Jul. 18, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Thomas “Tommy” Barcia Jr., the founder of the popular Adrian and Rocky’s Catering at 132-08 Crossbay Blvd. in Ozone Park, died Saturday at the age of 61. Since founding the catering company in 1981, Barcia spent nearly every day there serving the Queens and Long Island community members.…
Jul. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a creep who subjected a 16-year-old girl to public lewdness in broad daylight while they rode a Q43 bus in Jamaica Estates late last month. The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25 as the…
Jul. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday the takedown of a prolific Queens-based gun trafficking crew accused of selling firearms and ammo at an East Elmhurst playground, the Queens Center Mall and other locations around the borough. James secured a 625-count indictment charging five men for participating…
Jul. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, a multidisciplinary art center in southeast Queens, is set to host an array of free events to close out the month of July. The center offers ongoing summer art experiences for residents across the borough. This month’s events series includes an art…
Jul. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill are looking for a gunman who allegedly shot a 32-year-old man in front of an auto detailing shop last month. The suspect allegedly approached the victim in front of 130-05 91st Ave. near the Long Island Rail Road’s Richmond Hill…
Jul. 16, 2024 By Anthony Medina A mosquito-borne illness that has sickened many people worldwide has reached the U.S. and New York, according to a health advisory from the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC issued a health advisory at the end of last month warning the public about a spike in dengue virus…
Jul. 16, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The overall average rental price in Queens in June 2024 rose 6.49% from the same month last year, according to a report by the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate. Studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units in Queens all had jumps in the average cost of rent. The overall…
Jul. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was sentenced to more than three-and-a-half decades in prison Friday in Queens Supreme Court for killing a 39-year-old man in 2020 over a dispute over money and for fatally shooting another man outside a liquor store in South Ozone Park in 2021. Ashik Zaman, 23,…
Jul. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens taxi cab driver was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and other related crimes for vandalizing a religious statue at a Fresh Meadows church late last month just hours before Sunday mass. Jamshaid Choudhry, 44, of 186th Street in Hollis, was arraigned Friday…
Jul. 15, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Over half a million dollars was designated for a new hyper-local initiative to connect veterans with critical services in the recently-passed city budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Approximately 250,000 veterans reside in the five boroughs. However, according to the NYC Department of Veterans Services (DVS), there is a…