May 9, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a woman who punched a teenage girl at the 61st Street/Woodside subway station and remains at large. On the night of Friday, May 2, the suspect engaged in a dispute with the 18-year-old… Read more »
May 5, 2025 By Dean Moses and Queens Post News Team A man was assaulted with the butt of a knife aboard a Manhattan-bound 7 train in Woodside early Monday morning, according to the NYPD. The incident occurred at approximately 1:40 a.m. on May 5 as the train approached the 69th Street station. Police said… Read more »
April 8, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct are looking for a suspect who assaulted a man in broad daylight in an unprovoked attack on Roosevelt Avenue along the border between Sunnyside and Woodside. The 68-year-old victim was walking past a 99-cent store at 49-05 Roosevelt Ave., across from the Mobil on… Read more »
April 2, 2025 By Bill Parry A College Point man is criminally charged with stealing checks worth more than $80,000 from a construction union after the U.S. Postal Inspection Service uncovered his elaborate mail theft operation that involved the Woodside Post Office, where he was arrested late last month. Xingqiang Chen, 29, of 11th Avenue,… Read more »
March 21, 2025 By Bill Parry A teenager is being held without bail after he was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Thursday in connection to a fatal stabbing of a youngster outside a Sunnyside McDonald’s last month. The 16-year-old was indicted by a Queens grand jury and charged with murder in the second degree… Read more »
March 12, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for three burglars who broke into a nail salon, a bodega, and another shop on the same Queens Boulevard block in Sunnyside just moments apart during the early morning of Sunday, March 2. The perpetrators broke through the… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2025. By Shane O’Brien The new commander of the 108th Precinct has described reports of a Sunnyside resident encouraging her dog to bite and attack multiple neighbors as an urgent concern. Captain Hameed Armani, who assumed command of the 108th Precinct last month, fielded questions and concerns from residents during his first community… Read more »
Jan. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted four homeless men for attacking a 69-year-old unhoused man who was sleeping on a 7 train in Woodside just before Christmas. The victim woke up as his assailants were stealing his belongings, and a fight ensued, leading to the stabbing death of one of… Read more »
Jan. 7, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Antisemitic graffiti has repeatedly appeared along Woodside Avenue, sparking outrage from residents and a commitment from Council Member Julie Won to ensure its swift removal. The graffiti, which appeared on lampposts and the back door of a laundromat located at the intersection of 65th Street and Woodside Avenue, featured… Read more »
Oct. 16, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A Woodside bar owner was left in a coma for four days after being brutally attacked by three assailants while walking along 48th Avenue in broad daylight last month. Jason Spratt, who has owned the Jar Bar at 45-06 48th Ave. for the past ten years, was walking home… Read more »