16-Year-Old Tragically Killed After Crashing Car in Glen Oaks Thursday

A 68-year-old man was brutally assaulted by a stranger in broad daylight near the entrance to Francis Lewis Park in Whitestone on Sunday afternoon, and police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are asking for the public’s help in tracking down his assailant.

The random attack occurred just before 3 p.m. on Sept. 8, as the victim was walking in the vicinity of 3rd Avenue and the Whitestone Expressway. The perpetrator approached and engaged the victim in a verbal dispute. The argument turned violent when the suspect punched the victim in the face with a closed fist, knocking him to the ground, where he struck his head, police said. The suspect then fled in an unknown direction.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

The average rental price for housing units across Queens went up 4.07% year-over-year in August 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate.

Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a strangler who robbed a 63-year-old woman in Queensboro Hill on the night of Thursday, Aug. 29.

The victim was walking on a residential block near the intersection of Frame Place and Maple Avenue just before midnight, when a stranger approached her and began to choke her. The perpetrator snatched her bag, which contained $6,000 in cash, her wallet and an iPhone.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Fall is here, and seasonal festivities have begun. Head to the Queens County Farm Museum on Saturday, Sept. 7, for Corn Fest, celebrating the grand opening of the Amazing Maize Maze.

Sep. 6, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Wednesday will mark 23 years since the horrific terrorist attacks devasted New York City and forever changed the world. 

Sep. 6, 2024 By sobrien

Sept. 6, 2024 By Shane O’Brien 

A Flushing man was criminally charged in the fatal stabbing of his wife in front of horrified customers at a Kissena Boulevard spa during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Jiahai Ma, 25, of Cherry Avenue, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday evening on a criminal complaint charging him with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly killing 26-year-old Jui Mei Tang during a fit of rage in the basement of the Bodywork Spa at 41-39 Kissena Blvd.

Sep. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has opened six new school buildings in Queens ahead of the 2024-25 school year as part of a city-wide initiative to provide students with state-of-the-art learning facilities across the city.

Sep. 4, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the launch of a record number of new Open Streets in front of schools across the five boroughs.

Sep. 4, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The largest bounce house in the world is set to take over Citi Field this fall.