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Astoria Man, 78, Missing After Entering Ditmars Boulevard Station on Saturday: NYPD

Paraskevas Kokkinakos (via DCPI)

Jan. 14, 2019  By Meghan Sackman

Police are looking for a 78-year-old man who was last seen entering the Ditmars Boulevard train station on Saturday.

Police say Paraskevas Kokkinakos, who lives near 48th Street and Ditmars Boulevard, was last spotted at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 12 at the station, where he was supposed to board a Manhattan bound N train.

Police describe Kokkinakos as 5 feet 4 inches tall and 140 pounds. He has a thin build, a light complexion, gray hair, brown eyes, and a scar on his nose. He was last seen wearing a dark green overcoat and black pants.

Anyone with information in regards to the missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

email the author: news@queenspost.com

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