Oct. 5, 2024 By Tara Siegel

Did your favorite Queens spots make the board?

Oct. 5, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki

Queens detectives are on the hunt for the suspect who shot a man dead near a public housing complex on Friday night.

An 18-year-old reputed gang member is being held without bail after he was criminally charged with murder for allegedly firing multiple gunshots at a car, killing another teenager, outside a McDonald’s in Springfield Gardens on the night of Friday, Sept. 27.

Rayvon Philip, of 167th Street in Jamaica, was arraigned on Friday morning in Queens Criminal Court on charges of murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon for the fatal shooting 0f 18-year-old Akim Cisse following an argument inside the fast-food restaurant.

A Manhattan man was convicted of murder for strangling a transgender woman to death in her Glendale apartment and then tampering with physical evidence in 2010 for the second time.

Rasheen Everett, 43, of Jefferson Street in Lower Manhattan, was originally tried and found guilty in 2013. That conviction was reversed due to a judicial error of the trial judge in 2021.

Oct. 4, 2024 By Jessica Militello

Furry friends in the neighborhood have a new business to drool over with the grand opening of La Pet House in Long Island City.

Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Queens Council Member Robert Holden has voiced concerns over New York City’s sanctuary city laws following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) report revealing that a Venezuelan gang member, convicted of criminal possession of a firearm, was twice released into the community after local jurisdiction ignored ICE detainer requests.

Oct. 4, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Mandatory composting in NYC per the Zero Waste Act goes into effect this Sunday, Oct. 6, throughout all five boroughs. Pick-up is once a week on your designated recycling day.

Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

A homeless man was found dead early Friday morning at L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground in Sunnyside, prompting an ongoing investigation.

Homicide detectives out of the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway are investigating the fatal shooting of a 59-year-old man at the Ocean Bay Apartments NYCHA complex in Arverne on the night of Thursday, Oct. 4.

Police responded to a 911 call of a person shot inside an apartment at 319 Beach 54th St., directly across the street from the Queens Public Library Arverne branch.

Oct. 4, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

A study examining how fish in Jamaica Bay responded to environmental stressors over the past three decades found a fish ecosystem reshaped due to climate change.