Category: crime Astoria doctor pleads guilty to raping unconscious women and abusing hospital patients: DA Posted July 1, 2025 by schnepsrestagent Jul. 1, 2025 By bparry July 1, 2025 By Bill Parry An ...

Peter Khaim, 44, conspired with his brother, Arkadiy Khaimov, 41, who also resides in Forest Hills. The brothers pleaded guilty in November 2022 to conspiracy to commit money laundering for using New ...

Jan. 1, 2021 By Christian Murray Three men were shot, one fatally, outside a Kew Gardens hotel this morning, in what authorities say was the first homicide in New York City this year. The shooting ...

Jan. 14, 2019 By Christian Murray Kohl’s is closing its Rego Park store, one of four stores the company plans to shutter nationwide. The retail giant described the Rego Park store–and the three others ...

Jan. 12, 2023 By Christian Murray Cheese of the World, which has been located in Forest Hills for more than 65 years, is closing. Nellie Chiu, the owner of the 71-48 Austin St. store, made the ...

Aug. 16, 2022 By Christian Murray Eight reputed mobsters—including two from Queens—who allegedly ran underground gambling parlors in Queens and Long Island have been arrested by the feds on ...

Aug. 22, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Gone, but not forgotten. A Queens historian and preservationist has teamed up with a Brooklyn-based foundation to salvage storefront signs from shuttered city ...

Jan. 11, 2021 By Allie Griffin A notorious Kew Gardens hotel — where a triple shooting left a 20-year-old man dead on New Year’s Day — has officially closed. The Umbrella Hotel closed Friday, a hotel ...

Aug. 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin A development company has filed a land use application to construct a 16-story mixed-use building on a large triangular lot in Rego Park that includes a synagogue and ...

June 29, 2022 By Christian Murray Two residential areas in southeast Queens were designated historic districts yesterday by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The commission created ...

In my home borough of Queens there are only 1.8 hospital beds per 1,000 residents as compared to five beds for every 1,000 Manhattan residents. Elmhurst Hospital and Northwell Forest Hills became ...

March 23, 2021 By Allie Griffin The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) will present updated plans for the future Kew Gardens jail parking garage and community space — part of the ...