Feb. 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens Village man was struck and killed by a truck driver around the corner from his Hollis Court Boulevard home on Friday morning. Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at 212th Street…
An FDNY firefighter was arrested in Queens over the weekend for allegedly choking his wife in front of his child, sources familiar with the incident reported. According to police sources, 47-year-old firefighter Joseph Johnson was arrested in the confines of the 105th Precinct at around 3:20 p.m. on Nov. 9. Sources with immediate knowledge…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Czarinna Andres U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D-Queens, Long Island) hosted his annual “Hometown Heroes” event on Tuesday, Sept. 3, honoring ten law enforcement officers for their exceptional service. The ceremony, held outside the Glen Cove Police Department, celebrated officers from across Suozzi’s district, which includes parts of the North Shore…
Sep. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported rapes and burglaries across Queens had notable increases during the 28-day period from Aug. 5 to Sept. 1, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. However, grand larcenies took a deep dive across the borough…
Aug. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD is investigating two separate fatal collisions that took place in Queens during the evening of Friday, Aug. 23 . The first fatal crash occurred in the confines of the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows just after 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of 184th Street and 73rd…
Aug. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are looking for four armed robbers who attacked a 34-year-old man in Cambria Heights before stealing property from his vehicle on the night of Monday, Aug. 5. At around 10 p.m., the victim parked in front of 231-07 Linden Blvd.…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are looking for a gunman who opened fire near the Queens Public Library branch in Cambria Heights during the evening of Thursday, Aug. 8. The perpetrator was in front of a home at 116-42 219th St. at around 7 p.m.,…
Aug. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry What began as a chat between two strangers in a small parking lot behind a St. Albans liquor store late last month turned into the subject of a grand larceny investigation at the 105th Precinct in Queens Village. A 23-year-old man was in the parking lot on 135th…
Jul. 31, 2024 By Athena Dawson NYPD officials held a community forum on Monday evening to discuss the development of a new NYPD precinct and stationhouse that will serve parts of southeast Queens. The NYPD officials were joined by dozens of residents and elected officials at P.S./I.S. 270 in Rosedale to review the plans…
Jul. 11, 2024 By Athena Dawson Over 30 abandoned vehicles were removed in a section of Jamaica as a part of a widespread tow operation orchestrated between GatewayJFK Business Improvement District, NYPD’s 105th and 113th Precincts and NYPD Patrol Borough Queens South. The cleanups, which took place last month, removed abandoned, derelict vehicles, including cars,…
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