Jan. 2, 2018 By Tara Law Police have released the name of a 26-year-old woman who was found fatally stabbed in her Richmond Hill home on New Year’s Day. Stacy Singh appears to have been killed by her husband in what police investigators believe was a murder suicide. Singh’s body was discovered by police at… Read more »
Dec. 31, 2017 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who forcibly touched the groin of a 16-year-old girl while she was walking down a busy Forest Hills street earlier this month. The girl was walking in the vicinity of Yellowstone Boulevard and Queens Boulevard at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec…. Read more »
Dec. 26, 2017 By Christian Murray Four men who cut through the roof of a Rego Park bank with a blow torch and took off with about $4.5 million in cash and jewelry last year have pleaded guilty, authorities announced earlier this month. The men, who were involved in two bank heists, broke into the… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2017 By Tara Law A 47-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit and run on Woodhaven Boulevard—near Metropolitan Avenue–last night, police said. Police responded to a 911 call at 10:49 p.m. after a man was discovered lying on the road close to the southbound left turn lane on Woodhaven Boulevard near Metropolitan Avenue…. Read more »
Dec. 21, 2017 By Tara Law Police are searching for a man who allegedly masturbated in front of a 23-year-old woman on the R train near Forest Hills last Friday. The woman was riding the Forest Hills-bound subway near the 67th Street and Queens Boulevard station at about 8:15 p.m. when the suspect allegedly started… Read more »
Dec. 21, 2017 By Tara Law The Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that it had installed more than 25 miles of bike lanes in 2017—a record year. The 25 miles broke last year’s record when 18 miles were installed, according to the DOT. The city now has a bike lane network that is nearly 1,200… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2017 By Tara Law A developer plans to demolish a century-old Kew Gardens home and replace it with a multi-family building. A demolition permit was filed on Dec. 14 with the Dept. of Buildings to bulldoze 116-17 Grosvenor Lane, a 3-story single family home that was built in 1899. Steven Li, the owner… Read more »
Dec. 14, 2017 By Tara Law Two Long Island men have been charged with the shooting death of a rapper in Briarwood. Jamar Hill, 26 and Quincy Homere, 32, were indicted by a Queens County grand jury Thursday for the fatal shooting of Lionel Pickens, 31, who went by the name Chinx. Pickens was shot… Read more »
Oct. 31, By Christian Murray
A Forest Hills man is one of three individuals who faces up to 15 years in prison for smashing more than 48 headstones and spray-painting racist slurs on them in the Cypress Hills Cemetery in August,…
October 25, By Christian Murray
A man was shot outside a Kew Gardens bodega Monday night and was left in critical condition, police said.
The victim, 46, was shot once in the buttocks outside 71-06 Kissena Boulevard, near 71st Avenue,…