Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Northern Queens experienced significant declines in several major crimes year-over-year during the 28-day period from Aug. 4-31, while southern Queens had sharp declines in robberies and burglaries over the same period of time, according to the NYPD. In northern Queens, rapes, robberies, felony assaults, burglaries and grand larcenies…
Aug. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 100th Precinct in Rockaway Beach are looking for an alleged gunman who opened fire on a crowd in broad daylight near a playground and a senior living residence in Arverne on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Police say the shooting occurred at around 1:40 p.m. near Beach…
Aug. 7, 2025 By Dean Moses Police in Queens are investigating a deadly shooting at a public housing complex on Wednesday night. According to police sources, officers from the 100th Precinct received a 911 call reporting that a man had been shot at the Hammel Houses NYCHA complex in Rockaway Beach at around 7:48…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Bill Parry The body of a South Ozone Park man was pulled from the waters of Jamaica Bay on Sunday, July 20, and an investigation is underway to determine how he died. Police from the 100th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a man in need of medical attention…
Jan. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry A Rockaway Park man was arrested earlier this month after law enforcement executed a court-ordered search warrant at his Beach 123rd St. home and recovered a loaded firearm, a fake detective’s shield, several CO2 air pistols, and air rifles. Jody Fiorentino, 59, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court…
Sep. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry A Woodhaven motorcyclist died nearly two weeks after he crashed into a concrete wall and was thrown off the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge in Rockaway Beach late last month, the NYPD announced on Thursday. Adolfo Gallego, 35, of 78th Street near Jamaica Avenue, succumbed to his injuries…
Jun. 2, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens cops are looking for the suspect who shot a man in front of an apartment building early on Sunday morning. Law enforcement sources said the gun violence occurred at about 3:37 a.m. near the Hammels Houses at 81-03 Beach Channel Drive on the Rockaway Peninsula. Officers from…
Apr. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A Rockaway Park man was criminally charged with a slew of crimes after an arsenal of more than 30 firearms, including ghost guns and assault weapons, was uncovered along with thousands of rounds of ammunition and other weapons-related paraphernalia were seized during a raid at his home on Beach…
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Feb. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 71-year-old store employee was robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight inside a Rockaway Beach cell phone store last week.
Jan. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Far Rockaway man was arrested Tuesday morning and booked at the 100th Precinct in Rockaway Beach in connection to a fatal collision last June that left a 19-year-old woman dead in Rockaway Park.