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The Queens Gun Buyback Event in Jamaica concluded today. It took place at St. Benedict the Moor Church, 171-17 110th Ave., Jamaica. Fifty-five firearms were turned in, including 19 semi-automatic handguns, 35 revolvers and one rifle. Four of the firearms were loaded. Since the program’s inception, nearly 7,700 weapons have been recovered. Notable firearms included a defaced Tec-9 semi-automatic, a loaded […]
A Different And Very Useful Kind Of Bank
I work just a couple of blocks from a special kind of bank. It doesn’t accept money for deposit, it won’t finance a new car, and it wasn’t part of the housing bubble. This unusual kind of bank deals mostly in seeds that it preserves, sometimes propagates, and often disperses without charge to anyone who has a research use for […]
Sunnyside Writer Accused Of Killing Pet
Cops arrested a TV screenwriter at his Sunnyside apartment on June 16 after he allegedly took out his rage on his pet poodle, punching the pooch in the face so hard that it died of brain injuries, authorities said. Police said Ted Shuttleworth, 51, wrote briefly for the TV show, NYPD Blue, worked briefly for Steven Spielberg and currently reads […]
Deadly Weekend Crashes Claim Two Victims
Accidents involving motor vehicles caused the deaths of two people in two Queens neighborhoods on Saturday, June 16. A worker with the Big Apple Circus died in a freak accident when he slammed, head-on into the open door of a parked car and was impaled on the handlebars of his bicycle, police sources said. Sources said the 39-year-old man was […]
Queens ‘Mastermind’ Gets 50 Years To Life
A 29-year-old Ozone Park man last week was sentenced to 50 years behind bars for masterminding a crime spree that led to the murder of a pizzeria owner’s son. Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter described Francis LaCorte as a “Charles Manson-like figure”, who had “armed, heartless killers at his behest” at the time of the September 2009 murder of […]
Scofflaws To Get ‘The Boot’
Queens motorists who fail to pay tickets could find a “boot” on their vehicle by the end of summer, under a pilot program operated by the city Department of Finance. Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently approved a $70 million deal with the boot operator, Paylock, to kick-off the three-to-six-month trial program, law enforcement sources said. Under the plan, a city sheriff […]
Veggie-Powered Bus Makes Green Stop In Queens
Eleven Dartmouth College students visited the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) in Douglaston, on Thursday as part of a 24-state, 12,000-mile cross-country trip. The travelers, who had just begun their summer vacations, arrived in the “Big Green Bus”, a donated 1998 Greyhound that runs on waste vegetable oil and features appliances that only use solar power and a composter. The […]
Woodside BID Holds Proposal Meeting
The latest meeting about forming a business improvement district (BID) in Woodside did not draw a large audience last week at St. Sebastian’s Parish Hall on 57th Street. Some of those who did attend said the morning hour might have been inconvenient for the businesspersons who had been informed of it but hadn’t shown up. Community Board Chairman Joseph Conley […]
Long Island City BID Holds Annual Meeting
The Long Island City Partnership’s LICBID Annual Meeting, held last week in the Queensborough Room of the MetLife Building on Queens Plaza North, heard George Fertitta of NYC & Company as its guest speaker and went through yearly elections and a financial report. There were also civic awards for a local activist and three businesspersons. The meeting was opened by […]
Glendale Zip Code Resolution
Congressmember Bob Turner and Assemblymember Michael Miller revealed the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) decision to grant Glendale a Preferred Last Line distinction this past Friday. The initial resolution will allow the Post Office to differentiate Glendale from Ridgewood. “For several months, Assemblyman Miller and I have been working to address the issue that has plagued this community for many […]