March 7, 2025 By Bill Parry Cops are looking for a cyclist who allegedly assaulted a pedestrian on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights late last month. The 28-year-old man was walking past 90-01 Roosevelt Avenue at around 5:06 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, when he engaged in a dispute with the suspect, a man riding… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry An off-duty FDNY firefighter from Oakland Gardens is accused of driving three times over the legal speed limit while inebriated and high on cocaine and marijuana when he caused a pre-dawn collision that killed a Brooklyn man in East Elmhurst early Wednesday morning. Michael Pena, 28, of 220th Street,… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a purse snatcher who allegedly targeted a young woman on a Manhattan-bound 7 train on the night of Friday, Feb. 21. The 17-year-old victim was sitting down as her train approached the Queensboro… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was killed in a fatal crash on Northern Boulevard in East Elmhurst early Wednesday morning, and an off-duty FDNY firefighter was arrested for causing the collision. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision at the… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2025. By Shane O’Brien The new commander of the 108th Precinct has described reports of a Sunnyside resident encouraging her dog to bite and attack multiple neighbors as an urgent concern. Captain Hameed Armani, who assumed command of the 108th Precinct last month, fielded questions and concerns from residents during his first community… Read more »
Feb. 24, 2025. By Shane O’Brien The NYPD has shuttered an Astoria massage parlor and alleged brothel due to alleged prostitution-related activity at the establishment. An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that Han Na Spa, located at 42-10 30th Ave., was closed on Feb. 21 pursuant to a New York State Supreme Court order. A restraining order… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Cops in Queens are looking for the killer who stabbed a man to death during a reported knife fight on Saturday night. Police said the bloodshed occurred near a home on the 300 block of Beach 13th Street in Far Rockaway at about 6:49 p.m. on Feb. 22.…
Feb. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for two men who allegedly attacked a 7 train rider in Corona during a recent morning rush hour. The 37-year-old victim was aboard a Flushing-bound 7 train at the 103rd Street–Corona Plaza station at around… Read more »
Feb. 8, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Transit detectives in Queens are looking to find the brute who attacked a man at random on board a subway train earlier this week. The NYPD released images and video late Friday night of the suspect behind the violent assault on board a Jamaica-bound F train as it…
Feb. 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A former superintendent at the Ravenswood Houses in Long Island City and two other NCHA complexes in Queens was sentenced on Friday to four years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for awarding micro-purchase contracts and other contract work to vendors. Juan… Read more »