12-Year-Old Boy Charged In Connection To Swastikas Found Scribbled Across Queens Playground
Police on Wednesday arrested a young boy in connection to a disturbing array of anti-Semitic graffiti found drawn in chalk on a Queens playground last week.
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Police on Wednesday arrested a young boy in connection to a disturbing array of anti-Semitic graffiti found drawn in chalk on a Queens playground last week.
Police said in each incident the suspects broke a window and climbed in through a back door.
Firefighters rescued a family from a burning house in Queens on Sunday. The fire started at around 9 a.m. on 42nd Avenue in Elmhurst.
Traffic was snarled on one of New York City's busiest roadways for several hours after a nasty crash involving a sanitation truck Saturday night.
Dozens of swastikas and other anti-Semitic messages were drawn in chalk outside PS 139 in Rego Park.
Livery driver Mahoob Lohdi was going about his business when a wooden beam suddenly plummeted from an elevated 7 train platform near 65th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside.
Local elected officials and residents are calling on the Department of Transportation to put paint on the pavement.
Tito Martinez-Alvarenga, 19, and Victor Lopez, 20, were charged with murder, gang assault, kidnapping and criminal possession of a weapon Thursday.
A piece of wooden debris from the elevated 7 train platform came crashing down on a car driving near 65th Street and Roosevelt Ave.
A metal thermos bottle was found near the pedals after the crash, the NTSB said.
Police say the incident happened last Thursday afternoon on the 7 train as it headed to the 52nd Street station Queens.
Police have made an arrest in connection to the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Queens just after she got off an MTA bus on Friday night.
Police said the attacker pushed a 20-year-old woman against a vehicle, threatened to kill her and then raped her Friday night in Woodside.
The NYPD is asking for help identifying a man wanted for questioning about a subway assault last month on the 7 train platform at the Queensboro Plaza Subway Station.
Neighbors were heated, and pointing the finger squarely at Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Hours earlier, 27-year-old Christopher Ransom had a bedside arraignment at NewYork Presbyterian-Queens, where he's recovering from gunshot wounds.
Reaction to Amazon's decision to pull the plug on a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens has become just as divisive as the agreement itself.
Flames broke out around 2:30 a.m. on Mott Avenue near Cornaga Avenue.
Meanwhile, a memorial grows outside the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill, where the 42-year-old detective spent his entire 19-year career.
Aaron Elstein of Crains New York, calls Amazon's reversal of its NYC headquarters plan "an enormous surprise," expecting the retail giant to absorb the negative publicity and stay the course.
The day Amazon announced it's backing out of the deal to build a new headquarters in Queens, the governor blasted critics who he accused of short-sighted local politics.
Police hope newly released surveillance video will help them find the suspect behind a deadly shooting in Queens.
Det. Brian Simonsen was shot in the chest around 6 p.m. Tuesday while responding to a botched robbery near in Richmond Hill, Queens.
Sources say the detective was fatally shot in the chest and a sergeant was also shot in the leg near the corner of 120th Street and Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill.
The man is described as Hispanic, 20 to 25 years old, last seen wearing a dark "New York" skull hat, dark clothing and white sneakers.
Hundreds of Jewish students gathered Friday outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence on the Upper East Side to protest antisemitism.
The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport announced it welcomed its first-ever red panda cub, marking an important achievement for the endangered species.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Kosta Diamantis is now a fugitive in Greece after fleeing the U.S. by boat and plane ahead of his sentencing for corruption, his lawyer and prosecutors said.
New York City and the surrounding area are in for a weather pattern change over the course of the weekend.
Hundreds of Jewish students gathered Friday outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence on the Upper East Side to protest antisemitism.
New York City and the surrounding area are in for a weather pattern change over the course of the weekend.
A truck driver who spent two decades building a massive scale model of his native New York City was delighted when it went viral on TikTok.
A new rule allowing authorities to deny green cards to immigrants on the basis of being a public charge goes into effect Friday.
Racing returns to Belmont Park on Friday, more than three years after the iconic Long Island track was shut down for renovations.
The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport announced it welcomed its first-ever red panda cub, marking an important achievement for the endangered species.
New York City and the surrounding area are in for a weather pattern change over the course of the weekend.
Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
Rainy weather makes a return to the New York City area this weekend.
After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
New York City and the surrounding area are in for a weather pattern change over the course of the weekend.
The shooting happened around 7:20 a.m. Friday at the convenience store at the corner of Route 37 and Garfield Avenue, prosecutors said.
Some people in Keyport, New Jersey, claim the site of a former aircraft manufacturing plant is to blame for a growing number of cancer diagnoses, but the state says otherwise.
A truck carrying a boom crane tipped over in River Vale, New Jersey, on Thursday, causing the crane to land on two houses, slicing one in half.
Family and the Bridgeton, N.J., community held a vigil Wednesday, marking seven years since Dulce Maria Alavez's disappearance.
Racing returns to Belmont Park on Friday, more than three years after the iconic Long Island track was shut down for renovations.
Racing returns to Belmont Park more than three years after the track was shut down for renovations. CBS News New York's John Dias reports.
A Long Island man has been found competent to stand trial in his ex-girlfriend's 2025 shooting death.
A parent, an athletic trainer and security staff jumped into action Wednesday when a referee suddenly collapsed at a girl's junior varsity soccer game on Long Island.
A judge has ruled that a Long Island man is competent to stand trial for the 2025 shooting death of his ex-girlfriend.
Hundreds of Jewish students gathered Friday outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence on the Upper East Side to protest antisemitism.
A new rule allowing authorities to deny green cards to immigrants on the basis of being a public charge goes into effect Friday.
A carriage driver whose horse died in Central Park this summer is now suing the city, saying the horse was poisoned by a plant.
The plan to redesign a stretch of Park Avenue has changed a bit based on community feedback.
Presidents, prime ministers and diplomats from around the world will be in town, making it a very high-profile event.
A second person has died in the Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
Some people in Keyport, New Jersey, claim the site of a former aircraft manufacturing plant is to blame for a growing number of cancer diagnoses, but the state says otherwise.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
One person has died and a total of five people have been sickened by Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx.
As of late August, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has received 112,000 claims, awarding more than $18 billion.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
A truck driver who spent two decades building a massive scale model of his native New York City was delighted when it went viral on TikTok.
The Feast of San Gennaro is filling New York City's Little Italy with faith, music, games and many treats starting Thursday.
The iconic Peanuts character Snoopy is getting a new look for the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
The Phillies beat the Mets 3-0 Thursday night to tie the Cubs for the top NL wild card.
Mets first baseman Jared Young was carted off the field in the sixth inning of Thursday night's game against Philadelphia.
Knicks fans were greeted with 2026-27 ticket price sticker shock earlier this week, only to have Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. later admit a mistake was made.
Pete Alonso homered against the Mets, a solo shot in the first inning that sent the Orioles to a 7-1 victory Wednesday night.
Luke Keaschall went 3 for 5 and scored from second base on Victor Caratini's game-ending single in the 13th inning to send the Minnesota Twins past the New York Yankees 5-4.
The People's Theatre now has its first permanent home in more than 15 years, thanks to help from theater legends from the neighborhood, like Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's 1.8-acre native plant sanctuary marks 10 years at a site where historians believe hundreds of human remains still lie
At a Bay Ridge school, students who were born years after the attacks are learning about Sept. 11 through the stories of parents, teachers and first responders who lived through it.
Former Mets players from the 2001 season were at Ladder 25 on the Upper West Side on Tuesday.
Grammy and Emmy Award-winning musician Lizzo made a surprise visit to meet Brooklyn students and debut her new children's book.
People dressed in elaborate headgear and paraded up Fifth Avenue for New York City's Easter Sunday tradition.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival was held in Manhattan on April 20, 2025.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Duncan Sheik, the singer behind the '90s hit "Barely Breathing" and later the Tony Award-winning composer of Broadway's "Spring Awakening," has died at 56 years old, his family said Friday.
State police recovered the body of a Pennsylvania man who went missing from New Jersey.
Police said the man started yelling and punching a woman after the bus abruptly stopped and she accidentally bumped into a child who was with him.
Jacys Santiago was convicted in the December 2001 attack after DNA technology helped prosecutors link the suspect to the cold case.
Law enforcement is investigating a deadly shooting that happened in a Toms River parking lot. CBS News New York's Nick Caloway reports.
