JetBlue’s takeoff from Forest Hills has been rocky for local businesses – now severely struggling to survive. A number of merchants say they have lost large percentages of their business since the airline moved from its headquarters in the Forest Hills Tower, located on Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike, to a modernized facility in Queens [...]
Police are asking for the public’s help finding an elderly Forest Hills woman last seen on Sunday, March 4. Dolly Arias, 72, was last seen leaving her Queens Boulevard apartment yesterday evening wearing a multi-colored jacket and black pants. Police described the missing as 5-feet-6-inches tall, 120 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Arias [...]
One teenager and two 20-year-olds were shot on Jamaica Avenue in what was according to witnesses, likely gang-related activity. The shootings took place outside a Jamaica Avenue Wendy’s this afternoon at approximately 3 p.m. Two victims were shot in the leg, with one taking a bullet to the arm. The victims were a 17-year-old black [...]
Police are searching for a suspect they believe is responsible for three February bank robberies. The suspect hit three Chase banks all along Queens Boulevard. In each instance the suspect, described by police as a 30-year-old black male, approached the teller with a note demanding money. The three robberies occurred on February 3, February 14 [...]
Bye-bye “Boulevard of Death.” Sixty-six intersections along Queens Boulevard have acquired pedestrian countdown signals (PCS), the latest safety improvement made by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) throughout the borough. These fixtures, among over 2,100 new countdown signals installed in Queens in 2011, inform walkers of how much time is left before the [...]
Women across Queens have been gripped by a fear of gropers. For the past month, female residents of Sunnyside and Woodside have been looking over their shoulders for a predator on pedals. The neighboring communities are the most recent areas to experience repeated sexual attacks on women by men on bicycles. Beginning September 15, five [...]
