April 27, 2025 By Dean Moses Detectives from the 114th Precinct and Police Service Area 9 are investigating a shooting in Astoria on Saturday night that left a man hospitalized. According to police sources, officers rushed to Astoria Houses located at 1-05 Astoria Blvd. at around 8:54 p.m. on April 26 after receiving reports of… Read more »
March 26, 2025 By Bill Parry Two teenagers were slashed in Astoria Park on Tuesday evening after they were involved in an argument with five other teens. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress in the park just before 7:30 p.m. Upon arrival, officers discovered… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2025 By Bill Parry An off-duty FDNY EMT from Rockaway Beach was arrested on Thursday morning and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria after he was indicted by a Queens grand jury for a fatal gunpoint robbery near Steinway Street in April 2021. Jordan Hannah, 26, of Rockaway Beach Boulevard, was arraigned… Read more »
Jan. 23, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Over a dozen officers from the 114th Precinct in Astoria have been reassigned to patrol subway cars overnight as part of Governor Kathy Hochul’s newly launched subway safety initiative. The plan, announced in Hochul’s State of the State address, aims to deploy two police officers on every overnight subway… Read more »
Jan. 23, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for a gunman who should be easy to spot if he’s still wearing the distinctive-looking jacket he wore on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 19, when he fired his handgun multiple times near the Astoria Houses NYCHA complex. The suspect… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A pair of siblings from College Point were arrested in Bayside on the morning of Friday, Dec. 13, and criminally charged in connection to a violent jewel heist in Astoria hours earlier. Brayan Pulido-Pineda, 23, and his sister, Sandy Pulido, 21, both from the same address on 11th Avenue… Read more »
Nov. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Four teenage boys were taken into custody inside Long Island City High School in Astoria on Thursday afternoon after a brawl broke out and a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the head, according to an NYPD spokesperson. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria responded to a 911 call… Read more »
Nov. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Two men broke into a popular Astoria gay bar early Wednesday morning and made off with an ATM containing around $3,000, according to the bar’s owner. Nathan Finnegan, who owns Albatross Bar at 36-19 24th Ave., said two men broke into his establishment shortly after 5 a.m. on Wednesday,… Read more »
Nov. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry A Westchester man was stabbed to death inside an Astoria nightclub early Monday morning, according to the NYPD, after an argument escalated into violence. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress inside Agenda, a restaurant and lounge at 28-18… Read more »