Aug. 29, 2025 By Jessica Militello On a quiet street in Sunnyside, Bistro Punta Sal has its French doors wide open, letting the late August breeze emanate throughout the space, which is ornate with flowers, paintings and an array of tables and chairs for intimate dinners with friends or a romantic date night. The…
Aug. 26, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Nestled within NYC’s 8.5 million New Yorkers, crowded streets, skyscrapers and bumper-to-bumper traffic is Maspeth, a town in Queens that provides residents a reprieve from busting city life. It has quiet, tree-lined residential streets, a village center and a townhall that offers information and services for seniors, students,…
Aug. 25, 2025 By Dean Moses The NYPD detective who was shot by “friendly fire” while responding to a Queens carjacking last week went home on Monday after a weekend in the hospital, getting a round of applause from fellow cops. Det. Corey Fisher smiled as he was wheeled on a stretcher out of…
Aug. 25, 2025 By Dean Moses The NYPD’s Quality of Life Team apprehended an alleged dog abuser in Queens on Sunday, one day after a Good Samaritan stopped him from tying up a pooch with duct tape and attempting to dump it in a park, police reported. amNewYork spoke with a 30-year-old woman, who…
Aug. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses The family of a Queens bartender who suffered severe burns over the weekend during a fire show at a lounge are demanding answers after her skin was left bubbled and melted. Adriana Goden, the aunt of 27-year-old Manuela Vergara Salazar, said her niece was working at the La…
Aug. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses Cops say they are still investigating after a department patrol car drove over and killed a man not far from the US Open in Queens on Saturday evening. Police sources report that they are still trying to identify the man struck and killed by a police officer from…
Aug. 22, 2025 Adam Daly, Dean Moses & Athena Dawson An NYPD detective was wounded by “friendly fire” Friday morning in Queens while responding to a carjacking in progress by a “violent, predicate felon,” law enforcement officials said. The detective, a 12-year veteran assigned to Queens South Narcotics, was struck once in the right…
Aug. 21, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Dozens of employees from two NYC airports along with elected officials, rallied at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday to call out a major employer for what they described as dangerous working conditions. During the rally, which ironically occurred under raindrops on an unseasonably cool Aug. 20, workers from both…
Aug. 19, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The future IBX (Interborough Express) light rail in NYC will connect more than just ZIP codes between Brooklyn and Queens. It will link New Yorkers to a center of culture, tradition and diversity at its northern-most stop in Jackson Heights. The 14-mile train line will start on in…
Aug. 17, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon and Lloyd Mitchell Police in Queens are investigating a shooting at a neighborhood convenience store on Saturday night that left two people wounded. According to law enforcement sources, two men, ages 52 and 48, were shot multiple times inside the store located at 84-48 Manton St. in Briarwood…