Corona residents filed a $10 million lawsuit against a neighboring grocery wholesaler who they say is making their everyday lives toxic. According to the lawsuit, which comes from about 23 residents, Moreno Produce — also known as Nuevo Mexico Lindo Su Abarrotera Central Corp. — is being accused of endangering the health, welfare and safety [...]
Two new schools will help alleviate overcrowding in Jackson Heights and Corona in the next two years, according to the School Construction Authority (SCA). The first school, P.S. 287, is scheduled to debut this September at 110-08 Northern Boulevard in Corona. Located in District 24, the four-story building will serve pre-K through fifth grade and [...]
The NYPD is looking for the man who swiped a smartphone from a No. 7 train straphanger last week. On Tuesday, February 5, at 11:30 p.m., a 36-year-old woman was on the subway near the 111th Street/Roosevelt Avenue stop when the suspect grabbed the victim’s iPhone out of her hand and fled the train, said [...]
For the first time, the NYPD has released 2011 data regarding the controversial procedure of stop-and-frisk. Among those stopped-and-frisked in 2011, 87 percent were either black or Hispanic, according to the report. Of the 685,724 stops made citywide, 53 percent were black while 34 percent were Hispanic. Only 9 percent of those stopped-and-frisked were white, [...]
The NYPD has released the video of the suspect and the Escalade he used to try to lure two Queens girls. On Friday, January 25, around 7:00 a.m., the suspect drove alongside a 13-year-old girl walking on Northern Boulevard near 102nd Street in Corona. He engaged the teen in conversation, but, realizing she did not [...]
The shooting death of a man in Corona this weekend was reportedly the first homicide after the city went nine days without a murder. According to police, around 6:00 p.m. Saturday, the victim, 24-year-old Jahim Campbell, was found bleeding with a gunshot wound to the head in the basement apartment of 97-28 57th Avenue. He [...]
Police are looking for a man wanted for trying to lure two teen girls off the street in two separate incidents last week. On Friday, January 25, around 7:00 a.m., the suspect drove alongside a 13-year-old girl walking on Northern Boulevard near 102nd Street in Corona. He engaged the teen in conversation, but, realizing she [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Monday: Overcast with snow, then ice pellets and snow in the afternoon. High of 37 with a windchill as low as 25F. Winds from the SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 80% . Monday night: Overcast with rain, then a chance of rain after midnight. Low of 37. Winds from the SW at [...]
Police are looking for three men wanted for robbing a jewelry store in Corona last month. According to the NYPD, on December 19, around 2 p.m., two of the suspects, masked, entered Elegance Jewelry Store, located at 37-56 Junction Boulevard, while a third suspect held the door open and acted as the lookout. Inside, the [...]
The Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center of the Queens Library will be nationally recognized on Saturday, February 9 as a Literary Landmark by United for Libraries, as the first public institution named for the famed poet/author of the Harlem Renaissance. In her letter to Queens Library C.O.O Tom Galante, United for Libraries Executive [...]
