July 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin Brand new elevators at the Astoria Boulevard N/W station opened to customers today, after many months of construction. Two street-to-mezzanine elevators and two mezzanine-to-platform elevators were put into service today at the station. Local leaders — who have pushed for elevators at the station for years to make it… Read more »
July 24, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Four people were seriously injured – including a young girl – after a fire broke out inside a house in Woodside early Friday morning. The victims were inside a two-story house on 64-05 35th Ave. when the blaze started, police said. Some of the victims were trapped on the… Read more »
July 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a duo who robbed a gas station in Astoria at gunpoint last night. Two men entered a Mobil gas station along 21st St., just before 9 p.m. brandishing a black firearm. The pair demanded money from a 65-year-old employee as they went behind the sales… Read more »
July 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin Alternate side parking rules will return for all of next month, beginning Monday, Aug. 3, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The city has repeatedly suspended the street parking rules during the coronavirus pandemic, so that New Yorkers don’t have to move their cars for street cleaning. Alternate side… Read more »
July 24, 2020 Staff Report Police are looking to find a man who allegedly grabbed a 29-year-old woman’s buttocks at the Flushing Main Street subway station earlier this month. The NYPD said that the suspect grabbed the woman’s rear end while she walked down a set of stairs inside the station at around 10:25 p.m…. Read more »
July 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin A former Wake Forest basketball coach avoided jail time at his sentencing Thursday for the ‘one punch’ death of a Florida man in Long Island City two years ago. Jamill Jones, 37, of North Carolina, was sentenced to three years’ probation, 1,500 hours of community service and a $1,000… Read more »
July 24, 2020 By Christian Murray A 27-year-old woman is dead after losing control of her vehicle and smashing into a train trestle in Flushing during the early hours Friday. Police said the victim was speeding northbound on College Point Boulevard in a late model Ford Mustang when she collided with the trestle near 40th… Read more »
July 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan An organic food and health store in Astoria has shuttered after a 14-year run. Vitality Health, located at 46-03 Broadway, announced on social media yesterday that it had closed for good. The post did not specify the reason for the closure although it alluded to years of persistent 311… Read more »
July 23, 2020 Staff Report A large art supply store that opened off Queens Boulevard in 2014 has closed for good. Artist & Craftsman Supply, which has locations throughout the county, announced today that it has shut down its 10,000 square foot store at 34-09 Queens Blvd in Long Island City. The company’s other New… Read more »
July 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin BJ’s Wholesale Club will open a Long Island City location early next year, the company announced Wednesday evening. The bulk goods warehouse store will open on 48th Street, taking the spot in the Plaza 48 mall that was once home to National Wholesale Liquidators. The news that BJ’s was… Read more »