11-Year-Old Boy in Critical Condition After Being Struck by Driver in South Ozone Park

Oct. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Queens Night Market is set to wrap up its 2024 season with a Halloween-themed finale on Saturday, Oct. 26.

A Hollis woman was indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of burglary, criminal trespass and other related crimes for illegally occupying a single-family home in Howard Beach.

Laurel Bay, 49, of 198th Street, was arraigned Thursday in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment for allegedly squatting in a house on 99th Street that had been vacant since 2012, with the homeowner managing the property from out of state.

Oct. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Council Member Joann Ariola’s (D-32) office is hosting a veterans sheet collection drive now through Nov. 1. Residents interested in supporting the initiative can donate new full and queen bed sheets to be given to veterans living in Veterans Homes across New York City.

Oct. 17, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

For over 25 years now, the Bay Terrace Community Alliance has invited candidates running in local races to speak on issues important to local residents. 

Oct. 17, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Tickets are now available for the Tianyu Lights Festival, an immersive winter lights experience debuting near Citi Field this holiday season.

A Long Island man was struck and killed on the Cross Island Expressway in Bayside on Tuesday night after he was involved in a crash and got out of his vehicle to assess the damage from the collision.

Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck near exit 30 alongside Alley Pond Park just before 11 p.m. The officers found the 31-year-old man lying on the roadway unconscious and unresponsive. EMS rushed the victim to North Shore University Medical Center in Manhasset, where he was pronounced dead a short while later. The victim was identified as Curtis Blocker of Canterbury Gate in Lynbrook.

A former FBI agent from Queens Village is criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of illegal ghost guns and a stockpile of ammunition after law enforcement raided his home and a storage unit in Port Washington, L.I.

Scott Chiang, 53, was arraigned Friday in Queens Criminal Court on a 242-count criminal complaint after the searches at the two locations uncovered 18 illegal firearms, including eight ghost guns and six assault weapons, as well as high-capacity magazines, ammo and gun manufacturing tools.

Oct. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Oct. 16, 2024 By Jessica Militello

Oct. 16, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Council Member Nantasha Williams has introduced legislation aimed at strengthening protections for homeowners against predatory title clouding.

Oct. 16, 2024 By Athena Dawson

The NYPD has confirmed that a local veterinary hospital euthanized an injured 8-year-old pit bull last night after it was found abandoned in Glendale earlier that day, suffering from advanced Stage 4 mammary cancer.