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,…
December 14, By Hannah Wulkan
A Rego Park man was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for attempting to murder a local Muslim man in a hate crime, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today.
The jury found 59-year-old Bernhard Laufer guilty of stabbing and biting a Muslim worshiper at Masjid Al-Saaliheen Mosque,…
December 14, Staff Report
A man was killed while trying to walk across the Van Wyck Expressway in Kew Gardens Hills yesterday.
The victim, a 41-year-old man, was hit around 4:50 p.m. by an SUV while trying to cross the northbound lane of the Van Wyck Expressway near Jewel Avenue.…
December 14, Staff Report
In the spirit of giving, Chipotle’s Forest Hills location is donating 50% of its sales proceeds tonight to the P.S. 196Q Parent Association.
The fundraiser, which will take place between 3pm-9pm, is a part of Chipotle’s Corporate Philantropy program.…
December 14, By Hannah Wulkan
A Forest Hills man was charged last week with stealing more than $600,000 worth of artwork from his employer and could face up to 10 years in prison.
Leon Zinder, 48, was arrested at his Forest Hills home on Friday for stealing and selling more than a dozen pieces of Native-American and African ethnographic artwork and transporting some of them across state lines.…
December 12, by Domenick Rafter
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz issued a warning Tuesday that she would again oppose any application by a for-profit company to close Flushing Meadows Corona Park for a paid festival or concert this summer.…