July 16, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who shot a motorist in the stomach during a road rage incident in Woodside last night. The suspect got into a heated argument with the victim while stopped at traffic lights at Queens Blvd. and 65th Pl. at around 7:30 p.m., according to… Read more »
July 15, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A homeless man faces hate crime charges after he allegedly slashed a man’s face during an anti-gay attack in Jackson Heights last week. Ramon Castro, 55, was apprehended early Thursday and charged with assault, menacing and aggravated harassment – all as hate crimes – for slashing a 34-year-old man… Read more »
July 14, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A free stand-up comedy show featuring a number of established New York comics will take place in Sunnyside Saturday. The event, aptly called Sunnyside Comedy, will kick off at 8 p.m. at Sanger Hall, located at 48-20 Skillman Ave., and organizers say that a wide range of acts will… Read more »
July 14, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Queens lawmaker has introduced a bill that aims to stop zoos from drugging female animals as a means to promote mating. Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas said that some zoos carry out the practice so male animals have a greater chance of being able to copulate. The approach is used… Read more »
July 14, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Bayside man who glorified an attack against Jews and fantasized about a mass shooting has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for buying an illegally defaced firearm. Joseph Miner, 31, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday to 57 months in prison for purchasing a Glock… Read more »
July 13, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A series of photographs honoring Irish nationalists who died 40 years ago while on a hunger strike in Northern Ireland have gone up at two subway stations in western Queens. The images were put up at stops in Astoria and Sunnyside to pay tribute to 10 men who died… Read more »
July 13, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The state has completed a $2 million project to repair a section of shoreline at Gantry Plaza State Park that was damaged nearly nine years ago by Superstorm Sandy. The work also included an additional $17,000 spent on patching up a gaping hole on the boardwalk at Pier 3… Read more »
July 12, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who brutally attacked a woman inside the 74th Street–Roosevelt subway station in May following a heated argument. Manuel Gonzalez, the suspect, allegedly grabbed a 41-year-old woman by the hair and pulled her to the ground while she was walking on a subway platform… Read more »
July 9, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A woman was killed after being struck by a hit-and-run driver and then mowed over by an oncoming MTA bus in Middle Village early Friday. Caroline Connors, 67, was walking on the roadway in front of 69-82 Eliot Ave. at around 12:45 a.m. when a driver in an eastbound… Read more »
July 8, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The Queens Night Market will be free and fully open to the public beginning this Saturday. The weekly food market, which was canceled last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, returned on June 19 for its sixth season at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Organizers placed a cap on visitor… Read more »