Dec. 23, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a new 6-story homeless shelter at 38-78 and 38-80 11th St. in Long Island City. Located on the corner of 11th Street and 40th Avenue, this proposed development, referred to as the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) Family Shelter, would be 70… Read more »
Oct. 15, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Construction has wrapped for The Lionheart, an 8-story transitional housing complex in Rego Park. Located at 92-62 Queens Blvd., the Lionheart stands 83 feet tall and spans 57,407 square feet. The building features 88 affordable rental units, each averaging 798 square feet. A portion of these units will…
Jul. 31, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Cops in Queens are looking for the slasher who attacked an MTA worker at a subway station early on Wednesday morning, it was reported. Law enforcement sources said the bloody assault occurred at the Jamaica-179th Street station on the F line at about 3:50 a.m. on July 31.…
Jul. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
An F train rider was assaulted and robbed by an apparent Atlanta Braves baseball fan in Kew Gardens last month, and the suspect remains at large more than two weeks later.
May. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Westchester man was arrested on May 1 and booked at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica for an unprovoked attack on an F train rider at the 169th Street subway station in Jamaica Hills last month.
Apr. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry
An F train rider was assaulted inside the 169th Street subway station on Hillside Avenue near Homelawn Street in Jamaica Hills last week, and a dreadlocked suspect remains at large, according to the NYPD.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld Regular service on the F line has been restored between Manhattan and Queens, through Roosevelt Island, following the completion of renovation work in the 63rd Street Tunnel under the East River. Since August, F trains had been running along the E line to and from Queens to accommodate…
Aug. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry An F train rider was robbed in Jamaica last month and his assailant is still at large after being spotted in lower Manhattan hours after the attack, according to authorities. Police from the 107th Precinct and Transit District 20 reported that during the early morning hours of Monday, July…
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May. 4, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller & Dean Moses As ever more city and state pols strongly condemned an incident where a homeless Black man was killed by being placed in a chokehold by another man on a subway car Monday as vigilantism, Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday he’s going to wait for pending…
Mar. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry
Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows, Transit District 20 and the 114th Precinct in Astoria are on the lookout for two men who emerged from the Parson Boulevard F train station on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica after robbing two riders in the transit system early Saturday morning, March 18.