Man Stabbed and Slashed on Roosevelt Avenue Friday: NYPD

A 15-year-old boy was arrested early Wednesday morning and booked at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica in connection to the fatal shooting of a Cambria Heights father of three in St. Albans on Monday afternoon.

The youngster, who was not identified because he is a juvenile, was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon for shooting William Alcindor, 66, as he was driving on Farmers Boulevard just before 5 p.m. on Monday.

Sep. 18, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Obviously abstract, obscure, and a bit tilted, the Ridgewood Off Kilter Film Festival does what any nationally recognized screening event would do for filmmakers across multiple genres and brings them to an artist haven in Queens.

Sep. 18, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Ghost car drivers are in for a scare. Mayor Eric Adams and other top city officials held a press conference at the Springfield Gardens Auto Pound on Wednesday, Sept. 18th, to announce the launch of a joint NYPD and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) task force to remove ghost cars from city streets. 

A doctor at a Woodhaven urgent care facility was arrested on Sept. 9 by detectives from the Queens Special Victims Squad for sexual abuse and forcible touching of one of his patients last month.

Amir Sitafalwalla, 72, of Fairway Drive in Manhasset, Long Island, was booked at the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill and arraigned in Queens Criminal Court for the sexual assault of a 21-year-old man who visited the ModernMD, located at 89-22 Jamaica Avenue.

Sep. 18, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The annual Myrtle Avenue Fall Street Festival took over the usually busy city blocks in Ridgewood on Sunday, Sept. 15, with thousands of participants enjoying plenty of food vendors and entertainment.

Sept. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry

A 35-year-old man was beaten and robbed by five muggers on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights during the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 18, and police are still searching for four of the assailants.

Sep. 18, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Dr. Yating Lee, DO, a family medicine attending physician at Episcopal Health Services (EHS), is making a lasting impact in the Far Rockaway community through her dedication to the local foundation.

Sept. 18, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Construction has wrapped up for a 20-story residential building at 8 Court Square in Long Island City.

Sept. 18, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

A ribbon-cutting was held to celebrate the grand opening for the newly renovated public schoolyard at I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer Playground in Jackson Heights on Monday, Sept. 16.

Sep. 18, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. will bring his Mobile Office to various Queens Library locations throughout the autumn months, offering constituents an opportunity to meet with him and discuss personal or community issues.