Popular eastern Queens bagel store to open Long Island City location

Jul. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The popular chicken finger restaurant chain “Raising Cane’s” is set to open its first location in Queens on Tuesday, July 9, at its newly established Flushing restaurant at 39-20 Main St.

An F train rider was assaulted and robbed by an apparent Atlanta Braves baseball fan in Kew Gardens last month, and the suspect remains at large more than two weeks later.

Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 reported that the incident occurred during the morning of Saturday, June 22, aboard a southbound F train that was approaching the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike subway station.

Jul. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

The widow of a murdered New York detective addressed hundreds of NYPD Academy graduates on Tuesday as part of Gun and Shield Day, which sees recruits receive their badge and firearm before officially graduating from the Academy.

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for a burglar who broke into a residential building in the vicinity of 70th Avenue and 141st Street in Kew Gardens Hills on Saturday, June 22.

After the intruder unlawfully gained entry to the apartment building at around 1:15 p.m., he went to the mail area of the lobby. However, the porch pirate took notice of security cameras on the wall and left empty-handed without taking any packages, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the case who added that “good security matters.”

Jul. 3, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Council Member Joann Ariola has once again teamed up with the Queens Economic Development Corporation to cleanse her district of unwanted graffiti.

Jul. 3, 2024 By Anthony Medina

The American Softball League, which provides individuals with autism and developmental disabilities a chance to play the classic bat-and-ball game, celebrated the end of its 13th season last weekend.

Jul. 3, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

For some school-aged children, the end of the school year also marks the end of regular free meals, which can heighten existing food insecurities. 

Jul. 2, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards held a press conference in Far Rockaway Tuesday to call for new swim safety measures following the recent drownings of two teenagers.

An off-duty NYPD cop and her husband were arrested Sunday morning and booked at the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park for breaking into the Howard Beach home of a female relative hours earlier, where they beat and strangled her, police said.

Police officer Maria Villalta and her husband Robert Villalta, both 39, were arraigned Monday in Queens Criminal Court on a criminal complaint charging them both with assault, burglary, and other related crimes. The pair targeted and attacked Robert Villalta’s sister.

July 2, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Over 400 guests, including those involved in developing and selling Noble LIC, a 46-unit luxury condominium on 40th Avenue, celebrated several milestones with a launch party on Thursday, June 20.