May 30, 2025 By Bill Parry A Nassau County man pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and assault for causing a high-speed, three-car chain-reaction collision on the Long Island Expressway that left one of his passengers dead and three others seriously injured in November 2023. Reginald Nash, 26, of Lincoln Avenue in Roosevelt, admitted Thursday… Read more »
May 29, 2025 By Bill Parry An autopsy by the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has determined that a family puppy did not cause the death of a 1-month-old baby girl at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City on Tuesday morning and that the newborn had died from unknown causes. The NYPD… Read more »
May 29, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are still looking for a suspect who assaulted a senior inside the Burger King restaurant situated across from their station house late last month. A 78-year-old man was inside the fast food joint at 33-10 Astoria Boulevard South just before 8:30 a.m…. Read more »
May 29, 2025 By Queens Post News Team Long Island City’s largest annual street festival, LIC Springs!, has been rescheduled to Sunday, June 1, due to rain in the forecast for its original date of Saturday, May 31. The event, organized by the Long Island City Partnership (LICP), will take place from 12 to 5… Read more »
May 27, 2025 By Bill Parry A one-month-old girl was killed early Tuesday morning after being mauled by the family dog inside a Queensbridge Houses apartment in Long Island City, police said. Officers from the 114th Precinct in Astoria responded to a 911 call from the infant’s 27-year-old mother just before 6:40 a.m. on May… Read more »
May 27, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a long-haired suspect who menaced a 7 train rider as she was exiting the 46th Street-Bliss Street subway station on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside on the night of Wednesday, May 21. The 40-year-old… Read more »
May 23, 2025 By Jessica Militello There’s nothing quite like a fresh-baked bagel straight from the oven—and now Long Island City residents can enjoy that experience any time of day with the arrival of Black Seed Bagels, the latest addition to the neighborhood’s food scene. Located at 5-18 50th Ave., the new shop officially opened… Read more »
May 22, 2025 By Bill Parry A Bronx man turned himself in at the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights for taking part in a beatdown of a good Samaritan who sensed two women were in danger during the early morning hours of Saturday, May 17. William Garzon, 23, of Gerard Avenue in the Highbridge section,… Read more »
May 22, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud A historic Queens landmark was brought to life in a new way last week as the NYPD Jazz Band performed the inaugural concert at the newly renovated Astoria Pool Performance Center, marking a significant milestone in the adaptive reuse of the iconic 1936 Robert Moses-era diving pool. The event,… Read more »
May 22, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A collaboration between the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens (VBGCQ) and the team developing the gigantic East River Energy Storage Project has received a statewide community partnership award acknowledging exceptional efforts to gain support from the local community. The New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium… Read more »