Friends Shocked After Girl, 13, Gets Struck, Killed By Train While Going After Dropped Cellphone
Friends were in shock Monday, a day after a 13-year-old girl from Queens was killed by a subway train as she tried to retrieve a dropped cellphone.
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Friends were in shock Monday, a day after a 13-year-old girl from Queens was killed by a subway train as she tried to retrieve a dropped cellphone.
A woman was struck and killed by a subway train in Queens Sunday afternoon as she tried to retrieve a cellphone from the tracks, authorities said.
With the holiday shopping season beckoning, and the promise of packed malls and enormous crowds comes a troubling warning to female shoppers from police in Rego Park.
Police are looking for a man they said has broken into five apartments in Queens since December.
Prosecutors say the man was arrested for allegedly "recklessly creating a threat to public safety'' by stockpiling the weapons and ammunition.
The crash happened around 2:24 p.m. Monday at 63rd Avenue near Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park.
The incident took place at around 2:20 p.m. at 63rd Avenue near Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park.
Police on Friday were searching for suspects in a string of commercial burglaries in Elmhurst and Rego Park, Queens.
Police on Wednesday were asking for help from the public in finding a suspect who allegedly exposed himself to a 5-year-old girl in the Rego Park Center mall in Queens.
Bentsion Murakhovsky's family is filing a civil lawsuit against Ihor Krutovskyi, who was arrested after they said they caught the aide abusing the 78-year-old stroke victim on a camera in their Rego Park, Queens home.
Tenants in Rego Park, Queens were living in fear Wednesday that part of their apartment could collapse.
The suspect is described as a black male in his 20s, standing about 5-foot-7 with a mustache, police said. The suspect told the victim his name was "Junior," according to police.
Police Saturday evening were on the hunt for a suspect who allegedly followed and raped a woman in the Rego Park section of Queens.
Bedros Yavru-Sakuk, 62, of Edgewater, N.J., was arraigned Monday night on charges of third-degree sexual abuse.
The Long Island Rail Road expects to resume regular service Monday, a week after a non-passenger train derailed at Rego Park, Queens, and destroyed nearly a mile of track.
An off-duty New York City police officer was arrested Wednesday and charged with driving while intoxicated and fleeing an accident in Queens.
Two Queens men were safe Saturday afternoon, after they got lost trying to climb a mountain upstate near Lake Placid.
A 90-year-old man was home alone when two individuals posing as utility workers rang the doorbell before pushing the victim down, ran inside and took cash and jewelry before fleeing, police said.
Clyde Hollins III didn't get to say happy Mother's Day to his mom Florence and he won't be able to celebrate her 74th birthday Tuesday. Hollins blames the city and its 911 system, saying his mom died because help never arrived.
The shelter said that a couple came to meet the dog for a possible adoption and walked out of the building when no one was looking.
Police picked up 17-year-old Avraham Mullokandov at his house in Rego Park early Sunday morning.
