Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a suspect wanted in connection with 10 gunpoint robberies of commercial locations in Queens between July 9 and July 24. The suspect entered the locations, walked or jumped behind the counters, produced a black firearm, demanded money, received unknown amounts of cash from the cash registers and fled on foot. The […]
Astoria Residents To Join In 22nd Jimmy Fund Walk
On September 12, Alexis Kaloyanides and Peter Lodola, two Astoria residents, will walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic route of the Boston Marathon® in the 22nd annual Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk. They will be among more than 8,000 walkers expected to participate with the collective goal of raising more than $6.5 million for lifesaving cancer research and […]
New Traffic Violations Put The Brakes On Scofflaws
Officials at the city Department of Finance have discovered a new way to make motorists pay outstanding parking tickets. City officials have started adding tickets issued for running red lights to parking violations without notifying the registered owner of a vehicle. Under the new policy, a city marshal will tow vehicles registered to motorists who rack up fines exceeding $350. […]
Astoria Residents Not Buying Flight Attendant Tale
One out of 10 people surveyed on Steinway Street last weekend believe frenzied JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater should be able to return to his job with the Queens based airline. Nine out of 10 people said they would “never fly” on a plane with Slater, and most said they would walk off an aircraft if they saw him working […]
Greek Orthodox Church of America Leader Visits Mattituck Church
The Feast Day of the Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Mattituck was held on the evening of August 5. Reverends Demetrios Moraitis and Elias Nikolaou of St. Paraskevi Church of Greenlawn, Reverend Vasilios Govits of All Saints Greek Orthodox Monastery of Calverton, Reverend Constantine Lazarakis from Kimisis Tis Theotokou Church of Southampton and parish priest Reverend Constantine Makrinos […]
Police Seek Car Break-In Bandits
Queens detectives are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a team of thieves who have been breaking windows and swiping items inside vehicles parked overnight in Astoria and Long Island City. Police at the 114th Precinct have stepped up patrols in neighborhoods throughout the precinct in an effort to address the condition and deter the thieves from […]
K-Rod Offers Apology In Assault
Mets reliever Francisco Rodriguez apologized on August 14 to team management, teammates and fans for allegedly pummeling his girlfriend’s father after an August 11 game at Citi Field. Hours after K-Rod’s belongings were moved out of the Brookville, Long Island home he shared with Daian Pena, mother of his 11-month old twins, the Mets hurler sat before the media to […]
New Law Stalls Drunken Drivers
Part two of a new state law went into effect on August 9 requiring anyone with a DWI conviction to install a breathalyzer device in their car to start their engine. “Leandra’s Law” was named after 13-year-old Leandra Rosado, who died in October 2009 when the car she was riding in flipped over on the West Side Highway. The driver, […]
Fan’s Lawsuit Charges Amazins’ With Shattered-Bat Injuries
A New Jersey man is suing the New York Mets and two players for serious injuries he suffered in 2007, when Luis Castillo’s shattered bat flew into box seats at Shea Stadium and struck him in the face. In papers filed last week in Manhattan Supreme Court, James Falzon, 50, places blame squarely upon Castillo, bat owner and 2007 Mets […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
104th Precinct Hunt Female Bank Bandit Queens detectives are searching for a young woman who last week robbed a Ridgewood bank while talking on her cellphone. Police said the woman was wearing glasses, sandals, blue jeans and a red shirt with the number 76 on the front when she walked into a Chase Bank branch on Myrtle Avenue near Fresh […]