Apr. 14, 2025 By Dean Moses Two people are dead after a gunman in Bayside shot a teenager before turning the gun on himself in front of a distraught woman Saturday night in what investigators believe to be a love feud, police said Sunday. According to police sources, officers from the 111th Precinct were…
Apr. 14, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Northwest Queens experienced a huge boost in its inventory of listings in March 2025 compared to the same month the previous year, according to a report by Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Year-over-year, the listing inventory in northwest Queens, which includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside and…
Apr. 14, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon New York City’s crackdown on illegally obscured license plates— including mandates to keep those plates clear and visible — begins this Wednesday, April 16, with the enactment of new rules every driver should know. NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) first announced the new rules in January. The rules…
Apr. 13, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Congestion pricing’s long-term future remains uncertain thanks to a pending court case between the MTA and Trump’s Transportation Department — yet new statistics show that the Manhattan toll program appears to be achieving two primary goals: lowering traffic and bringing more riders into the subways. The latest MTA…
Apr. 12, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Special victims detectives in Queens need the public’s help in finding the suspect who raped a woman at knifepoint early on Friday morning. The NYPD released images of the suspect behind the heinous attack in the vicinity of 162nd Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica at about 3…
Apr. 11, 2025 By Renee Hastick-Motes Each year, Black Maternal Health Week (April 11–17) offers a powerful opportunity to pause, reflect, and recommit ourselves to the ongoing fight for maternal health equity. As a Black woman, a mother, and now the proud CEO of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (JPAFHC), this week…
Apr. 11, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro went on the attack against City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Friday, charging that she “misused” her office by booting two council members off her budget team after they endorsed her mayor’s race rival Andrew Cuomo. The first deputy mayor’s comments re-ignite tensions…
Apr. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry An off-duty cop assigned to the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood was arrested during the early morning hours of Sunday, April 6, after police from the 116th Precinct in Rosedale found an arsenal of firearms in his Laurelton home with some of the guns stored in the bedroom of…
Apr. 11, 2025 By Athena Dawson Forest Hills is getting a smash-hit burger spot. 7th Street Burger is set to open its second Queens location at 107-22 Continental Ave. at the end of May, bringing its popular smash-burgers to the heart of Forest Hills. The fast-growing chain, known for its simple, classic menu and…
Apr. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are still looking for two suspects who roughed up a 7 train rider before robbing him at the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street transit hub late last month. The victim was standing on the Flushing-bound platform just before…