stairways from street level to the station mezzanine, in addition to securing stairway treads, welding new… Read more »
By Bill Parry Two Jackson Heights men were taken into custody Thursday morning and charged with assault, among other crimes, for allegedly attacking a 54-year-old woman in front of her husband in East Elmhurst nearly two months ago. Dario Acosta, 52, and Luis Pablo, 33, who live in a house on 87th Street… Read more »