Oct. 26, 2018 By Tara Law Mayor Bill de Blasio and city officials unveiled designs today for a $1.6 million memorial at a long-forgotten Flushing burial ground. The project will include the reconstruction of the existing memorial plaza and installation of a memorial at the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground, located on 46th Avenue… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2018 By Tara Law The number of reported rapes has jumped by more than 50 percent in Queens North so far this year, an increase that is significantly higher than the rest of the city, according to NYPD data. There have been 173 rapes reported in Queens North in 2018 as of Oct. 21,… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2018 By Tara Law A husband and wife duo have been convicted on sex trafficking charges for forcing a 21-year-old woman to prostitute herself at a Flushing hotel. Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a 31-year-old from Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, and Lee Vargas, a 34-year-old from Pennsylvania, were found guilty today of three counts of sex… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man who threatened another passenger with a knife while aboard a 7 train in Flushing last month. The unidentified man got into a verbal dispute with a 23-year-old male passenger on an eastbound 7 train as it was pulling into the Main Street station… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2018 By Tara Law Police have released a photo of a man who allegedly hit a 14-year-old boy over the head with an unknown object in downtown Flushing last week. The suspect assaulted the boy on the corner of 41st Road and Main Street on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m, according to police,… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2018 By Tara Law A cab driver was killed after his taxi slammed into a light pole in Kew Gardens Hills on Saturday. Police say that the victim was Nfn Pal, a 62-year-old Hollis resident. Pal was driving the taxi, a green Ford Escape, south on Main Street at around 4:37 p.m. when… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2018 By Tara Law An unidentified man died in a car fire near Northern Boulevard and Prince Street this morning. Police say that emergency responders received a 911 call about a fire at around 8:03 a.m. this morning. The fire department rushed to the scene and extinguished the blaze. The fire fighters found… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan The MTA officially unveiled the upgraded Flushing Main Street LIRR station today after nearly two years of construction. The overhaul, which came at a cost of $24.6 million, included the installation of two new elevators and a set of entryways that connect the platforms directly to Main Street. The… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2018 By Tara Law Police are searching for two men who burglarized a Northern Boulevard sports bar last week. Police say the duo walked into K-Sports Bar at 160-13 Northern Boulevard through an unlocked rear door at around 5:25 a.m. on Oct. 12 and took a cell phone and a bottle of liquor…. Read more »
Oct. 17, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling on the MTA to drop Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North fare prices to the cost of a Metrocard swipe for all trips within the five boroughs. Stringer said that the average price of a Metro-North or LIRR fare within the… Read more »