Feb. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Residents of the Gotham Point development in the Hunters Point South section of Long Island City are on edge after a woman was found dead inside an apartment in the South Tower on Monday afternoon. Police from the 108th Precinct rushed to Gotham Point after a 911 call was… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry Two months after an unhinged robber allegedly attacked a woman in a Long Island City subway station, the NYPD released new images of the suspect and asked for the public’s help in identifying him. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are still looking for… Read more »
Feb. 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A former superintendent at the Ravenswood Houses in Long Island City and two other NCHA complexes in Queens was sentenced on Friday to four years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for awarding micro-purchase contracts and other contract work to vendors. Juan… Read more »
Jan. 30, 2025 By Bill Parry For the second time in five months, the FDNY battled a stubborn fire at a commercial recycling operation on Newtown Creek in the Blissville section of Long Island City on Wednesday night. The three-alarm blaze broke out at around 9:30 p.m. at the Sims Metal recycling facility at 30-27… Read more »
Jan. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are still looking for four men who allegedly roughed up a 7 train rider before robbing him in Hunters Point on the night of Friday, Jan. 10. The 37-year-old victim was onboard a Manhattan-bound 7 train… Read more »
Jan. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for an alleged bank robber who targeted a Chase branch alongside the Queensboro Plaza subway station and remains at large. The masked perpetrator entered the bank at 24-16 Queens Plaza South just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan… Read more »
Nov. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry A stranger attacked a 70-year-old man working at a convenience around the corner from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City during the early morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 5. The perpetrator entered the E&I Deli & Grocery at 49-12 Vernon Blvd. at around 3:35 a.m. and stole several… Read more »
Nov. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry Two Long Island City men and a Long Islander were charged with criminal possession of cannabis after a search warrant uncovered more than 850 pounds of cannabis flower with a street value of more than $100,000 in a Long Island City apartment. Garcia Rodriguez, 25, and Prieto Romero, 23,… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry A 21-year-old man was bludgeoned by a bat-wielding panhandler inside the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City on Sunday night. The victim was on the platform waiting for a Manhattan-bound N train at around 11:35 p.m. when the suspect approached him and asked for money. When the… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an alleged upskirt pervert concerning an unlawful surveillance incident at the Court Square subway station earlier this month. A 32-year-old woman was waiting for a Flushing-bound 7 train just before 8 a.m. on… Read more »