Jul. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry The Southeast Asian community of Queens was shaken by the cold-blooded murder of NYPD Police Officer Didarul Islam, a Bangladeshi immigrant who was gunned down by a lone gunman during a mass shooting at a Midtown Manhattan office tower on Monday evening. He leaves behind two young sons…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Dean Moses and Robert Pearl Police say they arrested the man who was allegedly caught on surveillance video setting a dog on fire in South Ozone Park last week. According to police sources, a Good Samaritan spotted 29-year-old Isaiah K. Gurley at the Queens Center Mall on Monday afternoon wearing…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for an alleged groper who targeted another man as he sat aboard a Q98 MTA bus in broad daylight during the afternoon of Saturday, July 27. Police say the 20-year-old man was riding in the bus as it approached…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The financial services provider Merchants Capital announced it has secured a $60.5 million balance sheet acquisition loan from Merchants Bank to finance the real estate developer Tredway’s purchase and preservation of Ocean Park Apartments, an affordable housing development with 602 units at 1-25 Beach 17th St. in Far…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry Hours before seven businesses were destroyed during a four-alarm fire on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village, the FDNY battled another stubborn two-alarm blaze in a scrapyard about three miles west in Maspeth on Monday morning. The FDNY received reports of the junkyard fire at around 11 a.m.…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The Monday night Midtown mass shooting that left five people dead, including an NYPD officer and the suspected gunman, drew immediate condolences from the leading general election mayoral candidates and has the potential to shake up a race that has already been a rollercoaster ride. As the sitting…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for two moped-riding suspects who targeted a motorist near Roosevelt Avenue in Corona in an armed robbery during the afternoon of Friday, July 25. Police say the 27-year-old driver was inside his parked vehicle near 104th Street and…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Félix V. Matos Rodríguez The 2025 Summer World University Games were expanded to include wheelchair basketball – a first for the world’s para-athletes and an opportunity for members of CUNY’s trailblazing inclusive and adaptive sports program to represent the U.S. in what is considered the Olympics of college athletics. During…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello Project Runway is bringing a taste of Queens with its newest season, debuting July 31, featuring locally based contestant and designer, Yuchen Han. The Northern Queens resident first moved to New York City in 2017 from Xining, China, to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan before…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello Summer days are beginning to wind down, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still make the most of what’s left of the season with a month of incredible events at the Queens Botanical Garden at 43-50 Main St. in Flushing. From summer nights in the garden to creative…