Alexander Blenkinsopp Director of Communications, Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association Member, Community Board 9 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Alex Blenkinsopp is the director of communications for the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association (WRBA) and serves on Community Board 9. “I’ve always cared a lot about Woodhaven and about Queens,” he said. “When I joined the WRBA in 2009, I [...]
Supersize Smack No more super-sized Cokes. Forget about 64-ounce stomach-busting sodas at KFC. Even 20-ounce Snapples are on Mayor Bloomberg’s latest health-conscious hit list. In a dramatic move to reduce obesity, the city is going to become the first in the nation to impose a 16-ounce limit on the size of sweetened beverages sold in [...]
After nearly four years, children — and adults — were able to rush the Forest Park Carousel, choose their favorite horse and take a spin on the historic ride. The Forest Park Carousel, shuttered since 2008, held its grand reopening on Saturday, May 26, with hundreds of visitors turning out for the sun-filled event. More [...]
Etan Patz case: Pedro Hernandez arrested in Etan Patz’s 1979 disappearance A heartbreaking mystery that tortured a Manhattan couple and stymied police for more than three decades apparently was solved Thursday after a New Jersey man confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz. Pedro Hernandez was charged with second-degree murder one day before the 33rd anniversary [...]
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Sick sex ‘drive’ — Trapped prostitutes shuttled to tricks by 6 cabbies: DA [New York Post]
Poll Finds Quinn Is Clear Leader In 2013 Mayoral Democratic Field [NY1]
MTA Alter 21 City Bus Routes To Match Riders’ Demands [NY1]
Man in critical condition after being slammed by hit-run driver in Woodhaven [Daily News]
Making room for another civic group in Queens [Daily News]
The NYPD has issued a Silver Alert for a missing Woodhaven man. Victor Torres, 77, was last seen on Tuesday, March 27 at 1:30 p.m. near 76th Street and Atlantic Avenue. He was wearing a blue hat, blue hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and blue and white sneakers. Torres suffers from dementia and high blood pressure. [...]
It was a successful evening for the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, which worked to further a vote against street changes they felt could negatively impact their neighborhood. Community Board (CB) 9 voted unanimously against the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) proposed alterations, which could turn 84th Street into a southbound one-way street and make 89th Street [...]
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating a Woodhaven teen last seen in November. Delmaris Erazo, 17, went missing on November 25 of last year near her 91st Street residence, according to police. Police described the girl as 5-feet-4-inches tall, 130 pounds with black hair, brown eyes . she also wears braces. [...]
Twenty alleged members of a drug trafficking organization, centralized in Woodhaven, have been indicted for conspiracy to distribute heroin. The ring, called the Perez Organization, FBI officials believe, operated out of a location on 87th Avenue and 78th Street and oversaw distribution networks existing in Nassau and Suffolk counties, as well as a storage facility [...]
Police are searching for three suspects they say are responsible for an armed robbery in Woodhaven. Three men, one wielding a gun, entered a 75th Street home on the morning of Saturday, February 18, according to police. After entering the home, the suspects began to beat two victims in the residence. The suspects fled in [...]
