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 »
Nov. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry An F train rider was injured during a random attack in the Queens Plaza subway station on Sunday, Oct. 29. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who approached the 29-year-old victim as he was standing on… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry A 19-year-old was slugged and robbed of tens of thousands of dollars after he was apparently set-up by a stranger he had arranged to meet near Queens Plaza South on Monday, Oct. 23. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City reported that the victim and his 25-year-old… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry A pregnant woman was allegedly attacked by a stranger at the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue transit hub in Jackson Heights on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 1, after a verbal dispute escalated into violence, according to the NYPD. Police from the 115th Precinct and Transit District 20 are looking for… Read more »
Nov. 1, 2023 By Bill Parry One of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation now features the largest public electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station in Queens. Revel, the Brooklyn-based EV infrastructure and rideshare provider, opened the LIC Superhub on Nov. 1 in the accessory garage of the JACX, Tishman Speyer’s 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2023 By Bill Parry A mother and her child were subjected to an act of public lewdness when a stranger exposed himself on board an F train near the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City last week. Police from the 114th Precinct and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who… Read more »
Oct. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are still looking for a suspect who attacked a woman at a Dutch Kills subway station in August. The brutal assault went down in broad daylight at around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, as the 28-year-old victim… Read more »
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 »