Feb. 11, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Con Edison officials were grilled at a city council hearing yesterday about the cause of the blue flash that lit up the sky at the company’s Astoria plant in December. Councilmember Costa Constantinides, who led the hearing as chair of the Environmental Protection Committee, asked what Con Ed was doing… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police are searching for one of two suspects who allegedly robbed a 20-year-old man at knifepoint in Long Island City in December. The two thieves approached the victim with a knife at around 12:28 p.m. on Dec. 12 in front of a 31-06 35th Ave., police say. They then removed… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2019 Staff Report Police are searching for a man who broke into an Astoria building and made off with electronics from a storage room in a burglary last month. The unidentified man entered a building near 33rd Street and 34th Avenue through an unlocked door at around 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 7, and… Read more »
Feb. 8, 2019 Staff Report A man was robbed at knifepoint near Steinway Street earlier this week by a pair of thieves who used his bank card to withdraw more than $100 in cash, according to police. The 38-year-old victim was near 41st Street and 34th Avenue on Feb. 6 when the two unidentified men… Read more »
Feb. 7, 2019, By Meghan Sackman A developer has filed plans to construct a nine-story, self-storage facility on Northern Boulevard. Shibber Khan’s Criterion Group filed plans Feb. 6 with the Department of Buildings to construct a storage facility at 31-08 Northern Blvd in Long Island City. The site, located near where Northern Boulevard meets 31st Street,… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez The controversial Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) project is heading into another phase in its proposed development after the city tapped a firm to carry out an essential study before the streetcar plan’s potential implementation. The city’s Economic Development Corporation awarded VHB, an engineering and consulting firm, with a $7.25… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2019 By Meghan Sackman The Astoria-based activist and community organizer who made headlines last year after confronting then-Sen. Jeff Flake at Capitol Hill over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination has been invited by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be her guest at tonight’s State of the Union. Ocasio-Cortez announced on Monday that Ana Maria… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A man was pulled out of the waters near Astoria after he apparently jumped off the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge yesterday morning, according to police. Police received a call around 8:52 a.m. on Feb. 4 of a man, who appeared to be still alive, floating in the East River… Read more »
Feb. 4, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Councilmember Costa Constantinides unveiled his 2019 plans for Astoria and East Elmhurst in his State of the District speech Thursday night delivered at The Alfred Zimberg School. Constantinides said his major plans include building a solar energy plant and wind farms on Rikers Island once the 400-acre prison site… Read more »
Feb. 2, 2019 By Christian Murray The police have released a photo of a man who allegedly spat on a Muslim woman on a Dutch Kills street last week. The suspect allegedly walked past the woman–who was wearing a hijab–at around 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 and spat on her in front of 37-14 30th… Read more »