January 12, By Jackie Strawbridge
In an effort to make R train rides less “infrequent and unreliable,” transportation advocates and more than 40 elected officials are calling on the MTA to conduct a comprehensive review of the line.
The Straphangers Campaign,…
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January 11, By Christian Murray
Bicycle advocates throughout Queens turned up in big numbers at Community Board 2’s monthly meeting last week to express their support for the controversial bike lanes that were installed on Queens Boulevard last summer.…
January 9, Staff Report
A 20-year-old woman was threatened by a man in Woodside with a box cutter last month, according to police.
The police released a picture of the alleged suspect today who they say approached the victim from behind around 6:30 pm on Dec.…
January 8, By Christian Murray
The MTA has taken steps to clean up the long-time dumping ground underneath the 43rd Street train trestle located between Barnett and 37th Avenues.
The agency has erected a fence underneath the trestle that helps block homeless people from sleeping there and illegal dumping.…
January 7, By Christian Murray
An Italian restaurant that closed in November after being in business just three days reopened Monday.
Zio Luigi, located at 42-15 Queens Blvd., closed on Nov. 9 after a fire broke out in the kitchen.…
January 7, Staff Report
The police are trying to locate two individuals wanted in connection with a robbery that took place in Woodside on January 1.
The suspects, one male and the other female, were walking down a residential street at 2:30 am with the victim before the male suspect placed the victim in a chokehold in front of 37-40 65th Street.…
January 1, By Christian Murray
A wheelchair-bound man who allegedly robbed the TD Bank branch in Sunnyside on Monday has been arrested, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office.
Kelvin Dennison, 23, from Astoria, allegedly entered the TD Bank branch located at 41-01 Queens Boulevard on Monday,…
January 5, Staff Report
The police are searching for two men who have allegedly burglarized nine apartments throughout Sunnyside and Woodside in the past three months.
The men allegedly broke into the apartments by picking the apartment door lock before taking off with electronic equipment,…
January 5, Staff Report
A man in a wheelchair robbed a Sunnyside bank yesterday after passing a note to a teller that he had a gun and a bomb, according to police.
The suspect rolled into TD Bank, located at 41-01 Queens Boulevard,…