March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan It was one of the greatest upsets of all time in world soccer. In 2004, no-hopers Greece defied odds of 300-to-1 to win the European Championships for the first time in its history — and now residents in Astoria can relive the famous victory on the silver screen. A… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The ever-popular Queens Night Market will return for its seventh year next month. The weekly food festival, which showcases the culinary diversity of Queens each Saturday, will return beginning April 16 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park with dozens of vendors confirmed to take part. The cost of entry for… Read more »
Mar. 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An 88-year-old pedestrian is dead after being struck by a car close to his Flushing home earlier this month, police announced Sunday. Thomas Soong, of 35th Avenue, was hit by the driver of a 2018 Honda Fit while attempting to cross Northern Boulevard near 147th Street on March 11… Read more »
March 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An 11-year-old girl was groped by an alleged pervert on a Corona street Monday morning. The victim, police said, was walking in the vicinity of 43rd Avenue and 97th Place at around 7:30 a.m. when the alleged creep approached her and grabbed her buttocks. He then fled the scene… Read more »
March 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for an alleged pervert who groped a woman inside a subway station in Astoria Monday. The suspect, according to police, assaulted the 29-year-old victim inside the Astoria Boulevard subway station at around 7:25 p.m. as she waited for a train. The man approached the victim and… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man was fatally struck by a subway train in Astoria Thursday afternoon after slipping off the platform while urinating on the tracks. The 27-year-old victim fell in front of an R train at around 3:35 p.m. as it pulled into the 46th Street station, according to police. The… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A large fire tore through a Flushing shopping mall early Thursday that houses around 30 kiosks, according to the FDNY. Firefighters responded to a report of a fire taking place at the one-story mall, located at 40-10 Main St. at around 6 a.m. and quickly upgraded the blaze to… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 73-year-old Flushing scholar — who helped establish a pro-democracy group in Queens — is one of five defendants who have been charged with spying on Chinese dissidents in the United States. Shujun Wang was arrested Wednesday and charged in Brooklyn federal court for secretly working with the Chinese… Read more »
March 16, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A woman who was arrested in Flushing Monday following the fatal stabbing of a well-known Tiananmen Square activist turned immigration lawyer has been charged with murder. Xiao Ning Zhang, 25, was charged at Queens Criminal Court Wednesday for allegedly stabbing attorney Jim Li to death inside his law firm… Read more »
March 16, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A teacher at a Jackson Heights middle school has been arrested for sexually abusing a minor under the age of 13. David Reinoso, a teacher at I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer, located at 33-34 80th St., was arrested by New York State police Friday and charged with sexual abuse and… Read more »