Oct. 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A Woodside man has been sentenced to three and half years in prison for a hate crime committed against an MTA employee at the 71st Street/Continental Avenue station earlier this year, announced District Attorney Richard Brown today. Meher Kalam, 23, pleaded guilty to second degree assault as a hate… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2018 By Tara Law St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will be blessing people’s pets this Sunday. The church, located at 85 Greenway South, will celebrate the annual Blessing of the Animals ceremony, on Sept. 30 at 11:45 a.m. The event marks the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, which is held annually on Oct…. Read more »
Sept. 28, 2018 By Tara Law Police have released surveillance video of a man who has repeatedly burglarized a Kew Gardens Hills synagogue’s community center. Police say that the suspect burglarized Khal Degel Israel Synagogue Community Center, located at 114-02 68th Drive, twice in June and then returned again last Friday. The suspect first targeted… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2018 By Tara Law A Los Angeles-born food festival featuring live music, culinary panels and ample food and drink is coming to Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 6. Restaurant review service The Infatuation will host the EEEEEATSCON festival from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the stadium, which is located at 1… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2018 By Tara Law Police have released eyewitness photos of a man who stabbed a fellow subway passenger at the 75th Avenue (E/F) station at about 5 p.m. yesterday The suspect and the victim, a 49-year-old man, got into an argument on the Queens-bound F train after the victim tried to break up… Read more »
Sept. 26, 2018 By Tara Law Train service at the 67th Avenue (M/R) subway station was briefly interrupted this morning when an “emotionally disturbed” man got down onto the train tracks in an apparent suicide attempt, police said. Police said that the man, 59, got down onto the tracks at around 8 a.m. this morning… Read more »
Sept. 26, 2018 By Tara Law Rory Lancman, a city councilmember and a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform, has officially declared his candidacy for Queens District Attorney. Lancman, who represents a district in central Queens that includes Kew Gardens Hills, would replace–if elected– seven-term incumbent Richard A. Brown, 85, who has not yet declared… Read more »
Sept. 26, 2018 Staff Report A one-family house in Forest Hills is likely to be demolished and replaced with a four-story, eight-unit apartment building. The owner, George Baharistani, filed plans last week to demolish a 2 ½ story wooden house at 75-42 Grand Central Parkway. Baharistani filed plans in August to build an eight-unit residential… Read more »
Sept. 26, 2018 By Tara Law Police are investigating the stabbing of a 59-year-old man who was found dead in his Pomonok Houses home last night. The victim, Raul Tejada, was found stabbed at 67-33 Kissena Blvd, police said. Tejada’s brother found him and called 911 at around 10:13 p.m. Emergency responders found Tejada lying… Read more »
Sept. 25, 2018 By Tara Law The company that owns the defunct Parkway Hospital site has filed a rezoning application that would allow it to construct a 14-story building on the property and to add two new floors to the existing 6-story hospital building. Auberge Grand Central and developer Jasper Venture Group are looking for… Read more »