Jul. 9, 2025 By bparry July 9, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was struck and killed by the driver of an SUV while he was riding a moped in Astoria during the early morning of Monday, July 7. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria responded to a 911 call of…
Jul. 8, 2025 By bparry July 8, 2025 By Bill Parry The FDNY battled a fire at a scrapyard along the Astoria and East Elmhurst border on the night of Monday, June 7. FDNY dispatchers received a call just after 9 p.m. of heavy fire and smoke at the Super Scrap metal recycling company…
Jul. 8, 2025 By bparry July 8, 2025 By Bill Parry The MTA is once again warning the public of the perils of subway surfing, days after a Bronx boy was killed after falling from the top of a 7 train in Long Island City. During the early morning hours of Friday, July 4,…
Jul. 8, 2025 By Czarinna Andres July 8, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Elected officials, community members, and representatives from non-profit Elmcor broke ground on a new $51.5 million affordable housing development in Sunnyside Monday morning, which promises to deliver 55 new affordable units to the neighborhood. The development, located at 43-12 50th St., will also…
Jul. 7, 2025 By Czarinna Andres July 7, 2025 By Dean Moses Police in Astoria are looking for six people after a man was stabbed outside of a bar early on Sunday morning. According to police sources, the bloody assault unfolded at around 5:13 a.m. on July 6 outside of Las Manos Quietas Mexican…
Jul. 3, 2025 By Czarinna Andres July 3, 2025 By Queens Post News Team The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has completed the first phase of a major redesign of 31st Avenue in Astoria, transforming the corridor into a bike boulevard aimed at improving safety and accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists. Unveiled…
Jul. 3, 2025 By bparry July 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A Corona man was sentenced on Wednesday to one to three years in prison for being part of a mob that ambushed two police officers outside a migrant shelter in Long Island City just over a year ago. Miguel Chiluisa, 24, of Roosevelt…
Jul. 2, 2025 By bparry July 2, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for an alleged chain snatcher who targeted a woman in Woodside late last month and remains at large. The 61-year-old victim was in front of 48-41 48th St. near the $275 million…
July 2, 2025 By Bill Parry A Manhattan man was convicted of two counts of attempted murder and other related crimes for shooting at two police officers, who had attempted to question him after spotting him on a Jackson Heights street corner wearing a disguise. Antonio Olmeda, 66, of Fifth Avenue, was convicted by a… Read more »
Jul. 1, 2025 By bparry July 1, 2025 By Bill Parry An Astoria doctor admitted he raped multiple unconscious women at his apartment and sexually abused others at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital where the gastroenterologist was employed. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, or Broadway, pleaded guilty Monday in Queens Supreme Court to four counts…