Apr. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
Jamaica gang member Sean Brown was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for gunning down 14-year-old Aamir Griffin on a South Jamaica basketball court in a mistaken-identity shooting at the Baisley Park Houses in 2019.
Apr. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
A truck driver for the city’s Department of Environmental Protection was arrested and charged in a fatal collision in Elmhurst last month.
Apr. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall In a stroke of luck for one Ozone Park shopper, the New York Lottery has announced that a local business sold a second-prize-winning ticket for Tuesday evening’s Mega Millions drawing. The lucky ticket, worth a whopping $1 million, was purchased at 88 Liberty Wine and Liquor located at 88-17…
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Apr. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Queens accounted for the most foreclosures among the New York City boroughs in the first quarter of 2024, with 191, according to a report by the real estate agency PropertyShark. These 191 foreclosures accounted for 45% of the 424 cases that occurred in New York City this quarter. Its…
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Apr. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
Police say they are hot on the trail of the Queens brute who sent a senior tumbling down a church staircase in a vicious attack over the weekend.
Apr. 10, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Over a dozen Queens dining destinations made an appearance on this year’s New York Times list recognizing the best restaurants across the city. While the majority of the restaurants are located in Manhattan, fourteen of the hundred lauded establishments are spread across Queens. But what is most notable about…
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Apr. 10, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy is hosting a weekend-long public arts festival at Floyd Bennett Field, located at 31-59 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. The inaugural “Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival” will run from Apr. 19-21, featuring a celebration of art, architecture, live music and other festivities for the…
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Apr. 9, 2024 By Dean Moses
A 16-year-old boy clings to life after being shot twice outside a Queens home on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Apr. 9, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Students and staff members at Queensborough Community College in Bayside took time out of their day to gather at the athletic track to watch the celestial eclipse Monday at around 2:30 p.m. Those who gathered to watch the eclipse were provided with solar glasses, courtesy of NASA. Some attendees…
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Apr. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park responded to a report of a suspicious device found near a Chase Bank in Richmond Hill just before noon on Tuesday.