March 4, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A man was struck and killed by an MTA bus early this morning in Jackson Heights, according to police. The bus driver, 55, was driving a Q33 bus westbound on Roosevelt Avenue at around 2:45 a.m. when it struck the pedestrian at 75th Street. Police say the victim was… Read more »
March 1, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Bum Bum Bar, the gay-owned and operated bar located in Woodside for more than two decades, has closed its doors. The bar, which opened at 63-14 Roosevelt Ave. in the early 1990s, saw three generations of LGBT owners, and appears to have closed late last year. Its closure was… Read more »
March 1, 2019 By Christian Murray A 39-year-old East Elmhurst man was sentenced to up to two years in jail for groping two young girls in October, the Queens District Attorney’s office announced today. Noe Angel Soriano Cruz, of 102nd Street, followed a 10-year-old girl into a bodega on 104th Street in Corona on Oct…. Read more »
Feb. 28, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A number of Queens-based vendors will gather to sell handmade and other artisan goods at an Elmhurst venue this weekend. Elmhurst Marketplace, to be set up inside St. James Episcopal Church at 84-07 Broadway, will open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 2, and is the second… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A non-profit focusing on New York’s Bangladeshi community has recently found a new home in Jackson Heights Shetu, founded in 2011, is now located on the fourth floor of 72-24 Broadway, and marks the first permanent location for the group. The space, while shared with other area organizations, officially… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2019, By Meghan Sackman State Senator Jessica Ramos has co-sponsored a series of bills that would decriminalize sex work and vacate the records of people who have been arrested or charged with prostitution or related offenses. Ramos, along with State Senators Brad Hoylman and Julia Salazar, aims to rewrite the state’s penal code to… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2019 By Meghan Sackman State Sen. Jose Peralta, who represented Jackson Heights since 2002 in Albany until his unexpected death late last year, may be getting a street named after him in the neighborhood he both lived in and served. The northeast corner of 79th Street and 37th Avenue, the street where Peralta… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2019 By Christian Murray A homeless man who allegedly stabbed a 25-year-old man to death on a Jackson Heights street last year has been indicted on murder charges and faces life in prison. John Daves, 33, allegedly got into a verbal dispute with Miguel Angel Becerra-Perez, the victim, at a food truck at… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2019 Staff Report Police have made two more arrests in the broad daylight shooting at the 90th Street station platform that saw one person die earlier this month. Tito Martinez-Alvarenga, 19, and Victor Lopez, 20, were arrested yesterday and charged with second degree murder, gang assault, kidnapping and criminal possession of a weapon… Read more »
Feb. 21, 2019 Staff Report A Queens-based advocacy group is holding a forum in Jackson Heights Monday night where the leading candidates for the office of Queens District Attorney will attend and answer questions on how they plan to serve in the position if elected. The event comes well in advance of the Democratic primary… Read more »