Aug. 7, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A feisty 84-year-old man – who was on his way to mass at St. Sebastian’s church in Woodside on Sunday– was attacked and robbed. The elderly man was walking in front of 43-14 60th St. at around 7:45 a.m. when the suspect approached him from behind and tried to… Read more »
Aug. 6 2020 By Michael Dorgan Park officials cut the ribbon Thursday to mark the unveiling of several new smart garbage cans at Hunters Point South Park. The event was held along the waterfront where one of four new “Bigbelly” garbage cans have been installed. The four cans were added to the park last month… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A popular Korean-style chicken restaurant has spread its wings and opened a large joint in Bayside – with an additional Sunnyside venue to launch in a few weeks. Mad For Chicken, which was established in Flushing in 2006, opened its latest venue at 39-02 Bell Blvd. last week and… Read more »
August 5th, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A Japanese restaurant is the latest eatery to permanently shutter in Forest Hills in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Hinoki Japanese Restaurant, located at 71-37 Austin St., closed Friday, according to an Instagram post put out by the owners over the weekend. The post did not specify the… Read more »
August 4th 2020, By Michael Dorgan A man was killed after a tree fell onto his car in Briarwood during Tropical Storm Isaias Tuesday. The man, who is believed to be in his 60s, was sitting in his parked car on the corner of Smedley Street and 84th Avenue at around 2.10 p.m. when the… Read more »
Aug. 4, 2020 By Michael Dorgan An off duty NYPD cop has been arrested for beating his estranged wife on a Utopia street Sunday following a dispute over child visitation rights. Officer MD Rahman is accused of assaulting his spouse in the vicinity of Horace Harding Expressway and 170th Street, according to police. Rahman allegedly… Read more »
August 4th, 2020 By Michael Dorgan An anti-Semitic Queens pharmacist – who expressed his support of last year’s mass shooting of Muslims in New Zealand – has been arrested by the feds for setting fire to a speed camera in Douglaston. Elijah Song, 28, was arrested Monday for allegedly setting fire last month to a… Read more »
Aug 4, 2020 By Michael Dorgan People dependent on SNAP will be able to use their government benefits to buy groceries online on a permanent basis if a new bill that was passed by the state legislature last month is signed into law. The legislation, sponsored in the assembly by Andrew Hevesi, is one of… Read more »
Aug 3, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for two suspects who allegedly stabbed a man multiple times outside the Queensbridge Houses development in Long Island City last month. The two suspects, police said, were walking along a pathway outside 40-08 12th St., on July 1 at around 11:41 a.m. when one of the… Read more »
Aug 3 2020, By Michael Dorgan An off duty NYPD cop fatally shot himself in the head inside his Astoria apartment Sunday morning. Officer Richard Catapano was discovered dead after police responded to a 911 call at around 1:50 a.m. of a shooting inside 31-10 23rd St. The NYPD officer had shot himself, police said,… Read more »