Nov. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry An F train rider was beaten unconscious during a random attack in a Jamaica Estates subway station last month, according to the NYPD. Police from the 107th Precinct and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who approached the 45-year man as he stood on the platform of the Jamaica-179th Street station on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 21. The stranger walked up behind the victim and sucker punched him in the face causing him to fall to the platform, police said. While the victim was down, the assailant proceeded to punch and…
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Elmhurst Hospital celebrates opening of new operating rooms with ribbon-cutting event
Nov. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry
Elmhurst Hospital celebrated the opening of two new operating rooms with a ribbon-cutting event on Monday, Nov. 6.
Flushing hit-and-run driver in crash that left two cops hospitalized still at large: NYPD
Nov. 8, 2023 By Dean Moses Police in Queens continue to search for the hit-and-run driver who crashed his car into a police vehicle over the weekend, leaving two cops hospitalized. According to police sources, two cops from the 109th Precinct were driving a squad car along 32nd Avenue and College Point Boulevard in…
AM Rozic announces $30K in funding for new STEM lab at Fresh Meadows school
Nov. 8, 2023 By Rachel Butler Queens Assemblymember Nily Rozic announced that she is allocating $30,000 in funding to build a new STEM lab for students at a Fresh Meadows school. The new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) lab will be built at Schechter Queens, located on 76th Road and Parsons Boulevard in Fresh Meadows, which is a community Jewish day school that teaches students through a dual Judaic and secular curriculum and serves students from pre-K to eighth grade. The lab will focus on robotics and science, with some features including iPad devices, charging stations to keep devices powered…
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Incumbents on the road to victory as unofficial results trickle in for Queens general election races
Nov. 7, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Polls officially closed at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, for the general election in Queens and across New York City and results are beginning to trickle in. Throughout the day, voters turned out to decide upon who will be the Queens District Attorney, Justices of the 11th Judicial District of the New York Supreme Court, Judge of the Civil Court and municipal court district judges. Additionally, voters had the opportunity to vote on two citywide proposals. As for the City Council races in Queens, the incumbents cruised to victory, according to unofficial results…
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Exclusive: Ridgewood’s 104th Precinct rolls out new pilot program assigning traffic agents to tackle illegal parking complaints
Nov. 7, 2023 By Anthony Medina A new pilot program spearheaded by the NYPD’s 104th Precinct Commanding Officer, Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman, allows traffic enforcement agents to address parking-related 311 complaints directly in the neighborhoods of Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale. Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman said in an exclusive interview with QNS that the…
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‘This is heaven’: Hundreds head to grand opening of Forest Hills Trader Joe’s
Nov. 7, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan Before the 8 a.m. grand opening of the new Trader Joe’s in Forest Hills, a line of eager customers wrapped so far around the block, both ends almost made contact. The 17,000-square-foot store sits underneath a brand new apartment complex on Yellowstone Boulevard, just a block from Austin Street….
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‘A huge win for everyone’: Mets owner Steve Cohen unveils $8 billion Metropolitan Park plan near Citi Field
Nov. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry Mets owner Steve Cohen is hoping his $8 billion “Metropolitan Park” plan unveiled Tuesday is a home run with the city and community, as it includes a 20-acre public park alongside a casino, hotels, food hall and music venue. Partnering with entertainment giant Hard Rock International, the Metropolitan Park plan aims to create a year-round entertainment complex on a 50-acre “vacant asphalt” parking lot just west of Citi Field that has not served the community of fans to its full potential. “It’s time the world’s greatest city got the sports and entertainment park it deserves,”…
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Crunching the Queens crime numbers: murder rate drastically decreased year to date in 2023
Nov. 7, 2023 By Ethan Marshall
The number of murders throughout Queens has halved this year compared to the same time in 2022, according the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Nov. 5.
Ridgewood’s 104th Precinct continues working to combat rise in robberies after latest incident
Nov. 7, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for two crooks who robbed a man at gunpoint in Ridgewood while riding a motor scooter last month, a continuation of an alarming trend that has seen the amount of local robbery cases rise in recent days, according to the NYPD’s latest…
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