June 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday the takedown of an illegal cannabis dispensary operating out of a converted school bus in Sunnyside. Anthony Stevens, 62, of Brooklyn, was charged on Thursday with unlawful sale of cannabis and other crimes after his vehicle was impounded in a joint… Read more »
June 11, 2024 By Bill Parry Council Member Julie Won and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez on Saturday rallied with their constituents, who were displaced by a massive five-alarm fire at their Sunnyside apartment complex just days before Christmas, to call on A&E Real Estate Holdings to extend tenants’ temporary leases. Families and individuals from at least… Read more »
June 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are on the lookout for a gunman who tried to rob a 7 train rider in Woodside late last month. A 45-year-old man was changing cars as the 7 train was nearing the 69th Street subway… Read more »
June 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for a pair of moped-riding criminals who targeted pedestrians on Queens Boulevard in broad daylight on consecutive Sundays last month. In the latest incident, at around 3:15 p.m. on May 26, the two men rode up alongside a… Read more »
May 30, 2024 By Bill Parry Chaos erupted on board a Flushing-bound 7 train in Woodside early Tuesday morning as two riders were robbed at knifepoint by a group of young thugs while the subway crossed into Jackson Heights. The trouble began at around 4:10 a.m. when a 28-year-old man and a 30-year-old man were… Read more »
May 29, 2024 By Bill Parry A 56-year-old man was knocked unconscious during an unprovoked attack inside a Woodside playground on Sunday evening by a stranger who should be easy to spot if he is still in the neighborhood, likely around the Berkley Towers co-op apartment complex. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island… Read more »
May 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 114th Precinct are investigating a bizarre attack in broad daylight near the Woodside Houses NYCHA complex on Wednesday afternoon. A 37-year-old man initiated a physical altercation with a couple and was beaten and stabbed repeatedly when the man and woman fought back. The instigator approached the… Read more »
May 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A 15-year-old girl was arraigned Friday afternoon in Queens Criminal Court for the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old classmate she was seen arguing with before it escalated into violence in Sunnyside on Wednesday night. Police from the 108th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a female stabbed on… Read more »
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry A man was struck and killed on Roosevelt Avenue in the Little Manila section of Woodside on Tuesday morning. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of 70th Street and Roosevelt… Read more »
Apr. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry At least 15 Woodside families were displaced by a two-alarm fire that tore through their apartment building early Monday morning. The FDNY received a report of a fire at a five-story building located at 39-06 63rd St. at 3:16 a.m. Firefighters arriving at the scene observed flames shooting from… Read more »