Nov. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A motorcyclist from Jamaica was killed in a crash near Mount Olivet Cemetery in Middle Village on Friday afternoon. Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision at 69th Street and Eliot Avenue at 5:15 p.m., where they found the…
Nov. 3, 2024 By Dean Moses They came, they saw, they conquered the five boroughs. Some 50,000 participants pushed themselves to the limit at the TCS New York City Marathon Sunday — racing from the foot of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge on Staten Island and through the five boroughs to Central Park. But every moment…
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. 31, 2024 By Dean Moses Xavier Duran was one of 588 new NYPD officers who graduated during a Madison Square Garden ceremony Thursday — and his journey to the nation’s largest police force began when he was 9 years old, inspired by the heroic actions of a retired sergeant. As cannons blasted blue…
Oct. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park are looking for two suspects who groped a woman before robbing her on the night of Saturday, Oct. 26. The 26-year-old victim was walking near the intersection of Glenmore Avenue and 76th Street in Ozone Park at 9:23 p.m. when…
Oct. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man has been charged with criminal possession of stolen property, identity theft, and other offenses after a court-authorized search revealed an array of stolen bank checks, credit cards, debit cards, and driver’s licenses in plain sight inside his Crown Heights apartment. The investigation began when a…
Oct. 31, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Shekar Krishnan, Assembly Members Steven Raga and Catalina Cruz, and several local advocates gathered in Jackson Heights Wednesday to launch a new seven-point plan to make Roosevelt Avenue safer and brighter. Krishnan, Raga, Cruz and a number of local business owners, workers and parents gathered at the… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported grand larcenies across Queens dropped a significant amount across both northern and southern Queens during the 28-day period from Sept. 30 to Oct. 27, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. Another notable trend over…
Oct. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a suspect who savagely stabbed a 43-year-old man who refused to give him a cigarette in broad daylight last week. The victim was sitting in his car in the vicinity of Lowe Court and 148th Street after dropping…
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 »