June 23, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who allegedly punctured the tires of 10 parked vehicles in Corona last weekend.
The suspect was observed slashing the tires with an unknown object in the vicinity of 99th Street and 35th Avenue at around 2:30 pm on Saturday,…
June 23, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who allegedly grabbed a 17-year-old woman’s buttocks while she was at the Broadway and Roosevelt Avenue station earlier this month.
The suspect, according to police, touched the woman’s butt at around 7:50 am on Friday,…
June 23, By Jason Cohen
Elected officials broke ground on a new elementary school in Jackson Heights Thursday.
The school, to be called Q398, will be located at 69-01 34th Ave. and is in School District 30, one of the most overcrowded districts in the city,…
June 22, By Jason Cohen
A bill requiring the MTA and the New York City Transit Authority to study lead paint levels along the elevated subway lines has now passed the state senate and assembly.
Both houses approved the legislation after only a month and a half and now it is in the hands of Governor Andrew Cuomo for it to become law.…
June 20, By Jason Cohen
A 55-year-old man died this morning after jumping from the subway platform at the 82nd Street station in Jackson Heights this morning.
Several people observed the man jump off the platform a little after 8 am on the Manhattan-bound side of the 82nd Street station on the 7 line,…
June 20, By Jason Cohen
The owner of a 23-unit building in Corona who attempted to evict his undocumented tenants is going to be investigated as part of a multiagency probe looking into discrimination.
On June 12, Jaideep Reddy,…
June 19, By Jason Cohen
Dog owners in East Elmhurst are banding together to see if they can get a dog run in their neighborhood and spoke at the Community Board 3 monthly meeting Thursday about their quest.
Many canine owners are currently taking their dogs to LaGuardia Landing Lights Park,…
June 19, By Jason Cohen
The transformation of Diversity Plaza into a vibrant public space is expected to be completed by June 2018, according to officials who presented plans at the Community Board 3 meeting Thursday.
Diversity Plaza, located at 37th Road between 73rd Street and 74th Street,…
June 19, Staff Report
A man was beaten and robbed inside a bathroom at the Roosevelt Avenue/Broadway station earlier the month, police said.
Three suspects went inside the bathroom on the mezzanine level and punched and kicked the 30-year-old victim,…
June 16, By Christian Murray
Two full time workers will be cleaning Roosevelt Avenue between 82nd and 90th Street beginning July 1st, stemming from a job training program funded by State Senator Jose Peralta’s office.
Peralta secured $75,000 which will be used to hire two workers employed by the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (ACE).…