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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »