18-Year-Old Fatally Struck While Trying to Change a Flat Tire in Astoria Sunday

Jan. 10, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Reported grand larcenies and vehicle thefts declined significantly across both northern and southern Queens during the 28-day period from Dec. 9, 2024, to Jan. 5, 2025, compared to the same period of time the previous year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats.

Jan. 10, 2025 By sobrien

Jan. 10, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

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.

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. 10, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

Hundreds of students from more than 40 high schools across the Greater New York area gathered at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Flushing to participate in one of the largest high school robotics qualifier competitions in the country on Saturday, Jan. 4.

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