April 12, Staff Report
A fire erupted inside a seven-story apartment building in Elmhurst last night that led to the evacuation of 112 apartments and 10 firefighters being injured.
The fire broke out in the cockloft of the roof at the 56-11 94th Street apartment building and the fire department was called at 6:25 p.m.…
April 11, By Hannah Wulkan
A local developer is looking to knock down an East Elmhurst church to make way for five three-story buildings, with a total of 14 units.
The developer filed plans last week to build five two or three-family homes on the site of the former Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church at 69-05 Ditmars Boulevard.…
April 10, By Christian Murray
Corona Plaza is about to undergo a $5.6 million overhaul and city officials celebrated a groundbreaking today as work commences.
The plaza, which was built on an interim basis in 2012, replaced the Roosevelt Avenue service road that was known for heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic.…
April 10, By Hannah Wulkan
A local school honored a Jackson Heights man who died in combat while serving in Iraq.
To commemorate the life of US Army Specialist Jonathan Rivadeneira who died in Iraq in 2007, Councilman Danny Dromm,…
April 10, By Hannah Wulkan
The City council passed a bill last week sponsored by Councilman Danny Dromm that aims to protect immigrants from fraudulent legal service providers.
The bill imposes stricter standards on immigration service providers and imposes hefty fines for those firms that fail to comply.…
April 7, By Hannah Wulkan
A longtime Community Board 4 member was ousted from the board after she made disparaging comments about undocumented immigrants last month.
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz did not reappoint 30-year veteran Ann Pfoser Darby of Corona to Community Board 4 in the most recent set of appointments for the 2017 to 2019 term,…
April 5, Staff Report
Police are searching for a man who was seen masturbating on a 7 train in Corona last month.
According to the report, the man exposed himself and masturbated in front of a 38-year-old woman seated across from him on a Manhattan-bound 7 train at the 111th Street Station around 7:45 p.m.…
April 4, By Hannah Wulkan
The family of a Corona man who was struck and killed by an unlicensed drunk driver in Sunnyside on Saturday is working to raise money to cover his funeral costs.
Gelacio Reyes, 32, was biking home from work on 43rd Avenue near 39th Street at around 3:00 am when he was the victim of a hit-and-run.…
April 1, Staff Report
A knife-wielding robber stole a cellphone from a 25-year-old man on a Jackson Heights street Wednesday before stabbing him in the stomach, according to police.
The suspect approached the victim at around 9:30 pm, March 29,…
March 31, Staff Report
Police are searching for a woman believed to be involved in stealing wallets and cellphones from female “7” train riders in the past two months.
The suspect is connected to nine incidents. A man, who was involved in two of the incidents,…