104th Precinct
Gunshots & Suicide
An emotionally disturbed Glendale man fired at cops through the front door of his apartment on March 11 before fatally shooting himself in the chest, police said.
Cops said Mark Vasquez, 31, barricaded himself More...
Hunt Mountain Bike Thieves
Police at the 114th Precinct are searching for two young men sought in connection with the theft of two mountain bikes.
Cops said the suspects were captured on surveillance video as they snatched the bikes from a park More...
Queens residents wrestling with the current bedbug plague may now obtain information and advice on offing the pesky critters from one city source.
Residents seeking help to rid their homes of bedbugs are urged to contact the city Bed Bug Advisory More...
Three female workers at a Woodside piñata factory last week took aim at their bosses, accusing them of operating a basement sweatshop.
Former employees Maria Diaz, Ruth Dominguez and Laura Vidals filed a lawsuit in Brooklyn Federal Court on More...
An exhibition of 19 color-infused photographs that capture the abandoned hospital buildings of Roosevelt Island (then known as Welfare Island) drew many to the island’s historical society. More...
The city Department of Sanitation is ready to help with spring cleaning. “SAFE Disposal Events” in all five boroughs will offer a onestop way to get rid of potentially dangerous items from homes. More...
Earlier this month P.S. 41 in Bayside held its annual career day. Guests spoke to students at the school about who they are and what they do for a living. More...
On March 9, Time Warner Cable welcomed a group of enthusiastic young women to the company’s Flatiron office from Health Opportunities H.S., UFT Charter School and Academy of Finance and Enterprise for the New York Urban League’s Third Ann More...
Neil Levin, the first of two online experts who spoke at the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting at Dazies Restaurant on March 13, told the audience that he has run his company, Webline Design in Long Island City, since 1995 and has had mo More...
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall presided at the 10th annual Queens celebration of Greek Independence Day on March 16 at the Hellenic Cultural Center in Astoria. More...
Tears of anger welling in his eyes, the father of a murdered Astoria woman last week faced down her killer at his sentencing in Queens Supreme Court.
Court officers moved closer to David Coyle as he lashed out at Jordan Hawes, who confessed to bashi More...
Presented by the president of the group, Lester Fong, the New York Elmhurst Friendly Society donated $1,567.66 to benefit Queens Library at Elmhurst. The gift will be used to purchase books and other library materials. Queen sLibrary has More...
The 40-year-old Queens mom who snatched her infant daughter from a hospital on March 14 told investigators she snapped and took the child because the baby’s foster parents are African-American, police sources said.
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Joggers dug out their shorts and headed to the track at Astoria Park this week to enjoy the near-70 degrees temperatures, a far cry from the winter of 2011, when Queens residents spent most of their time digging out from piles of snow.
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The following was given by Queens Library President and CEO Thomas Galante as testimony before the City Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries &
International Intergroup Relations and the Select Committee on Libraries Preliminary FY 2 More...
When Congressmember Gary Ackerman retires at the end of this year, ending a 30 year career, it will also break up a solid Queens Democratic delegation that has prevailed in the House for the past 14 years when Congressmember Joseph Crowley was electe More...
Assemblymember Catherine Nolan (D–Ridgewood) has announced that the Assembly passed a budget proposal that increases school aid by more than $800 million and increases community college funding by about $57 million. More...
Holy Cross students celebrated National Pi Day on March 14 with their eighth annual competition to see who could recite from memory the most digits of this infinite number that expresses the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle. More...
After a full day of head-to-head Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) battles, Aaron Clarke clinched second place at the 2012 New Hampshire Pokémon State Championships, earning a top state ranking and Championship Points that count toward playing in Premi More...
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