Man Wanted for Exposing Himself on Two Occasions at Astoria Boulevard Train Station

Apr. 18, 2024 By Allison Kridle

There is nothing quite like putting a bow on a successful school year than the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts‘ (FSSA) 16th Annual Film Festival on May 3. It is a night when the Astoria high school rolls out a red carpet, and film students dress to impress as they broadcast their filmmaking talents.

Apr. 18, 2024 By Barbara Russo

The city’s Health Department is warning New Yorkers about the rising spread of a potentially serious illness linked to rats.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses

The headless body discovered floating in Queens’ Jamaica Bay last week has been identified as an apparent suicide victim, authorities said.

For the second time in four months, FDNY fire inspectors averted a potential catastrophe in East Elmhurst after finding stockpiles of illegally stored propane tanks in the residential neighborhood.

Fire inspectors from the Special Investigation Unit received a complaint of illegal occupancy at a home just south of LaGuardia Airport at 23-57 89th St. They discovered 68 propane cylinders, which they seized along with five food trucks and a box truck parked on the property last week. The inspectors also found illegal single-room-occupancy in the home’s cellar.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Neil Young, Pitbull, and the Marley Brothers are among the big acts set to play Forest Hills Stadium this summer.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Barbara Russo

The number of vacant storefronts in NYC is growing, and the City Council demanded solutions to the economic problem during an oversight hearing at City Hall on Wednesday. 

Apr. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The Queens Rite Aid locations at 218-35 Hempstead Ave. in Queens Village and 95-14 63rd Dr. in Rego Park are among the 53 national locations the company announced earlier this month that will close soon.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Since the spring of 2023, Queens’ Koeppel Auto Group has donated $20 from every car sale they made at their five Queens locations to the NYC Scholarship Accounts of students at P.S. 148Q, the Ruby G. Allen School, in East Elmhurst.

A 76-year-old Jamaica Hills man died Tuesday after clinging to life for 11 days, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has reclassified his assault as a homicide investigation.

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows responded to a report of an assault in broad daylight at the intersection of 167th Street and Hillside Avenue just after 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 5.

Apr. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses

NYPD transit brass said Tuesday that “Operation Fare Play” was a winning move for public safety, resulting in 175 arrests of dangerous criminals during a concentrated effort to combat fare evasion.