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 »
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Gianaris Calls For Hate Crime Investigation After Anti-LGBTQ Sign Posted at Seneca Avenue Subway Station
March 18, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan State Senator Michael Gianaris is calling for a hate crime investigation into an anti-LGBTQ sign that was posted at the Seneca Avenue M train subway station on Friday. “This is horrifying and unacceptable, and I asked the NYPD to investigate this hate crime,” Gianaris wrote in a statement on… Read more »
Brooklyn Man Convicted of Swindling California Senior; Told Victim To Send $20K to Glendale Address
March 18, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Brooklyn resident is now facing up to seven years in prison after being found guilty of a ‘jail bail’ scam that conned $20,000 cash from an elderly California man. George Etienne, 27, a resident of E. 40th Street, has been convicted of criminal possession of stolen property and… Read more »
Rego Park Man Indicted for the Murder of Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend in Ridgewood
March 15, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Rego Park man was indicted today in Queens Criminal Court for murder and other charges for viciously stabbing his pregnant ex-girlfriend to death inside her Ridgewood apartment building last month. Anthony Hobson, 48, will now face up to 25 years to life in prison for the brutal attack… Read more »
Holden to Host ‘Conversation With Your Councilman’ Event Next Week
March 15, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan City Council Member Robert Holden will address a variety of neighborhood issues at a town hall event next week that’s been dubbed “Conversation With Your Councilman.” The meeting will take place on March 21, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Holden’s district office, located at 64-69 Dry Harbor… Read more »
Police Continue Search For Ridgewood Assailants, Release New Footage of Attack
March 14, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police have released new surveillance footage of an attack in Ridgewood that left a 41-year-old man hospitalized over the weekend. Around 12:40 a.m. on Sunday March 10, the victim got into a verbal dispute with two men near Metropolitan and Grandview Avenues. The argument soon turned physical, with the… Read more »
Police Bust Large-Scale Marijuana Grow-Op in Ridgewood Home
March 13, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Hundreds of marijuana plants have been seized from a Ridgewood home following a police raid last night. Around 8:35 p.m., Queens North Narcotics detectives raided the house and attached garage, located at 1820 Gates Avenue, and removed nearly 500 marijuana plants and several grow lamps. Police were seen carrying… Read more »
41-Year-Old Man Left in Critical Condition After Ridgewood Assault: NYPD
March 12, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A 41-year-old man was left hospitalized after he was attacked by two unknown men in Ridgewood on Sunday. On March 10, around 12:40 a.m., the victim got into a verbal dispute with two men near Metropolitan and Grandview Avenues. The argument quickly escalated, before one of the men struck… Read more »
A One-Block Stretch On Woodward Avenue Co-named After Influential Ridgewood Priest
March 11, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A one-block stretch of Woodward Avenue now bears the name of the late Father Yohanna T. Guirgis, an influential Ridgewood figure who passed away last year. Councilmembers Robert Holden and Antonio Reynoso held a ceremony on Saturday to celebrate the co-naming of Woodward Avenue between Grove and Linden Streets… Read more »
Local Historical Society Aims to Restore Sign Marking Maspeth Home of 19th-Century Politician Behind Erie Canal
March 11, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez A local historical society has its sights on re-erecting a sign once located on a Maspeth intersection that marked the former home of a 19th-century politician widely considered to be the primary force behind the construction of the Erie Canal. The Newtown Historical Society, founded more than a decade… Read more »