Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in providing information regarding the identification of human skeletal remains that were discovered along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in the confines of the 104th Precinct on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6. Workers from the city’s Department of Transportation made…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed to expand a 2-story structure with two residential units into a 4-story building with eight housing units at 132-28 Pople Ave. in Flushing. The proposal calls for the building to be 54 feet tall and for the residential space to span 5,474 square feet.…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed to construct a large residential building that would be 39 stories tall and have 387 housing units on the vacant lot at 23-15 43rd Ave. in Long Island City. This development would be 446 feet tall and take up 268,204 square feet of space.…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from two Queens precincts are looking for a three-man robbery crew who have been targeting moped riders for most of the summer. Police say the first incident occurred on the night of Monday, June 30, at approximately 11:35 p.m. as a rider was traveling eastbound on 107th…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki The NYPD got a much-needed infusion of blue blood Wednesday when it formally accepted nearly 1,100 police recruits — the largest class of future officers inaugurated in nine years. Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch swore in the new class of recruits during a ceremony at…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin Because Martha’s Vineyard is associated with wealthy vacation destinations, the island’s coastline charm often conceals its Indigenous origins. In his debut book “Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity,” Joseph Lee, an award-winning journalist and member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, reflects…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud Queens Borough President Donovan Richards joined students, educators and leadership from Queens College and Queensborough Community College to ride the new Q74 bus line, which stops at both schools. This ride-along was meant to reflect and celebrate the longstanding partnership between the two schools. Those…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed a woman at knifepoint on the night of Friday, Aug. 8, and remains at large nearly three weeks later. The 24-year-old victim was walking on Justice Avenue near 53rd Street at around 10:15…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry The homeless man who was struck and killed by a driver on Union Turnpike in Fresh Meadows on the night of Tuesday, Aug. 12, has been identified by the NYPD a week later, on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Police say Rodney Carrington, 61, was fatally struck near 189th Street…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the gunman who shot two convenience store workers during an armed robbery in Briarwood on the night of Saturday, Aug. 16. Police say the unidentified suspect entered the bodega, located at 84-48 Manton Street, at 9:30 p.m. and…