Police Release Photos of Men Who Allegedly Burglarized Flushing Building

A Bronx woman was drag racing against other vehicles at a high rate of speed on the Whitestone Expressway when she caused a fatal collision that killed a 62-year-old Uber passenger in 2023.

Melissa Rodriguez-Lopez, 29, of Kossuth Avenue in the Van Cortland Park section, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in Queens Supreme Court Wednesday to driving faster than 120 miles per hour when she slammed into the rear of the ride-share vehicle near Harvey Park in Whitestone in the early morning hours of May 27, 2023.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Queens College will host its annual celebration of the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., marking what has become the signature MLK Day event in Queens and one of the most prominent in New York City.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Athena Dawson

One of Queens’ best educators could be the winner of Applebee’s annual Teacher Essay Contest.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Macy’s has announced the closure of 66 stores across the United States, including its Macy’s Backstage location at Queens Place in Elmhurst.

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are still looking for a burglary suspect who robbed a church on the Hillcrest campus of St. John’s University last month.

The unidentified man entered St. Thomas More Church through an unlocked door at around 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 11. Once inside, the perpetrator removed $300 in cash from one of the offices. The suspect ran off in an unknown direction and remains at large a month later, police said Wednesday.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

A major mixed-use development is reshaping the skyline along Northern Boulevard in Flushing.

Jan. 9, 2025 By Bill Parry

An East Elmhurst man torched his apartment after threatening to shoot his girlfriend during an argument before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide on Wednesday afternoon, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

Jan. 9, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

New York City is calling for volunteers to join the 20th annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) conducted by the NYC Department of Homeless Services.

Jan. 9, 2025 By sobrien

Jan. 9, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Jan. 9, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Woodside couple pleaded guilty Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court to attempted murder for an attack on their neighbor that rose to a level of violence rarely seen in the neighborhood that borders Sunnyside.