January 3, Staff Report
The police released a photo today of a man believed to be in his late twenties who allegedly struck a 79-year-old man in the face at the McDonald’s restaurant on Queens Blvd in October.
The police said that on Wednesday,…
January 3, By Christian Murray
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign issued its 18th annual “State of the Subways” Report Card last week and gave high ratings to two of the four trains that serve Forest Hills.
The E train was ranked number four of the 20 subway lines reviewed by Straphangers,…
December 30, By Christian Murray
An 18-foot tall menorah will be lit at a Forest Hills park tomorrow night to mark the final night of Chanukah.
The event, dubbed “Chanukah on the Park,” will take place in Yellowstone Municipal Park between 68th Road and 68th Avenue at 6:15pm.…
December 27, Staff Report
A 54-year old woman was pushed down a flight of stairs at the 71st–Continental Ave subway by a homeless man Saturday, police said.
The woman was walking down the staircase leading to the platform at around 8:50 am Christmas Eve.…
December 27, Staff Report
A Metro PCS store in Rego Park was robbed at gunpoint Christmas Day, making it the fourth cellphone store to be struck by armed bandits in Queens in less than a month, police said.
Police believe the latest incident is part of a pattern where two armed men have entered cellphone stores—in Sunnyside,…
December 26, By Christian Murray
A cellphone store in Elmhurst and another in Corona have both been robbed at gunpoint in the past month by the same two men who allegedly stuck up a Sprint store in Sunnyside in November.…
December 19, Staff Report
The Chase Bank branch located at the intersection of Woodhaven Blvd and Metropolitan Avenue was robbed this afternoon, according to police.
A man entered the 71-04 Woodhaven Blvd branch at about 3:25 pm and handed a demand note to the teller.…
December 19, By Hannah Wulkan
A Queens Boulevard mixed use building, the former home of St. John’s Hospital, sold earlier this month for $125 million, according to public records.
The property, known as The Queens Pointe and located near the Queens Center Mall at 90-02 Queens Boulevard, …
December 13, by Domenick Rafter
As the Metropolitan Transit Authority ponders whether to bring train service back to the abandoned Rockaway Beach LIRR line, a group planning a 3.5 mile linear park over the same tracks between Rego Park and Ozone Park sent a letter to the agency earlier this week arguing that the reinstatement of rail would be a mistake.…
December 12, by Domenick Rafter
Plans are in the works to convert the shuttered Parkway Hospital into an apartment complex that will feature senior housing.
The owner of the vacated medical center, Auberge Grand Central, is teaming up with developer Jasper Venture Group to convert the dilapidated hospital building into senior housing as well as build a new market-rate apartment building in the old parking lot along Grand Central Parkway,…