Aug. 18, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) will host its second annual 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, Aug. 26, to raise funds for area organizations while celebrating the neighborhood. GJDC’s 5K run is designed to promote a meaningful community connection through a day of fitness and physical activity. The course route…
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Aug. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry A furious and fed-up Ozone Park mother rallied with community leaders Wednesday, Aug. 16, outside a shelter for homeless men where her 17-year-old daughter was allegedly sexually harassed by residents twice in the last month. Lissette Moreno joined members of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association outside the Laurel…
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Aug. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz moved quickly to bring criminal charges against an alleged sexual predator from Jamaica in connection with a brutal rooftop rape earlier this week. Jerson Vasquez, 23, of 170th Street, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Aug. 16 on charges of rape in the…
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Aug. 17, 2023 By Ethan Marshall A data study performed by Zumper to determine the most pet-friendly cities across the United States saw New York City rank 95th out of 100 cities on the list. The low ranking in the study was thanks in large part to the conclusion reached that determined residents who reside…
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Aug. 17, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell A dilapidated vacant car dealership in Jamaica caught fire for a third time on Wednesday, Aug. 16. FDNY units are currently operating at a 3-alarm fire at 153-12 Hillside Avenue in Queens. Use caution in the area. pic.twitter.com/4dAc8v2uwG — FDNY (@FDNY) August 17, 2023 Firefighters from Tower Ladder 127…
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Aug. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry
Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a gunman who opened fire Wednesday morning at the busy intersection of Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue, leaving one man wounded.
Aug. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry
A Manhattan man was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 years in prison for kidnapping five people — including a 9-month-old baby — who were held at gunpoint during a botched home invasion robbery in Richmond Hill that turned into a hostage standoff in 2020.
Aug. 15, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed On July 29, members of the South Jamaica community gathered at the corner of Sutphin Boulevard and Shore Avenue as it was co-named ‘SWAM Way’ in honor of the SWAM House of Discipline, one of the oldest and most popular martial arts dojos led by Sijo Abdul Mutakabbir. Mutakabbir…
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Aug. 15, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 102nd Precinct are searching for the trio believed to be behind the Aug. 14 robbery of a corner store on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. Police say a 20-year-old man was working inside the Convenience and Exotic store, located at 88-01 Jamaica Ave., at approximately 11:15 p.m.,…
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Aug. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the NYPD announced the borough-wide expansion of her Merchants Business Improvement Program on Aug. 15. Piloted in Jamaica, Flushing and Astoria last spring, the initiative combats repeat shoplifting and the harassment and threatening of customers and store staff by a handful of repeat…
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