Apr. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens was awarded a $3 million capital from Empire State Development earlier this month to support the club’s redevelopment project in Astoria. The new clubhouse will be approximately 125,000 square feet and include a state-of-the-art gymnasium, 175-seat theater, regulation swimming pool, classroom… Read more »
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry Two teenagers were stabbed during a bloody confrontation with a group of men on Monday evening in the Steinway section of Astoria. The young men were walking at the intersection of 21st Avenue and 75th Street, two blocks north of St. Michael’s Cemetery, at around 6:45 p.m. when they… Read more »
Mar. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry An Astoria doctor was indicted by a Queens grand jury on new sexual abuse charges after another one of his patients came forward. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 34, of Broadway, was arraigned on Thursday on an indictment charging him with sexually abusing a 48-year-old woman at New York-Presbyterian Hospital… Read more »
Mar. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry A 13-year-old boy was arrested by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria on Friday, Mar. 8, where he was charged with a slew of crimes for an incident that occurred on the night of Wednesday, Feb. 28. An NYPD spokesman could… Read more »
Mar. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is asking for the public’s help in identifying four teenage boys who allegedly assaulted two men walking on Broadway near 33rd Street in Astoria last Wednesday night. The 114th Precinct in Astoria reported that the incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Feb…. Read more »
Feb. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for two men who attempted to rob a corner deli near the Woodside Houses and attacked a store employee who tried to stop them. The incident occurred on the night of Wednesday, Feb. 14, when the two suspects walked into… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry A drunk driver who allegedly crashed his vehicle in Astoria on Thursday that ultimately led to the death of his passenger has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, and other crimes, authorities said. The suspect allegedly crashed the vehicle in Astoria, before driving the damaged car to… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry FBI agents arrested an Astoria man and a Chinese national on Thursday, Feb. 1, for engaging in a violent armed robbery at an illegal Flushing gambling parlor in July that left one man shot in the abdomen, according to federal prosecutors. Jamel Berry of Astoria and Zhong Wang of… Read more »
Feb. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry Three New Jersey men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for kidnapping and viciously torturing an Astoria man in a 2022 extortion attempt. Jarrett Bruce, 40, of Englewood, N.J. was arrested on Thursday, one day after Aasim Boone, 41, also of Englewood, was taken into custody by… Read more »
Jan. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Two Long Island City brothers were criminally charged Monday after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, were found inside their apartment directly across Vernon Boulevard from the Ravenswood Generating Station. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Andre and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted… Read more »