Aug. 4, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a raging five-alarm fire in Queens as temperatures soared in the New York City area on Saturday afternoon. The fire erupted just after 4:05 p.m. on Aug. 3, when an EMS supervisor spotted heavy smoke in the vicinity of 188-21 Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens Village.…
Aug. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses Police are searching for two suspects after a night out on the town in Queens ended with five people stabbed. Authorities said the bloody brawl unfolded just before 12 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3 near the corner of 100th Street and 37th Avenue in Corona, where two groups…
Jul. 30, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A Bronx man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing a 23-year-old woman in an unprovoked attack inside a subway station in Queens on Sunday night, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday. Randol Contreras, 24, of Woodlawn Heights, is facing a list of charges,…
Jul. 30, 2024 By Anthony Medina Results from a recent constituent survey from State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. show many Queens residents are in favor of the QueensLink Project and legislation granting impunity to prostitutes for the wrongdoings of pimps and sex traffickers. The Queens legislator, who represents Senate District 15—which includes Glendale,…
Jul. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses Cops in Queens are now backtracking after they said they were working to find a man who tried to abduct a child from a daycare center on Monday — leaving staff members shaken, authorities said. Police sources originally stated an unidentified man strolled into the Flushing school near…
Jun. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses Queens cops rescued a litter of dogs who had been stuffed into a bag as a woman tried to illegally sell the animals to passersby, authorities said. Dramatic bodycam footage released by the department on Monday showed them racing down Beach Channel Drive and Horton Avenue in Far…
Jun. 14, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan During a typical week growing up in a multicultural household, Raj Tawney would have chicken curry on a Monday, arroz con habichuelas on a Tuesday and spaghetti and meatballs on a Wednesday. Experiences like this fill up the pages of his coming of age memoir, “Colorful Palate: A flavorful…
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Jun. 12, 2024 By Dean Moses
The Queens woman accused of stabbing her father to death in his home last week told detectives he had repeatedly sexually abused her, police brass reported on Tuesday.
Jun. 11, 2024 By Amanda Moses Governors Ball rocked Flushing Meadows Corona Park over the weekend for an epic three-day music festival kicking off an ultimate summer experience. Coachella better watch its back because Governors Ball showed what the East Coast is made of as it returned for the second year in a row…
Jun. 5, 2024 By Dean Moses
A 70-year-old Queens father was allegedly stabbed to death Wednesday morning — allegedly by his own daughter, police and neighbors said.