Oct. 18, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan New York City’s second-largest Halloween parade is returning to Jackson Heights for an ever-spirited 28th year. The Jackson Heights Beautification Group, which organizes the popular annual parade, says it is anticipating its largest crowd yet in an event that typically sees more than 3,000 attendees. The parade will start… Read more »
Oct. 17, 2018 By Christian Murray About 75 people turned out for a workshop in Jackson Heights on Monday to put forward their ideas as to how to make Northern Boulevard safer. The workshop, the first of three to be held by the Department of Transportation, focused primarily on the stretch of Northern Boulevard between… Read more »
Oct. 16, 2018 By Tara Law An anti-gentrification activist group plans to appeal the Department of Building’s decision to permit a Target store to be included in a controversial Elmhurst development. The appeal, which activist group Queens Neighborhoods United plans to submit to the Board of Standards and Appeals this Thursday, will contest the legality… Read more »
Oct. 15, 2018 By Tara Law Council Member Francisco Moya has been receiving letters from someone claiming to be part of a growing anti-immigrant group with dozens of members, including a “mole” inside City Hall. The council member has received three to four letters from someone claiming to be a member of a secret group… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2018 By Tara Law Police have released photos of a man who allegedly punched and kicked a woman on a subway platform at the Junction Boulevard subway station on Monday. Police say that the victim, a 37-year-old woman, was walking on the northbound 7 train platform at around 6:29 p.m. when the man… Read more »
Oct. 11, 2018 By Tara Law A 38-year-old East Elmhurst man has been arrested and charged with groping two girls in North Corona and Corona over the last week. Noe Angel Sorriano Cruz is awaiting arraignment on charges of first-degree sexual abuse, forcible touching, second-degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of… Read more »
Oct. 11, 2018 By Tara Law Police are searching for a woman who punched and shoved another passenger off the 7 train at the 74th Street/Broadway station during rush hour earlier this month. Police say that the assault took place while the train was at the station at around 8:25 a.m. on Oct. 2. The… Read more »
Oct. 10, 2018 By Tara Law Police say that the man who allegedly groped a 10-year-old girl in North Corona on Oct. 3 touched a 13-year-old girl inappropriately in Corona yesterday. Police say that the man approached the 13-year-old at 8:20 a.m. near 45 Avenue and Junction Boulevard and then touched her. He then walked… Read more »
Oct. 9, 2018 By Tara Law Police have released photos of a man who groped a 10-year-old girl on a North Corona sidewalk. Police say that the suspect approached the girl outside of 39-16 104th St at around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 3. The man touched the girl’s groin over her clothes before taking off on… Read more »
Oct. 9, 2018 By Tara Law The Elmhurst man with autism who went missing on Oct. 2 has been found safe and unharmed, his brother announced on Facebook Monday. Peter Gonzalez, a 32-year-old with autism and emotional problems, had not been seen since he was spotted at Veterans Grove Park last week. His twin brother,… Read more »