June 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for a gunpoint robbery in Ridgewood yesterday. On June 4, just after 1 a.m., the 32-year-old victim was walking home from the Myrtle Avenue/Wyckoff Avenue subway station when he was approached by the unidentified man in front of 1070 Cypress Ave. The… Read more »
June 4, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a Jamaica man wanted for the assault of a 66-year-old man in Middle Village last month. On May 27, just after midnight, 45-year-old Rudy Salcedo allegedly got into a verbal dispute of a domestic nature with the victim inside of 62-44 84 St. The argument… Read more »
May 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Department of Transportation installed the first of hundreds of new speed cameras–specifically in school zones–on Friday. The new speed camera, which went up near P.S. 199 on the Upper West Side, was the first to be installed since the city got the go ahead from Albany that it… Read more »
May 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for slashing a co-worker outside of a Maspeth McDonald’s last week. On Friday May 24, around 6:30 p.m., 25-year-old Brian Oriella allegedly got into a verbal dispute with a 37-year-old co-worker outside of the fast food restaurant at 59-60 55th Rd. where… Read more »
May 23, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A group of homeless men and women on Putnam Avenue are making a mess of the street, a number of Ridgewood residents claimed at Tuesday night’s 104 Precinct Community Council meeting. The issue, the residents say, has been going on for years. “We’ve had a problem with numerous homeless… Read more »
May 23, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man who tried to grope a teenage girl on an MTA bus yesterday. On Wednesday May 22, around 4:40 p.m., the 13-year-old girl was sitting on a Q11 bus, heading down Woodhaven Boulevard, when the unidentified man attempted to grab her in the private… Read more »
May 22, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The annual Ridgewood/Glendale Memorial Day Parade will be returning to the neighborhood for the 81st year this long weekend. The event, hosted by the Allied Veterans Committee of Ridgewood and Glendale, will take place on Monday May 27, starting at 11 a.m. The parade will honor the soldiers, sailors,… Read more »
May 21, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are continuing to search for a Maspeth man who was reported missing more than two weeks ago. Juan Ramirez-Lopez, 22, who lives on Grand Avenue, was last seen at his residence on Saturday May 4, around 9 a.m. Ramirez-Lopez is described as Hispanic, 5 feet 9 inches in… Read more »
May 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Two Queens lawmakers are teaming up to host a free rain barrel giveaway in Glendale next month. State Senator Joseph Addabbo and Assemblymember Mike Miller, in conjunction with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, will be giving away free 55-gallon plastic rain barrels to local residents on… Read more »
May 15, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan City Council Member Robert Holden announced today that the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) will be bringing its neighborhood pop-up court for City-issued summonses to the Council Member’s Middle Village office next Wednesday. OATH, the administrative law court where city enforcement agencies file their summonses, has held… Read more »