Jul. 24, 2025 By Bill Parry Inspectors from the city’s Department of Buildings were back in Bellerose Thursday to conduct additional inspections and hold an emergency meeting a day after the facade on a commercial strip on Jericho Turnpike partially collapsed, injuring a man and two children. Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens…
Feb. 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens Village man was struck and killed by a truck driver around the corner from his Hollis Court Boulevard home on Friday morning. Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at 212th Street…
Nov. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses An FDNY firefighter was arrested in Queens over the weekend for allegedly choking his wife in front of his child, sources familiar with the incident reported. According to police sources, 47-year-old firefighter Joseph Johnson was arrested in the confines of the 105th Precinct at around 3:20 p.m. on…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Czarinna Andres U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D-Queens, Long Island) hosted his annual “Hometown Heroes” event on Tuesday, Sept. 3, honoring ten law enforcement officers for their exceptional service. The ceremony, held outside the Glen Cove Police Department, celebrated officers from across Suozzi’s district, which includes parts of the North Shore…
Sep. 9, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives continued to search Monday for the suspect behind a triple shooting on Sunday that left one man dead and two others seriously wounded. Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted at about 1 a.m. on Sept. 8 outside a home on the 13200…
Sep. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported rapes and burglaries across Queens had notable increases during the 28-day period from Aug. 5 to Sept. 1, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. However, grand larcenies took a deep dive across the borough…
Aug. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD is investigating two separate fatal collisions that took place in Queens during the evening of Friday, Aug. 23 . The first fatal crash occurred in the confines of the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows just after 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of 184th Street and 73rd…
Aug. 18, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Police in Queens are looking for the suspect who slashed a man after getting into an argument on a bus earlier this month. On Saturday, the NYPD released video footage of the perpetrator behind the attack, which occurred at about 7:35 p.m. on Aug. 3 near the corner…
Aug. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are looking for four armed robbers who attacked a 34-year-old man in Cambria Heights before stealing property from his vehicle on the night of Monday, Aug. 5. At around 10 p.m., the victim parked in front of 231-07 Linden Blvd.…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are looking for a gunman who opened fire near the Queens Public Library branch in Cambria Heights during the evening of Thursday, Aug. 8. The perpetrator was in front of a home at 116-42 219th St. at around 7 p.m.,…