Aug. 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The Durst Organization announced today that half of the market rate residencies at its luxury 71-story skyscraper in Long Island City are now leased. The building, called Sven, is situated in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City and half of its 670 market-rate residences are now in… Read more »
Aug. 23, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Hey, you never know – unless you check. A Cash4Life ticketholder, who bought the ticket at Mega Dream at 75-03 37th Ave. in Jackson Heights., has a winning ticket and has until next month to come forward and present it or it will expire. The winner, who has a… Read more »
Aug. 23, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A popular California-based restaurant that sells Filipino street food has opened a location in Woodside’s Little Manila. Dollar Hits, which has two locations in Los Angeles, has opened a restaurant in the heart of Little Manila at 39-04 64th Street. The eatery is near other popular Filipino chains, such… Read more »
Aug. 23, 2022 A Letter to the Editor by Brian Sampson, President, ABC’s Empire State Chapter Recently, actor and now New York City real estate developer Robert De Niro has come under fire for using open shop labor to build a studio complex in Astoria. There have been large protests outside of the construction site… Read more »
Aug. 23, 2022 By Christian Murray A Whitestone man who was found to have dozens of illegal firearms—including several assault rifles—faces up to 25 years in prison on weapons related charges. Joseph Maddaloni Sr., 55, of 25th Avenue, was arraigned Friday before Queens Criminal Court Judge Diego Freire on a 140-count complaint charging him with… Read more »
Aug. 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police on Monday released video footage of two suspects who impersonated police officers during a home invasion in Glendale last month where they allegedly stole around $10,000 cash. The suspects, who were dressed as police, rang the doorbell of a house in the vicinity of Woodhaven Boulevard and Doran… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for two armed robbers who burst into an apartment in Sunnyside overnight, tied the homeowner up, and then fled the scene with $10,000 worth of valuables. The home invasion took place at around midnight inside an apartment at 43-19 39th Pl, in a residence belonging to… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The NYPD is investigating two officers from the 108th Precinct to see whether they played any part in a horrific crash in Long Island City Friday that left two ATV riders dead, according to a report in the New York Daily News The police probe is examining whether a… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2022 By Max Murray The development boom on 52nd Street between Roosevelt Avenue and Queens Boulevard continues with a real estate company filing plans to construct a nine-story, 33-unit development on the stretch. The proposed development would go up at 43-09 52nd St., where a 3-story multi-family building is currently located. The site… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Bronx driver who allegedly plowed his SUV into three pedestrians in Jackson Heights Saturday – leaving one of them in critical condition – has been charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI), vehicular assault and other crimes. Edilito Pichardo Rodriguez, 23, allegedly got behind the wheel of a red-colored… Read more »