Aug. 10, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a suspect who punched two men in an apparent anti-gay attack on a subway train in Long Island City last month and then slugged a woman who tried to stop the beat down. The suspect approached two 19-year-old men on a Jamaica-bound E train at… Read more »
Aug. 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police arrested a Bronx man Monday for the fatal stabbing of a lawyer whose body was found in his law office in Jackson Heights on Thursday. Officers cuffed 64-year-old Nando Perez on murder and weapon charges for allegedly stabbing Charles Zolot to death. Perez was believed to be a… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is calling on the state legislature to allow community boards to meet remotely for the duration of the pandemic. Richards penned a letter to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Thursday requesting that they pass legislation that would allow community… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2021 By Christian Murray The prestigious Davis Cup tennis tournament will be coming back to Forest Hills for the first time since 1959. A best-of-five match series between South Africa and Venezuela will take place at the historic Forest Hills Stadium on Sept. 18-19, the weekend after the conclusion of the U.S. Open…. Read more »
Aug. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Hip Hop artist and former Queens resident Nas will return to the borough to perform a concert next month benefitting a local nonprofit. Nas will host and perform at the “Concert to Feed NYC” at Forest Hills Stadium on Sept. 23. Proceeds from the concert will go to City… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who allegedly followed a 13-year-old girl while inside a Jackson Heights drug store and then started masturbating in front of her and her mother. The suspect allegedly entered a Walgreens pharmacy at 91-08 Roosevelt Ave. at around 1 p.m. on July 31… Read more »
Aug. 6, 2021 By Allie Griffin New York City is getting its first curbside charging stations for electric vehicles — but many activists want more stations than what has been allotted for Queens. The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced in June that it would install 120 curbside charging ports in 23 neighborhoods… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2021 By Allie Griffin The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) has started work on the fourth and final phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign project, the agency announced Thursday. Crews have begun installing protected bike lanes, a pedestrian path and other traffic safety features along Queens Boulevard from Yellowstone Boulevard to Union Turnpike… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2021 By Christian Murray A lawyer was discovered dead inside his Jackson Heights office Thursday morning, and the incident is being treated as a potential homicide, police said. The man was found dead inside his 37-06 82nd St. office, laying on the floor with trauma to his body and face, police said. He… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2021 By Christian Murray The mass shooting on 37th Avenue that left 10 people injured was not the only incident in Corona Saturday where bullets were fired. Police have released video of two men wanted for firing a gun in front of 96-14 40th Rd at about 5:15 a.m. July 31 before fleeing… Read more »