March 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Glendale-Middle Village Coalition is hosting a rally next month to protest against a rumored 200-men homeless shelter site in Glendale. While rumors of the shelter, said to be going in at an under-construction defunct factory site at 78-16 Cooper Ave., are unconfirmed, Glendale resident Mike Papa, one of the… Read more »
March 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Ridgewood man has been charged with attempted murder for alllegedly stabbing his daughter-in-law in their home yesterday morning, according to police. Dahe Lin, 76, was charged after police officers found him on top of his 50-year-old daughter-in-law at their home at 1724 Suydam St., near Cypress Avenue. Lin had allegedly… Read more »
March 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A woman has been left in critical condition after a bloody attack in Ridgewood earlier this morning. Around 8:30 a.m., police responded to a call of an ongoing assault at the rear entrance of 1724 Suydam St., near Cypress Avenue. As the officers approached the scene, they saw the… Read more »
March 27, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan State Sen. Joseph Addabbo has introduced a bill that would require the city to replace all parking spaces taken away by bus-only lanes or any other capital project. This is the second time that Addabbo, who represents areas of central Queens from Maspeth to Rockaway Park, has attempted to… Read more »
March 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Lyft driver committed suicide early Saturday morning inside a car parked along Myrtle Avenue, marking the ninth cabbie suicide citywide since November 2017. Lu Wu, 49, was found dead in the backseat of a black Hyundai Sonata near 75th Street in Glendale around 3 a.m. on March 23…. Read more »
March 22, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A day of music, games, food and much more will happen next month at the Shops at Atlas Park for the second annual Autism Awareness Action Day. The event, hosted by Play4Autism, a Glendale-based non-profit organization providing programs for kids on the spectrum, will take place on April 27,… Read more »
March 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A good Samaritan who stopped the would-be kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl by a registered sex offender was presented with an award of recognition at last night’s 104th Precinct Community Council Meeting. Ridgewood resident Alexander Salas retold the story of the December morning when he confronted a sex offender… Read more »
March 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Five Ridgewood residents were taken to the hospital today following a fire that broke out in the early hours Wednesday morning. The blaze erupted at around 4 a.m. in the basement of a three-story residential building located at 410 Menahan St., near Cypress Avenue. The FDNY received a call… Read more »
March 19, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The long-abandoned Belmont Steaks property, located at 79-13 Myrtle Ave., has hit the market again, this time for $1.6 million. The listing comes just four months after the current owner had planned for a new three-story development on the property. The owner, listed as A. Trinchese Myrtle LLC, filed… Read more »
March 18, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Cat and dog owners can get their pets vaccinated for free this weekend at Rosemary’s Playground in Ridgewood. Starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday March 23, Animal Care Centers of NYC will be offering routine vaccinations at the park, located at Woodward Avenue and Woodbine Street. The vaccines, which… Read more »