Dec. 1, 2022 By Christian Murray Police are looking for three suspects who allegedly assaulted and robbed a man outside the NYCHA Woodside Houses complex last week. The suspects allegedly approached a 21-year-old man at around 8:15 p.m. on Nov. 24 who was walking in front of 50-50 Broadway. The alleged robbers demanded the victim’s… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An expansive new supermarket that sells a range of conventional and organic foods has opened on the corner of 31st Avenue and 38th Street in Astoria. The new store, part of a franchise called Farm Country Supermarket, opened on Nov. 22 at 37-15 31st Ave. — replacing Associated Supermarket… Read more »
Nov. 30 , 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 3-alarm fire tore through two commercial buildings in Middle Village Wednesday morning. Firefighters responded to a blaze that broke out at around 7:30 a.m. at Metro Deli, located at 67-30 Metropolitan Ave. The one-story building is situated next to the Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue subway station, near the… Read more »
Nov. 30 2022, By Michael Dorgan A 74-year-old pedestrian is dead after he was struck by a motorcycle in Rego Park Tuesday. The victim, police said, was attempting to cross the intersection at Woodhaven Boulevard and 62nd Road at around 5:10 p.m. when a 22-year-old man driving a Kawasaki motorcycle slammed into him. The motorcyclist… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2022 By Czarinna Andres LaGuardia Community College aims to educate and train 3,000 students over the next five years to become frontline healthcare professionals. To that end, Councilmember Julie Won presented the school with a $5 million check this morning that will go toward upgrading and expanding the workforce training facilities at LaGuardia’s Long… Read more »
This article was originally published by Chalkbeat New York on Nov. 28, 2022, By Michael Elsen-Rooney On a Friday night in early November, roughly two dozen families at VOICE charter school in Long Island City, Queens, were preparing for a New York winter — most for the first time in their lives. In the school’s ground… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The police are looking for four suspects who used a cane and a stick to beat a 15-year-old boy outside a deli in Astoria Monday. The four suspects, all teenage males, approached the victim at around 4:15 p.m. outside Bread & Butter Deli & Grill, located at 48-02 Broadway,… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 29, 2022 By Greg B. Smith with additional reporting by Katie Honan It’s not the site of the old Hotel Metropole on W. 43rd St. where Herman “Beansie” Rosenthal was gunned down in 1912 by Leftie Louie and Gyp the Blood for squealing to the newspapers about… Read more »
Nov. 28 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 3-alarm fire tore through an auto repair shop in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City early Monday morning – leaving three firefighters with minor injuries. The FDNY responded to a blaze shortly after 2 a.m. at a one-story building located at 38-21 23rd St., near the… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Kids, get your skates on!! A popular NHL-sponsored ice hockey program for kids is returning to Long Island City in January and its limited spaces are filling up fast. The program, called Learn to Play, aims to develop the next generation of hockey players by providing affordable hockey lessons and… Read more »