July 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin New cases of COVID-19 are on the rise across Queens and citywide as the Delta variant spreads across the boroughs. The average daily number of cases in Queens more than doubled in the past two weeks — it was 122 on July 15, compared to just 57 on July… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A 4-year-old boy is in critical condition after being struck by the driver of an illegal dirt bike in a hit-and-run incident in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Sunday. The young boy was in the boathouse parking lot at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park at around 5:50 p.m. when the dirt bike rider… Read more »
July 19, 2021 Staff Report State energy regulators gave Con Edison and partner 174 Power Global approval last week to place a large battery system at the site of a former fossil fuel plant near the East River in Astoria. The approval by the New York State Public Service Commission is an important step in… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A 25-year-old man was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Flushing Sunday in what police say was a gang-related killing. The victim was in front of 32-28 137th St. at around 7:25 p.m. when a black-colored sedan pulled up alongside him and a suspect in the car fired… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police have nabbed a man who attempted to kidnap a 5-year-old boy off a street in Richmond Hill last week. Police arrested 24-year-old James McGonagle of Pomonok a day after he brazenly grabbed the boy and threw him into his car. The NYPD released a video of the incident… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for three suspects who robbed two men in separate incidents in Corona earlier this month. The three men approached a 57-year-old who was walking in the vicinity of 99th Street and 38th Avenue at around 5 a.m. on July 3 and demanded money. When the… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A woman was racially abused and sprayed with water in an anti-Asian bias attack on a Long Island City street in May, police said. The victim, a 55-year-old Asian American woman, was walking her dog in front of Chase Bank, located at 24-16 Queens Plaza South, at around noon… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin Two statues that have stood outside a Catholic Church in Forest Hills since it opened in the 1930s were toppled and smashed early Saturday in what police are investigating as a hate crime. A woman knocked down the statues that stood outside Our Lady of Mercy parish, located at… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray Police are looking for a knife-wielding man who allegedly tried to rob a 7-Eleven on Northern Boulevard early Sunday morning. The man entered the 34-17 Northern Blvd. store at around 6:30 a.m. and allegedly demanded money from a 39-year-old female employee. The employee refused to provide the cash and… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray A Brooklyn man was fatally struck by a motorist while lying in the middle of a Ridgewood crosswalk early Sunday morning, police said. Jose Luis Flores-Sanchez, 29, was hit at around 2:35 a.m. while he was lying in the intersection at the corner of Menahan Street and Cypress Avenue,… Read more »