Aug. 29, 2018 By Tara Law Police are searching for a bicycle-riding teenager who has been snatching cellphones out of the hands of pedestrians in Flushing this summer. Police describe the suspect as a Hispanic boy who is between 16 and 18 years old. He is about 5 foot 10 inches tall and 160 pounds,… Read more »
Aug. 24, 2018 By Tara Law A troubled Flushing spa will have to cough up millions to the state after the company and its owner pleaded guilty to tax fraud, the state district attorney announced yesterday. Spa Castle at 131-10 11th Ave in College Point, was convicted of criminal tax fraud charges, and must pay… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2018 By Christian Murray The police are searching for a man who allegedly burglarized a Flushing business owner twice in the space of a week. The suspect allegedly broke into 133-43 Roosevelt Ave. through a rear window at about 2 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, and took the victim’s costume jewelry and approximately… Read more »
Aug. 21, 2018 By Tara Law The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce will be offering free walking tours of downtown Flushing next week designed to entice tennis fans to get out and explore the neighborhood. The chamber will host “Discover Flushing” one-hour walking tours from Aug. 27 to Sept. 7 during the U.S. Open. The tours will… Read more »
Aug. 20, 2018 By Tara Law Congresswoman Grace Meng wants to amend the U.S. constitution and lower the American voting age to 16 years old. Meng has introduced a constitutional amendment in the House of Representatives to change the voting age on federal, state and local levels. The voting age was last lowered in 1971,… Read more »
Aug. 20, 2018 By Christian Murray Plans were filed last week for a 19-story mixed use building in Flushing that will consist of 146 apartments and 360 hotel rooms. The development is planned to go up at 133-25 37th Ave., just five blocks from the Flushing subway station. The building will be 198-feet tall, with… Read more »
Aug. 14, 2018 By Tara Law Breakout star Henry Golding visited Flushing yesterday to promote his new movie, Crazy Rich Asians. Crazy Rich Asians, which currently holds a 98 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, is expected to be a box office hit when it opens this week. It’s also the first Hollywood film with an… Read more »
Aug 14, 2018 By Tara Law About 150 cyclists are expected to take to the streets of Flushing on Sunday for the second annual Tour de Flushing bike ride. The 11-mile ride is being coordinated by the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce with transportation advocacy groups Eastern Queens Greenway and Transportation Alternatives. The organizers aim… Read more »
August 14, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Governor Cuomo has recently signed anti-hazing legislation introduced by a Fresh Meadows elected official and brought on by the death of a Flushing resident several years ago. The bill, signed into law on Aug. 13, prohibits certain physical contact or activity in any organization’s initiating ceremony as a way… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2018 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who allegedly swiped a woman’s wallet from a baby carriage inside the SkyView Center last month. The victim, 23, discovered that her wallet had been removed from her purse that had been stowed on her baby carriage on Monday, July 23 at… Read more »