Oct. 3, 2018 By Tara Law The death of a man whose body was found in a BMW in North Corona on Sunday has been ruled a homicide, the NYPD announced today. The ruling comes after police found the body of Daryl Whitfield, a 26-year-old Jamaica resident, in the back seat of a car at… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2018 By Christian Murray A man’s body was found in a wooded area near a house in Elmhurst this morning. Police were notified at 9:30 a.m. that there was an unresponsive man located in a grassy area in the vicinity of 40-24 72nd St. When police arrived, they discovered an unidentified man unconscious… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2018 By Tara Law A homeless man has been charged with murder for the Sept. 27 stabbing of a 25-year-old Long Island City man. John Davies, 35, faces 25 years to life in prison for second-degree murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Officials say… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2018 By Christian Murray The body of a 53-year-old Jackson Heights man was found floating in the water by the World’s Fair Marina this morning, police said. Cops found the fully-clothed body of Michael Panico, a resident of 88th Street, at about 9:15 a.m. in the water just off the marina, which is… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2018 By Tara Law The body of a 26-year-old man with head trauma was found inside of a car in North Corona yesterday. Police responded to a 911 call about an assault–but found the body of Daryl Whitfield, a Jamaica resident, in a car at 95-01 Northern Blvd. at 7:02 a.m. Whitfield was… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2018 By Tara Law An unidentified adult man was stabbed to death on an Elmhurst street corner last night. Police responding to a 911 call found the man lying on the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 80th Street at around 9:41 p.m. The man had stab wounds to his upper torso, police said…. Read more »
Sept. 26, 2018 By Tara Law More than 1,000 people are expected to explore Jackson Heights and Elmhurst on Oct. 7 in a quest to try a unique Tibetan and Nepali specialty— the momo. Attendees of the neighborhood’s seventh annual Momo Crawl are invited to taste $1 momos from more than 25 local Nepali and… Read more »
Sept. 25, 2018 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who robbed a Jackson Heights bank Monday and is believed to have robbed three other banks in Queens over the past month. Yesterday, the suspect entered the Chase Bank branch located at 37-15 82nd St. at around 11:10 a.m. and passed the… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The owner of the Queens Boulevard building that once housed an Entenmann’s bakery outlet took a significant step last week toward developing the site. The developer filed plans on Sept. 20 to tear down the one-story structure at 70-50 Queens Blvd., located within a roughly 20,000 square foot lot…. Read more »
Sept. 24, 2018 By Tara Law Police have released a photo of a man who allegedly broke into an Elmhurst mosque and stole from its donation box. Police say that the thief broke into Masjid Al-Taufiq, a mosque located at 41-02 Forley St., on Sept. 17 at around 8:35 a.m. The suspect rifled through the… Read more »