Category Archives: Neighborhoods
The NYPD released new video footage on Wednesday of three suspects they believe to be responsible for the murder of a Rego Park man, stabbed to death outside the Richmond Hill nightclub he was partying at late Saturday night. Stephen James took his girlfriend, Debra Alli out for a night on the town to celebrate her 21st birthday on Saturday. The couple, together for over three years, enjoyed dancing and wound up at the Level Ultra Lounge on Liberty Avenue. … Continue reading
Gridlock nightmares faced by commuters across the city on a daily basis were no match for motorists attempting to get in or out of the tiny hamlet of Broad Channel last Friday night. The strip of Cross Bay Boulevard that connects the town with Howard Beach in the north and Rockaway in the south was shut down after a three car accident around 4:30 in the afternoon. And vehicles were not the only ones affected. Commuters who utilize the bus … Continue reading
A little over 4 years after he proposed an Ozone Park site as the potential location for a new primary school, Councilman Eric Ulrich was joined by School Construction Authority (SCA) President Lorraine Grillo and representatives from the DOE and other local elected officials for the official ground breaking of PS 316 on Tuesday morning. In delivering the opening remarks, Grillo focused on the primary goal of her agency: building schools wherever the opportunity to do so arose and … Continue reading
A suspicious package on the Q 52 bus shut down the southbound lanes of Cross Bay Boulevard at liberty Avenue on Friday around noon. Police locked down the street after bus driver Ervberro Tejada reported his discovery of a small, unattended suitcase on the bus her was operating. Officers from the 106 responded to the call initially and immediately secured a perimeter around the bus while they waited for Emergency Services Units (ESU) to arrive. After ESU arrived at the … Continue reading
All the libraries in Queens are being threatened by a proposed budget cut of $29.6 million. It is part of a citywide proposed budget cut to public library services of more than $100 million. If that were to become reality, libraries all over the borough, in every community, would close; some community libraries would close permanently, others would close more days each week. The impact would be unthinkable. We know our representatives in City Hall and the City Council value … Continue reading
A group of eager cyclists showed up to a meeting on Saturday to help put central Queens on the road to bike-ability. Congregating at Maspeth High School for a gathering organized by Community Board 5 and the Department of City Planning, about 30 cyclists armed with markers drew potential bike paths onto maps of central Queens in an effort to help the city determine where bicycle lanes and racks might be placed. They traced paths rode regularly and blazed new … Continue reading
In Glendale, near Atlas Mall on Monday, May 13th around 10:30 PM Small, White, Female, Young, Not Spayed If this is your dog, please contact: NIKI (718) 662-6651 We would love to return her to her rightful owner!
A twisted robbery spree, termed as “bizarre” by the Commanding Officer of the 112th precinct, has come to an end. And the man who last week threatened three cab drivers with a hypodermic syringe he claimed was filled with his own HIV/Aids tainted blood, is this week behind bars. Captain Thomas Conforti said that the development of the frenzied crime pattern drove the decision to transfer resources to the case, even diverting personnel from the precincts ongoing burglary spike investigation. … Continue reading
When PS 290 opens for the 2014-2015 school year at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Tonsor Street in Ridgewood, it will do so with a new name: the Geraldine Ferraro school. State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Ridgewood), who represents the school’s district, said she was a champion of the name from the beginning and that “I could think of no other person more fitting to have a school named in their honor.” Ferraro died in 2011 after a prolonged battle … Continue reading
A 20-year-old woman was raped on an Ozone Park street after a man gave her a ride in his car early Sunday morning, shortly after 5 a.m. The suspect picked the woman up and offered her a ride after the victim says she had a fight with her boyfriend and was trying to make her way home. He drove the woman to the intersection of 98th Street and 97th Avenue, and then told the victim that she “Should be good … Continue reading
Prompted by a request from Queens residents last year, city officials are looking into bringing bike lanes to the area covered by Community Board 5 – and they’re asking for input on a plan that some civic leaders say could calm traffic congestion and create the bicycle infrastructure that the borough’s central neighborhoods lack. The Department of City Planning, the city Department of Transportation and CB 5 will host a community meeting on Saturday, May 11, from 11 am to … Continue reading
About 100 concerned residents attended the second public safety meeting sponsored by the 112th pct.. Community council in a month. The first meeting on April 2, was held in response to the burglary spree which plagued the neighborhood and resulted in 14 burglaries spread out a period beginning in February. But this month’s meeting, held at PS 174, opened with the news that a suspect in the burglaries had been apprehended and that there had been no further incidents since … Continue reading
Woodhaven civic leaders and elected officials are urging the city Department of Sanitation to change its policy on trash removal after property and business owners said they have been unfairly slapped with tickets that are more about lining the city’s coffers than protecting residents. Owners have faced forking over as much as $350 per ticket – once fines have accrued while an individual fights the ticket in court – for garbage problems that are not their fault, but rather stem … Continue reading
Supreme Court Justice Augie Agate spent some time talking to students in the 5-8th grades at the Ave Maria Catholic Academy on Wednesday morning. Having been invited in honor of Law Day, the judge detailed his career as a lawyer and then, subsequently as a judge, serving in both he criminal and civil courts. Although Law Day is not a government holiday, but many local bar associations hold luncheons on May 1st and legal professionals may visit schools to discuss … Continue reading
Hundreds of Kiwanis members, their families and community supporters filled the room at Roma View Catering Hall on Saturday night in celebration of the clubs 51st Annual Dinner Dance. One of the traditions at the dinner is the presentation of the Clem Vicari Community Service Award, given to a person whom is recognized by the club as an outstanding supporter of community activities that enrich the lives of everyone in the neighborhood, especially children. The award is given in … Continue reading