Tag: Rego Park

Rego Park celebrates 100-year anniversary with walking tour

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Oct. 24, 2023 By Rachel Butler Rego Park celebrated its 100-year anniversary with a walking tour of the area organized by the Rego-Park Forest Preservation Council and the Historic Districts Council on Saturday, Oct. 21. The event took place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and was led by Historic Districts Council Executive Director Frampton Tolbert and joined by Rego-Park Forest Preservation Council Chairman Michael Perlman on the tour, which highlighted apartment buildings from the 1920s and 1930s and single family homes that make up the historic area, as well as community landmarks in Rego Park. The tour, which began on…
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NYPD investigating two incidents of antisemitic vandalism in Rego Park, Forest Hills

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Mar. 21, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two incidents of antisemitic graffiti that was reported on Tuesday, March 21, in the neighborhoods of Rego Park and Forest Hills.  On Monday, March 20, at 9:21 p.m., two swastikas were found scrawled on the sidewalk and street outside of J.H.S….
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Convicted Rego Park money launderer gets more than a decade behind bars: Feds

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Mar. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A Rego Park businessman will spend more than a decade in federal prison for laundering millions of dollars obtained from computer hacking, healthcare fraud, defrauding a government agency and operating an international unlicensed money-transmitting business. Djonibek Rahmankulov, 35, was sentenced to 121 months in prison on March 17 after…
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QueensWay: Parks Advocates Respond As MTA Looks At Rail Reactivation

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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.…

Identity Thefts, Scammers Drive Crime In 112th Precinct

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November 21, By Domenick Rafter

Crime is down in the 112th Precinct, but grand larcenies are up in both the past month and on the year due to identity theft and scams.

Scam artists preying on citizens, especially the elderly,…

DOT To Hold Queens Boulevard Reconstruction Workshops as part of Phase III

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The NYC Department of Transportation is planning public workshops focusing on the reconstruction of Queens Boulevard in Rego Park and Forest Hills, the third phase in a large redesign project for the busy corridor.

Vikram Sihna, Queens borough planner for the DOT,…

Assaults On Seniors Shake Community

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by Domenick Rafter

A string of assaults on elderly residents in Forest Hills have some residents on edge and police working to find the culprits.

Captain Robert Ramos, commanding officer of the 112th Precinct, told Community Board 6 Wednesday night that there were several includes since mid-October where elderly people have been targeted while walking in public.…