Police this week are continuing their search for four suspects wanted in connection with a bloody brawl between rival gang members that erupted inside a Dutch Kills gentlemen’s club on March 6.Cops said the four suspects slashed and stabbed members of a crowd inside Purloeu, a juggle-joint located on 36th Avenue near 34th Street in Long Island City.Dep. Inspector Kevin […]
Cops Hunt Thug In Construction Worker Assault
Police are searching for a brazen bandit who assaulted a construction worker at a Long Island City job site and made off with some high-priced equipment.Cops said the suspect approached the worker at the site on 10th Street and 38th Avenue at about 2 p.m. on March 12 and slugged the victim in the face.While the 29-year-old Euda Construction Company […]
Cops Nab Astoria/LIC Restaurant Bandit
Police last week arrested a suspect in connection with a one-man robbery spree at restaurants in Astoria and Long Island City.Cops said Shaneek Dunbar, 40, broke into restaurants through a door or a window, making off with up to $1,000 in cash in four burglaries in the 114th Precinct in Astoria and at least seven others in the 108th Precinct […]
FDNY: Evicted Tenant Started Woodhaven Blaze
A 30-year-old Queens man if facing attempted murder charges after he set a four-alarm blaze that tore through eight houses and injured nine people in Woodhaven on March 18, authorities said.Luis Lopez was arrested by city fire marshals on March 20 and charged with attempted murder, arson, endangering the welfare of a child and cruelty to animals for intentionally starting […]
School Crossing Guard, 75, Struck By Car
A 75-year-old school crossing guar was knocked off her feet, sent hurling into the air by a car as she directed traffic outside a Jackson Heights elementary school on March 19, police said.Eyewitnesses told police it looked like crossing guard Mary Cox, “was shot out of a canon” in the accident that occurred at about 10:40 a.m. outside P.S 212 […]
New Hampshire Man Nabbed In Maspeth Gunfire
A 27-year-old New Hampshire man fired several short at police and a local woman before police at the 104th Precinct took him into custody on March 17.The cast and crew of a popular TV home improvement show got a real taste of reality while filming a segment of the DIY Network’s “Million Dollar Contractor” series in a house next door […]
Plan 70-Story Skyscraper For Dutch Kills
The owner of a parcel of land on 29th Street near 41st Avenue in Long Island City last week filed plans with the cit /Department of Buildings (DOB) to develop a 70-story mixed-use tower at the site.If the plans are approved or the developer is allowed to proceed with the project as-of-right, the development would be the tallest n Queens […]
Announce New Top Cops, Leyland To Borough Command
Astoria Native Takes Command At 110th PrecinctCapt. Christopher Manson is widely respected as a popular top cop with a history of successfully policing the streets of Queens. Manson, a 27-year NYPD veteran, assumed command of the 110th Precinct on March 17, after a two-year stint as commanding officer of the nearby 104th Precinct in Ridgewood.Manson, the son of a retired […]
P.S. 111 Educators And Students Removed After Beatings
Four teachers and an aide have been removed from P.S. 111 in Long Island City after a group of teenagers tried to turn a tutoring session into a fight club. The staffers have been replaced by substitutes according to DOE Chancellor Carmen Fariña. Principal Dionne Jaggon still remains in charge of the school which parents have called poor-performing and overwhelmed […]
De Blasio Unveils $200 Million Woodhaven Bus Plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled plans on March 25 of a $200 million, 14-mile bus route through the heart of the borough. The design features bus-only lanes, curbside fare payment and wireless technology that activates green lights for approaching buses between Woodside in the north all the way south to the Rockaways. A six-mile segment that will travel through Woodhaven […]