Dec. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn teenager was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, petit larceny and other crimes in the gunpoint theft of a French Bulldog from another teen at the NYCHA Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City on Christmas Day. The teenage defendant, of Sheffield Avenue in Brooklyn, allegedly pointed… Read more »
Dec. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry A man was robbed at gunpoint near Mount Sinai Queens Hospital in Astoria during the early morning hours on Saturday, Dec. 16, according to the NYPD. The 32-year-old victim was at the corner of Crescent Street and 30th Avenue at 2:15 a.m. when two strangers approached him. One… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry An Astoria man has been indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for allegedly pushing his 60-year-old neighbor down a stairwell in their apartment building causing fatal injuries early last month, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday. Kevin Ogara, 44,… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry The name of an Astoria scooter rider who was fatally struck in a head-on collision with a taxi in Long Island City last month was released by the NYPD Friday. Antonios Spyropoulos, 59, of 29th Street, was named as the victim of the Nov. 27 crash after an… Read more »
An MTA worker was assaulted in broad daylight while she was on-duty at the Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard subway station on the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 6. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 reported that the 37-year-old MTA employee was standing on the northbound N train platform at the station at around… Read more »
Dec. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry Two men were indicted in connection with the brutal murder of a motorist in Astoria who was beaten unconscious and then run over with his own car in October, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday. Zahir Williams, 24, of Beck Street in the Bronx, and Aaron… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry A man who fell to his death down a flight of stairs in an Astoria apartment building last month was murdered, the NYPD announced Tuesday. The NYPD said that the incident was not an accident and that the case has been classified as a homicide. The determination was… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens Public Library reopened the Steinway branch in Astoria Tuesday following an eight-month closure for improvements to the building’s main floor and cellar. The upgrades consist of new furniture and finishes such as new paint and carpeting, shelving, workstations and self-service kiosks, as well as technology improvements including… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry Following an international search for a new leader, the Board of Trustees of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum announced on Dec. 8 the appointment of Astoria native Amy Hau as its next director. Hau has a long history with the Long Island City cultural institution, having… Read more »
Nov. 30, 2023 By Bill Parry Students from the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria and the arts education nonprofit Exploring the Arts (ETA) are teaming up to honor the memory of their founder, the legendary crooner and Astoria native Tony Bennett, who died in July at age 96. In tribute… Read more »