March 26, 2019, By Meghan Sackman A fire broke out early Tuesday morning inside a two-story building on Metropolitan Avenue, according to the FDNY. The FDNY received a call at 7:13 a.m. that a fire had erupted inside 104-18 Metropolitan Ave. The building is home to Metro Garden Real Estate and Accounting Firm on the… Read more »
March 25, 2019 By Christian Murray The de Blasio administration’s plan to build four community-based jails took a significant step forward today with the City Planning Commission certifying the plans, representing the beginning of the seven-month public review process. The plan presented by the city to the planning commission calls for four community-based jails–including one… Read more »
March 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A group of congestion pricing supporters faced off with opponents of the tolled transportation plan at a press conference held by two state legislators and a local council member yesterday in Midtown. Assembly Members David Weprin of Queens and Rodneyse Bichotte of Brooklyn, joined by Council Member Barry Grodenchik,… Read more »
March 22, 2019 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who exposed himself in front of a woman on an E train at the 71st Street/Continental station on Wednesday. The suspect allegedly “exposed himself and manipulated his private parts” in front of a 28-year-old woman, police said, while on board a Queens… Read more »
March 21, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The New York State Senate and Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday that will establish the use of speed cameras in 750 school zones across the five boroughs. The legislation, which Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign into law in days, is an extension of a previously passed… Read more »
March 20, 2019 By Jon Cronin The restoration of the brick roadway at Station Square is nearly complete and the historic area is expected to reopen to traffic in May. The roadway at Station Square, which is located by the Forest Hills LIRR Station and is the main entry point to Forest Hills Gardens, has been… Read more »
March 19, 2019 By Jon Cronin Two international artists will be painting a mural that pays tribute to Helen Keller in Forest Hills in May, near where the famed blind and deaf activist and author once lived. The mural will feature Keller’s face, her dogs and her now-demolished Forest Hills home. The center of the… Read more »
March 18, 2019 By Jon Cronin The Department of Transportation is moving ahead with its plan to redesign Queens Boulevard between Yellowstone Boulevard and Union Turnpike but it has not provided any details as to when construction will begin. “We are moving forward with the redesign and working with the community, but have no updated… Read more »
March 18, 2019 By Jon Cronin The police are looking for two men who broke into a Rego Park house on Friday—only to be chased out by the homeowner. Police said the two would-be burglars broke into the home, located in the vicinity of Saunders Street and 66th Avenue, at around 12:25 p.m. March 15… Read more »
March 15, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Rego Park man was indicted today in Queens Criminal Court for murder and other charges for viciously stabbing his pregnant ex-girlfriend to death inside her Ridgewood apartment building last month. Anthony Hobson, 48, will now face up to 25 years to life in prison for the brutal attack… Read more »