Police last week released a surveillance photo of a man wanted in connection with debit card robberies at two Woodside banks.Cops said the suspect copied a debit card belonging to a 28-year-old woman and used the bogus card to withdraw $1,300 from a Ridgewood Savings Bank branch on Northern Boulevard near 60th Street on June 1.On July 1, the same […]
Straphanger Found Dead On N Train
Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy by the city Medical Examiner’s office to determine the exact cause of death of a man who was found dead on an N train in Long Island City on November 8.City Transit Police officials said the man was unresponsive when the Astoria-bound N train pulled into the Queensboro Plaza station at about […]
Propose Ban On Bike Cell Phone Use
Under a bill introduced to the City Council last week, city cyclists would be barred from using their cell phones while wheeling around the city.The measure would mandate completion of a bike safety course to cyclists who cause a accident that does not result in injury or property damage.Under the law, cyclists who cause damage or injury in an accident […]
Offer $2G Reward For Astoria Check Cash Gunman
Police last week released a surveillance photo (see photo) of a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery at an Astoria check-cashing store.Cops said the suspect walked into David’s Check Cashing at 23-06 31st Street on the heels of a customer at about 11 a.m. on October 23, announced he had a gun and demanded cash from a cashier.The […]
Cannibal Cop Freed, Eyes Career As Attorney
Disgraced former city cop Gilberto Valle, is a free man this week, after a federal judge ordered him released on time served for a misdemeanor charge he faced in connection with other federal charges.The nine-year NYPD veteran cop was originally charged with plotting to “kidnap, rape, torture, cook and cannibalize” up to 100 women in a bizarre plot uncovered by […]
CB 1 Holds Meeting
Representatives of Year Up New York have talked about that organization before at a Community Board 1 cabinet meeting, but not so well as Michael Sharp did at the meeting in November. Sharp was the first of several speakers in the boardroom at Kaufman Astoria Studios, being followed by Bin Sheng, Partnership for Parks representative, who talked about Greening Western […]
Sunnyside Chamber Of Commerce Meets In The Wake Of Luke Adams’ Passing
The Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday, November 12 at Saffron Garden, the Indian restaurant on Skillman Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets. Its scheduled program included an address by an attorney about conflict resolution, and there was also some organizational business concerning alteration of the bylaws; and though they were covered as planned, they were greatly affected by the […]
The Dutch Kills Civic Association Discusses Historical Landmark
The Dutch Kills Civic Association’s audience at the November meeting heard two Department of City Planning representatives explain a study the department is making about a part of Long Island City where so-called affordable housing might be more feasible than it has been up to now. The commander of the 114th Police Precinct heard complaints about automobiles parked on sidewalks […]
CB 6 Meets, Engages DOT
Those attending the Community Board 6 meeting for November were in large part there, at 80 Kew Gardens Road, to let loose about the Queens Department of Transportation’s no-left-turns rule as applied to Queens Boulevard and Yellowstone Boulevard. Queens DOT Commissioner Dalila Hall faced the audience and defended the ruling, which has been a traffic control device for many years […]
60 Years And Counting
It’s one of the oldest bookstores in Queens. And you probably never even knew it existed. When Bernard Titowsky first opened the Austin Book Shop 60 years ago in April of 1954, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president and rock ‘n’ roll was just being born.The full time public school teacher probably never expected that his little bookshop would still exist […]