Feb. 23, 2022 By Christian Murray The MTA plans to install barriers at three subway stations—including one on the 7-train platform in Times Square— that will block access to the tracks. The barriers, also known as platform screen doors, will also be installed at the Sutphin Boulevard-JFK station on the E-line as well as at… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2022 By Christian Murray Northwell Health is taking space on the ground floor of a recently developed condo building near Ditmars Boulevard. The health care provider has signed a 12-year lease at The Rowan, a 46-unit luxury condominium located at 21-31 31st St. The company is taking an 8,511 square foot space. The… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan and Christian Murray A GoFundMe page has been launched for a Long Island City music teacher who broke his neck in a freak accident earlier this month that has left him paralyzed. Gerasimos (Gerry) Gianutsos, known as “Mr. G” to his students at PS/IS 78Q in Hunters Point, was… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Allie Griffin A Briarwood man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for fatally stabbing his son-in-law in January 2019. Marco Ortiz, 48, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first-degree Tuesday morning as a Queens jury was in the process of deliberations. “As jurors decided his fate, the defendant opted to plead guilty… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Allie Griffin A fundraiser launched for the family of a 19-year-old woman killed by a teenage driver in Jackson Heights Thursday has raised nearly $20,000 in just four days. The fundraiser aims to help cover the burial costs associated with the death of East Elmhurst resident Sara Perez. Perez was walking… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray The Broadway Library in Astoria will be closed for 18 months—starting March 5—for renovations, according to the Queens Public Library that oversees the branch. The branch, located at 40-20 Broadway, will be shut down so work can be undertaken to upgrade the lower level. The improvements will cost $4… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray Surrounded by shopping carts, clothes and mountains of other belongings, Lele Yau has become a fixture under the 46th Street subway station. To some, she’s an eyesore— to Yau she is just going about her daily routine trying to survive. “I don’t bother anyone, and no one bothers me,”… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 by Allie Griffin A Little Neck man and Marine Corps reservist — who was charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot — allegedly peddled hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to unvaccinated New Yorkers, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Jia Liu, 26, along with Long Island nurse Steven Rodriguez, 27, allegedly ran… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 16-year-old girl who was a passenger on a moped is in critical condition after she was struck by the driver of a car in Glendale Monday. The teen was on a moped that was being driven by a 15-year-old boy along Cooper Avenue when it collided with a… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man was fatally struck by an LIRR train in Forest Hills Tuesday. The man, who has yet to be identified, was hit by the train at the Forest Hills station on 71st Avenue at around 7:05 a.m., according to police. The man was on the tracks as the… Read more »