Nov. 20, 2019 By Allie Griffin Another mega-development is coming to Flushing. A 19-story mixed-use building will be going up at the waterfront site of the former Korean supermarket Assi Plaza, located at 131-01 39th Ave, according to building records. The development, which will consist of two residential towers and one hotel tower, will stand… Read more »
Nov. 19, 2019 By Allie Griffin A woman’s cell phone was snatched from her hands in Flushing earlier this month, according to police. A 48-year-old woman was standing in front of a T-Mobile store, located at 136-16 Roosevelt Ave., at around 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1 when a man grabbed her phone from her bag and… Read more »
Nov. 18, 2019 By Allie Griffin Police are searching for a man who snatched a woman’s bag with $2,000 cash inside in Flushing earlier this month. The 51-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk near 41-82 Main St on Nov. 2 just before 3 p.m., when the unknown man grabbed her bag and ran off,… Read more »
Nov. 18, 2019 By Allie Griffin A man was robbed while withdrawing cash from an ATM at a Flushing bank last month, police said. The 34-year-old was inside Chase Bank, located at 40-42 Main St, on Oct. 27 at about 12:20 a.m. when a man approached him at the ATM machine. He simulated a weapon… Read more »
Nov. 14, 2019 By Allie Griffin A Flushing man was busted for transporting more than $36,000 worth of alcohol in his car–without a permit–in Massachusetts Saturday. Jia Chen, 36, was driving with a load of booze in his black Chevrolet Suburban on Route 495 in Berlin on Nov. 9 when a state trooper pulled him… Read more »
Nov. 14, 2019 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a man who violently robbed a 20-year-old woman in Flushing last month. The suspect got into dispute with the woman before the argument escalated into a physical confrontation on Oct. 30 at about 10:30 p.m. in front of 34-50 Linden Pl., police said. The man… Read more »
Nov. 13, 2019 By Allie Griffin A Flushing man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday for shooting at two plainclothes NYPD officers patrolling Jamaica’s Baisley Houses in 2016. Jamel Ethridge, 40, was convicted of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon at a trial in March. Ethridge shot at NYPD… Read more »
Nov. 13, 2019 By Allie Griffin A pair of men went on a two-week burglary spree, breaking into six homes in Whitestone and Flushing where they stole jewelry, clothing, handbags, a laptop and thousands in cash. The thieves first struck on Oct. 25 when they broke into a Whitestone house near 154th Street and 20th… Read more »
Nov. 13, 2019 By Allie Griffin Two men broke into a Flushing bubble tea shop earlier this month and stole an iPad and a tablet worth a combined value of $800, police said. The two thieves gained entry to Vivi Bubble Tea, located at 136-84 Roosevelt Ave., just before 3 a.m. on Nov. 3. The… Read more »
Nov. 12, 2019 By Allie Griffin The first of two residential towers in Flushing’s Tangram, a 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use development, is nearly sold out as closings and move-ins have begun, the developers announced Thursday. About 95 percent of the tower’s 192 apartments — a mix of modern studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units — have… Read more »