MASPETH, Queens (WABC) – Who do you call if you see rats in your neighborhood? A 91-year-old Queens resident knew exactly what to do when she saw rats running up and down a sewer in front of her house. But even though the city took care of the problem, she was fined after she complained—not […]
A callous stranger randomly shoved a 76-year-old woman to the ground in a broad daylight attack as she walked through Queens earlier this month, police said. The attacker approached the victim as he crossed the intersection of 63rd Street and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside shortly after 2 p.m. on August 6, authorities said. Then, without […]
An 18-year-old man was struck and killed by a subway train in Queens on Monday morning after fleeing a fight with another teenager in a station. The two were fighting on the platform at Elmhurst Ave Station in Elmhurst around 11 a.m. before the tragedy occurred, police said. The 18-year-old – whose identity was not […]
A rule that prohibits shortened school days and staggered schedules for young children from third grade and preschool age and forces them to be in school six hours a day is “cruel and abusive,” according to some parents and educators. This month, the city’s education department informed school administrators that the little ones – some […]
FLUSHING, Queens (WABC) – A 56-year-old man has died after a hit-and-run accident in Queens and police are searching for two women who fled the scene of the accident. David Opiela was struck when two vehicles collided on Kissena Boulevard and the Horace Harding Expressway shortly before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. A Honda Accord traveling south […]
An apparent burglar struck at a Queens deli last weekend, kidnapping the deli’s 18-year-old tabby cat, who a grieving employee said looked like his “teenager.” Video captured the moment the stranger picked up and carried away Antonio, a regular customer at K’Glen Deli and Sari Sari Store in Woodside. “People here love him. They always […]
According to a new study, the Q77 bus stop at the corner of Merrick Boulevard and Springfield Boulevard in Queens can be up to 11.1 degrees warmer than the city average. The report, by NASA and the transportation organization Transportation Alternatives, looks at some of the city’s hottest bus stops. What you need to know […]
Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on East 84th Street in Brooklyn. Google Maps Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Police are investigating after a man was shot behind a two-story home in Brooklyn on Wednesday. According to […]
