May. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 44-year-old man was viciously beaten during an attempted armed robbery in broad daylight last week in Jamaica Hills.
May. 29, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Fresh Meadows-based real estate firm Commerce Realty Group, located on the second floor of 77-11 164th St., recently donated seven pizza pies from John’s Pizza at 83-40 Parsons Blvd. to the 107th Precinct. Commerce Realty Group broker and owner Marc Richter felt that doing something like this would…
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Apr. 9, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of murders was down in northern Queens and up in southern Queens during the 28-day period from Mar. 11 to Apr. 7, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. At the same time, vehicle…
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Apr. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of vehicle thefts across Queens went up during the 28-day period from March 4 through March 31, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. At the same time, burglaries throughout the borough declined. Over…
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Mar. 20, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of rapes throughout Queens continued to climb during the 28-day period from Feb. 16 to Mar. 17, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. Felony assaults also rose during this period of time, while…
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Mar. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 19-year-old male from Kew Gardens Hills died Thursday morning, three days after he was shot in the head by two gunmen at the Pomonok Houses NYCHA complex just a couple of blocks away from his home on 71st Avenue.
Feb. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Forest Hills man was identified as the victim in a homicide investigation by the NYPD on Tuesday morning. Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows responded to a 911 call of a man shot in front of 67-20 Parsons Blvd. at the Pomonok Houses in Kew Gardens Hills during the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 5.
Feb. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported robbery and felony assault cases across Queens climbed for the 28-day period ending Feb. 4—compared to the same period last year— while the number of reported rapes dropped, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Jan. 8 through Feb. 4, the number of felony assaults increased 11.5% in northern Queens, from 174 reported cases in 2023 to 194 this year. Over the same period of time, robberies in northern Queens went up 12.6%, from 143 to 161. Reported rapes declined 25%,…
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Jan. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are still looking for a burglar who broke into a kosher steakhouse on Union Turnpike in mid-December and made off with nearly $5,000 in cash. The suspect targeted the Union Bistro at 190-11 Union Tpke. on the morning of Monday, Dec….
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Dec. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry
A gunman remains at large more than two weeks after he opened fire in broad daylight in front of a Fresh Meadows school on Parson Boulevard.