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Man Bashed in Face with Baseball Bat for Cellphone

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Cellphone Thieves Hit Man in Face with Baseball Bat  The NYPD is searching for these men in connection with an attack on a Queens man with a baseball bat. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  April 19, 2024  QUEENS - A pair of thieves bashed a Queens man in the face with a baseball bat to get his cellphone, cops said.  At around 7 pm on April 13, a 22-year-old man was walking home in the vicinity of 189 Street and Aberdeen Road. Cops said the man was suddenly struck in the face with a baseball bat. He was then bashed in the head with the bat.  As the victim fell to the floor, the attackers grabbed his cellphone and ran to a waiting Pontiac Grand Am. Cops said the car was last seen heading northbound on 109 Street toward Union Turnpike.  EMS rushed the victim to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital where he was treated and listed in stable condition.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects seen walking on the street. The first suspect is desc
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Rider Sucker Punched on Subway

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Stranger Starts Argument Then Punches Rider The NYPD is searching for this man for allegedly sucker punching a straphanger waiting for a train. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice April 18, 2024 QUEENS - A man waiting for a train in Jamaica Hills was repeatedly smashed in the face by a man during a random attack, cops said.  At around 3:30 am on April 12, a 37-year-old man was standing on the platform waiting for a northbound F train at the 169th Street subway station. Cops said a man began arguing with the straphanger.  Then the man walked over to rider and punched the victim twice in the face, cops said. The attacker then ran off.    The victim suffered injuries to his mouth but refused medical attention at the scene. The NYPD released surveillance video taken from the subway station.  The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and medium build. He has a beard and dreadlocks. He wore a black track suit with patches on the left side of the ch
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Location: Homelawn St & Hillside Ave., Queens, NY 11432, USA
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Elderly Man Slugged Coming Off Bus in Astoria

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Attacker Spits, Punches 71-Year-Old Man The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a random attack on a 71-year-old man getting off a bus in Queens. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice April 17, 2024 QUEENS - An elderly man was slugged in the face coming off a Queens bus in what appears to be another random attack, cops said.  At around 8:30 am on April 9, a 71-year-old man was exiting a Q64 bus on the corner of 108 Street and Queens Boulevard. Cops said an unknown man walked up to the elderly bus rider and started arguing with him. 
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Location: Queens Blvd, Queens, NY, USA
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Man Stabbed with Broken Bottle After He Gets Bumped On Line

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3 Suspects Punch, Stab Man During Line Dispute The NYPD is searching for these three men in connection with the stabbing of a man with a broken bottle. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  April 16, 2024  QUEEN S - A dispute over being bumped on line led to a near fatal attack when three men punched and stabbed the victim with a broken bottle, cops said. At around 4:45 am on April 7, a 20-year-old male was on line inside a business near 210-08 Jamaica Avenue when another man bumped into him. The victim and the aggressor got into a verbal dispute that quickly escalated.  Cops said two of the suspect’s friends jumped in and started punching the victim. One of the attackers took a broken bottle and stabbed the victim in the abdomen and slashed his left arm and right wrist, cops said. The cuts caused severe bleeding.  The victims ran out of the store and into a waiting dark colored Honda sedan.  The victim was rushed to Mercy Hospital by private means. He w
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Location: 210-08 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11428, USA
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Moped Driver Shot, Victim Fell Off Bike - Wild Shooting in Far Rockaway

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Passenger Injured as Driver Gets Shot EMS transports a stretcher over to one of the victims of the shooting which left a moped driver wounded and his passenger thrown off the bike. -Citizen By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice April 16, 2024 QUEENS - A passenger was thrown off a moving moped when the driver was shot during a wild shooting in Far Rockaway, cops said.  At around 10:30 pm on April 13, a man was driving a moped with a female passenger in the vicinity of Redfern Avenue and Hassock Street. Cops said a gunman opened fire on the moped striking the driver in the torso. The female passenger fell off and scraped along the pavement.  The gunman ran off in an unknown direction. Cops flooded the area following the shooting captured on Citizen App.  The gunshot victim and the passenger where taken to Jamaica Hospital. Cops said the driver of the moped and the gunman knew each other but no motive for the shooting has been revealed. Anyone with information in regard to thi
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Location: Redfern Ave & Hassock St, Queens, NY 11691, USA
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Scoring a Goal for Affordable Housing

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New Soccer Stadium, Housing Coming to Willets Point   Mayor Eric Adams celebrates a historic win for affordable housing and economic development in the city of New York after the City Council voted to approve the Willets Point Phase 2 development as part of the Uniform Land User Review Procedure (ULURP). City Hall Park. Thursday, April 11, 2024. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. By Mayor Eric Adams  Community OpEd  Queens Voice  April 15, 2024 QUEENS - In November 2022, our administration announced a historic once-in-a-generation transformation of the Willets Points neighborhood in Queens.  This neighborhood, which was once called the “Valley of Ashes” and known for its junkyards, is now being transformed into a vibrant neighborhood with 2,500 new all-affordable homes — the largest all-affordable housing project in the city over the last 40 years — a  new school, 150,000 square feet of new open public space, retail space, a hotel, and the city’s first-ever soccer-s
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Location: Willets Point, Queens, NY, USA
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