You are reading

Taxi-driver robbed by passenger and accomplice at knife point in East Elmhurst

March 31, 2017 Staff Report

Police are searching for two men who robbed a taxi driver at knife point in East Elmhurst last week.

According to police, the 22-year-old taxi driver picked up the first suspect at Queens Boulevard and 71st Street, and the suspect instructed him to go to 31-30 101 Street.

When they arrived, the second suspect got in the car and displayed a knife, pressing it against the victim’s abdomen and demanding money.

The taxi driver complied and handed over some cash before the two suspects exited the car and fled southbound towards 101st Street.

Both suspects are described as 17 to 20-year-old black men with a dark complexions and standing about 5’8” to 5’10”. They both were last seen wearing black sneakers, black jeans and black jackets.

Police have released a photo of one of the suspects and anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

 

email the author: [email protected]

2 Comments

Click for Comments 

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

Met Council leader warns of ‘catastrophe’ for low-income families in Queens due to lack of pandemic-era federal food aid

Mar. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry

As an accomplished legislator, law professor and media personality with broad experience in government and not-for-profit organizations, Met Council CEO and executive director David Greenfield is well aware of the power of words. With Passover arriving on Wednesday, April 5, and with federal pandemic food assistance no longer available to low-income families in Queens, the leader of the nation’s largest Jewish charity organization warned of a coming “catastrophe” and called for the city to step up to provide $13 million in emergency funding for pantries to help New Yorkers facing food insecurity and elevated costs of living in the borough.

Pair of Queens community organizations will activate public spaces to celebrate local cultures

Two Queens community organizations are among an inaugural cohort of five groups citywide that will lead new projects to celebrate local cultures and histories in public spaces under a new initiative called The Local Center in a partnership between Urban Design Forum and the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (ANHD).

At a time when New York is grappling with an uneven pandemic recovery and as displacement looms large for communities and neighborhoods across the five boroughs, this new endeavor will convene interdisciplinary teams to transform and activate the shared spaces where cultural traditions flourish — and importantly, center the community visions and leadership that is too often left out of the process.