Update: Suspect Who Escaped Police Custody at Queensbridge Houses Apprehended

Feb. 15, 2019 Staff Report

Plans are underway to tear down an Astoria warehouse just off Vernon Boulevard to make way for a new eight-story residential development, according to building filings submitted in late January.

Feb. 14, 2019 By Meghan Sackman

An off-duty police officer from the 114th Precinct saved the life of a badly injured motorcyclist who had been struck by a tractor trailer on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway earlier this month.

Feb. 14, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez

Amazon has pulled out of its plans to build a campus in Long Island City, the company said today in a bombshell announcement.

Feb. 14, 2019  By Meghan Sackman

The Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) in Astoria will be showing several science fiction films in March as part of an annual festival in New York and California that pays homage to Phillip K. Dick, the prolific author of the genre.

Feb. 13, 2019 By Christian Murray

Councilmember Costa Constantinides introduced a bill in the city council today that calls for the creation of a new department dedicated to fighting climate change and tackling environmental issues.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Feb. 7, 2019, By Meghan Sackman

A developer has filed plans to construct a nine-story, self-storage facility on Northern Boulevard.