Mar. 28, 2025 By Colum Motherway The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) hosted an open house at the Ridgewood Library on March 27 to present detailed plans for the Interborough Express (IBX), a major new rail project designed to improve transit connectivity between Brooklyn and Queens. The IBX would make use of a 14-mile-long freight…
Mar. 28, 2025 By bparry March 28, 2025 By Bill Parry A Corona man was arrested on Wednesday morning after he turned himself in at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows for assaulting a grandmother during a random attack inside a Jackson Heights subway station on the night of Saturday, March 1. Hector Cajamarca,…
Mar. 14, 2025 By Athena Dawson Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. joined local Jewish leaders to celebrate the holiday of Purim with a unique food crawl. In partnership with Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY), Richards led a hamantaschen crawl through Queens to commemorate the holiday…
Mar. 14, 2025 By bparry March 14, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for a groper who targeted a 51-year-old woman near the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street transit hub late last month. The incident occurred on the night of Thursday, Feb. 27, while…
Mar. 14, 2025 By bparry March 14, 2025 By Bill Parry A 13-year-old boy was critically injured when he was struck by a 7 train at the 111th Street subway station in Corona on Friday morning. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded to a 911 call of a victim in need…
Mar. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Adrien Brody and Zoe Saldaña made it a Queens double at the Oscars on Sunday night, taking home the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Brody, born and raised in Woodhaven, and Saldaña, who was born in New Jersey but spent the majority of…
Feb. 20, 2025 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_89524" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Cops are looking for this suspect who allegedly assaulted a 7 train rider in Corona before running down to Roosevelt Avenue. NYPD[/caption]
Feb. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry
Dec. 9, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_85863" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Cops are looking for these suspects who allegedly slashed a man in Corona after threatening him with a handgun during a chain-snatching on 37th Avenue. NYPD[/caption]
Dec. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry
Dec. 4, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Dec. 4, 2024 By Colum Motherway Join renowned author and Queens resident Robert Polner for an insightful talk about the life of Paul O’Dwyer, a trailblazing Irish-American attorney, politician and activist. Polner will discuss the biography An Irish Passion for Justice: The Life of Rebel New York Attorney Paul… Read more »
Dec. 2, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_85481" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Cops are looking for these two suspects who allegedly shot a Jackson Heights man through the front door of his apartment, striking him in the leg. NYPD[/caption]
Dec. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry