Dec. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for a man who allegedly groped a 17-year-old girl on board a 7 train during the morning rush on Wednesday. The forcible touching incident occurred on a Flushing-bound train approaching the Junction Boulevard subway station… Read more »
Dec. 4, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a new 9-story residential building at 35-20 149th St. in Flushing. Located between 35th Avenue and Northern Boulevard, the proposed development would rise to a height of 91 feet and provide 23,102 square feet of residential space spread across 29…
Nov. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed a young 7 train rider at the 103rd Street-Corona Plaza subway station during the morning of Thursday, Nov. 21. The 16-year-old victim was standing on the Manhattan-bound platform when… Read more »
Nov. 22, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Members of the Sunnyside community are encouraged to scream at the top of their lungs underneath the 7 line on Saturday morning as part of a new initiative to release built-up emotions and forge a sense of community. “Sunnyside Screamers: The Second Scream” is scheduled to take place underneath… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Mayor Eric Adams, elected officials and members of the NYPD gathered in Woodside Thursday afternoon to issue a “cry for action” against subway surfing – the practice of riding atop moving subway carriages – following the death of a 13-year-old girl along the elevated 7 line in Corona on… Read more »
Oct. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry Just four days after a 13-year-old boy was killed while subway surfing in Ridgewood, a 13-year-old girl was killed, and a 12-year-old girl was critically injured while subway surfing on a 7 train in Corona on Sunday night. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an alleged upskirt pervert concerning an unlawful surveillance incident at the Court Square subway station earlier this month. A 32-year-old woman was waiting for a Flushing-bound 7 train just before 8 a.m. on… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a trio of turnstile-jumping, chain-snatching robbers who targeted a 7 train rider at the Main Street subway station late last month. The incident took place on the night of Thursday, Sept. 26, when a 24-year-old man was walking…
Sept. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry A good Samaritan was assaulted and robbed when he tried to intervene in a beatdown of a fellow 7 train rider at the 82nd Street subway station on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights last week. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 reported that… Read more »
Aug. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a creep who exposed himself to a 7 train rider while she was aboard a Flushing-bound car approaching the Mets-Willets Point station on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 21. The incident occurred at around…