A young man in Queens was shot dead on Friday night, police reported. Police said the 23-year-old victim was slain in front of a home on the 3300 block of 96th Street in Corona at about 7:20 p.m. on Sept. 13. Officers from the 115th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about the…
Sept. 10, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Around 100 street vendors and activists gathered in Corona Monday afternoon to protest against the NYPD’s alleged illegal destruction of vendor carts and to call on the New York City Council to grant more food vendor permits. The protest, organized by the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice… Read more »
Sept. 6, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Council Member Francisco Moya, alongside community partners and volunteers, hosted a back-to-school event at Moya’s district office, distributing more than 1,000 backpacks and school supplies to local students in Corona. The Moya Back-to-School Festivity, held on Tuesday, Sept. 4, featured food, music and children’s activities, concluding with a movie… Read more »
Sept. 6, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Community leaders and local business owners gathered Thursday afternoon to demand action against a rise in criminal organizations, drug rings, human trafficking, prostitution and shoplifting syndicates along Roosevelt Avenue. The event, which took place at 90-20 Elmhurst Ave., was organized by former City Council Member Hiram Monserrate in response… Read more »
Aug. 30, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan New York City’s only hands-on science and technology museum in Corona was selected to receive two new STEM grants totaling close to $4 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The New York Hall of Science, (NYSCI) will use the new funding to foster positive relationships with learners…
Aug. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD released surveillance images of three suspects who went on a bloody rampage, stabbing five men during a street brawl in Corona on the night of Saturday, Aug. 3. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the trouble began at around 11:40 p.m. near the… Read more »
July 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Homicide detectives out of the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are investigating a fatal stabbing of a Corona man in East Elmhurst during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 20. Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, at around 3 a.m., where… Read more »
July 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for a nighttime bike rider who has targeted pedestrians in two grand larcenies on Roosevelt Avenue in recent weeks. In both incidents, the perpetrator rode up alongside his victims on a white bicycle before snatching their property and riding off…. Read more »
Jun. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry
Ecuadorean migrant Christian Inga was criminally charged Wednesday with first-degree rape, two counts of kidnapping, predatory sexual assault, and other crimes for attacking two 13-year-olds who were in Kissena Corridor Park in the middle of the afternoon on June 13.
Jun. 18, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki, Dean Moses and Bill Parry Police have a person of interest in custody whom they believe is the Queens park rape suspect who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl last week in a heinous attack that shocked the city. The development occurred hours after NYPD released security camera footage…