Sept. 1, 2023 By Zach Gewelb Police from the 115th Precinct are searching for the crooks who stabbed two teenagers with a broken glass beer bottle inside of Junction Playground in Jackson Heights last month. Authorities say that the suspects approached a 17-year-old male and 18-year-old male inside Junction Playground, at 34th Avenue and 96th… Read more »
Aug. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry After Rocco’s of Roc Beach was declared the winner of the inaugural Queens’ Best Pizza Competition organized by the Queens Chamber of Commerce in February and Empanadas Café in Corona was declared the winner of the Queens’ Best Empanada Competition in May, voting has begun to determine who has the best barbecue restaurant in the borough. Members of the public are encouraged to vote for their favorite eatery from among 19 nominated establishments to settle the debate over who in Queens serves up the best barbecue. The nominated restaurants include traditional barbecue joints, as…
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Aug. 29, 2023 By Ethan Marshall U.S. News and World Report has included NYC Health +Hospitals/Elmhurst among its latest annual list of the best hospitals in New York state. It was one of ten NYC Health + Hospitals locations named in the list. This marks the first time that NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst appeared on…
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Aug. 28, 2023 By Amanda Salazar While the end of summer may be sad for some, it also marks the beginning of back-to-school season for Queens’ more than 260,000 public school students and students at the 14 colleges across the borough. This school season, students can make their transition back into the classroom a little… Read more »
Aug. 28, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police from the 110th Precinct are searching for three suspects who allegedly carjacked a man at gunpoint in Corona earlier this month. The 24-year-old victim was inside his parked vehicle — which was in front of a house on 42nd Avenue, between 11th Street and 108th Street — at… Read more »
Aug. 25, 2023 By Michael Dorgan and Paul Frangipane Queens Borough President Donovan Richards met with local officials and residents for a town hall in Corona on Thursday, Aug. 24, with street vending and crime among the topics of discussion. The town hall took place at the Aliento de Vida Christian Church, located at 103-12… Read more »
Aug. 24, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The beaten-up basketball courts at Travers Park in Jackson Heights will soon get a makeover thanks to an allocation of more than $1 million in capital funding from the Queens Borough President’s Office. Borough President Donovan Richards presented the NYC Parks Dept. with a $1.05 million check on Thursday,… Read more »
Aug. 24, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police have released images of a knife-wielding man who is wanted in connection with a number of muggings in Corona earlier this month. In each of the three incidents, the suspect displayed a knife and attempted to rob his victims, cops said. The first incident took place on Aug…. Read more »
Aug. 23, 2023, By Michael Dorgan and Dean Moses – Updated at 5:58 p.m. A 75-year-old Manhattan man has been charged with the sexual abuse and kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl who was reported missing from Jackson Heights on Tuesday, Aug. 23, and was later found after a frantic police search. The man, named by… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry
A former dean at a Corona public school was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 22, and charged with the rape of an underage male student, according to the NYPD.