Sept. 7, 2021 By Christian Murray A 64-year-old Bronx man was indicted for murder last week for the brutal slaying of an attorney in the victim’s Jackson Heights law office in August. Nando Perez, of East 165th Street, was arraigned Thursday on an indictment of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a… Read more »
Sept. 7, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A modern fitness studio is set to open at a high-rise office building in Long Island City. Performance Lab, which will offer seven different types of fitness classes, will open on Oct. 1 inside The JACX – a 26-story two-tower development located at 28-17 42nd Rd. by Queens Plaza… Read more »
Sept. 7, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Jewish funeral home in Rego Park is going to be bulldozed to make way for a multi-story apartment building. GVA Capital LLC, a New York development company, filed plans with the Department of Buildings last month to demolish the Parkside Memorial Chapels, located at 98-60 Queens Blvd. The… Read more »
Sept. 7, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who grabbed a woman’s buttocks on a Flushing bound 7 train as it was approaching the 46th Street station last week. The suspect allegedly touched a 33-year-old woman onboard the train at around 11:25 a.m. on Thursday. The victim exited the train… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Sept. 3, 2021, 6:10 PM EDT BY Katie Honan A stormwater risk map issued by the city in May showed serious possible flooding at homes where 10 people drowned in their basement apartments when record-breaking rainfall pummeled the city Wednesday night. The interactive map, released in… Read more »
Sept. 3, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city will mandate evacuations of basement apartments ahead of future storms after nearly a dozen people drowned in such homes Wednesday. The city will send teams door-to-door to help evacuate New Yorkers living in basements in order to prevent loss of life in future storms, Mayor Bill de… Read more »
Sept. 3, 2021 By Allie Griffin The death toll of Hurricane Ida rose to 13 citywide — including 11 fatalities in Queens — after more bodies were discovered Thursday. The NYPD confirmed the deaths of three more people in a flooded basement apartment in East Flushing just before noon Thursday. Their deaths brought the number… Read more »
Sept. 2, 2021 By Allie Griffin The eighth victim of Tropical Storm Ida in Queens was found in a scorched vehicle on the Grand Central Parkway Thursday morning. Police responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision on the parkway near the Brooklyn Queens Expressway entrance in Astoria at 10:45 a.m. Arriving officers found… Read more »
Sept. 2, 2021 By Allie Griffin The remnants of Hurricane Ida pummeled Queens with record-shattering rainfall Wednesday night, resulting in the death of eight residents and flood damage to countless homes and businesses across the borough. The storm turned roadways into rivers, created gushing waterfalls in the subway system and filled apartment buildings and businesses… Read more »
Sept. 1, 2021 By Allie Griffin Rental prices in Queens have shot back up to near pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report. The average amount paid to rent a studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartment in the borough was close to what was charged in February 2020 — the last full month prior to the… Read more »