Astoria

An 89-year-old woman walking in the area of a Queens shopping center was critically struck Saturday afternoon, police said. The NYPD responded to 48th Street in Astoria around 2:40 p.m. for reports of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. Police said the driver of a Dodge Durango was leaving a parking lot when he hit the elderly pedestrian. She was…

A man involved in a domestic violence incident was shot by police who found him in a narrow hallway holding onto the 911 caller’s mother in the Astoria apartment on Monday, authorities said at a press conference. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

A man involved in a domestic violence incident was shot by police who found him in a narrow hallway holding onto the 911 caller’s mother in a Queens apartment on Monday, authorities said at a press conference. The suspect, identified by a senior police official as Eduardo Andrade, allegedly refused to leave the apartment of his child’s mother despite...

Authorities are investigating a police shooting in Astoria.

The Brooklyn Diocese has fired a Catholic music school teacher in Queens after he married a man

The fear is the area — which has earned the “Asthma Alley” nickname for its high rate of hospitalizations for the condition — will only get worse if the plant overhaul still leaves it dependent on fossil fuels

NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos reports.

Emergency crews rushed to a construction site in Queens early Friday for reports of a fallen crane that resulted in building damage in Astoria, FDNY officials said. The first firefighters arrived around 8:30 a.m. to find a crane learning on the two-story building under construction. Only two construction workers were inside the building at the time of the incident and…

A crane toppled onto a business in Astoria, Queens Friday morning. Gilma Avalos reports.

A man driving a scooter was killed after an out-of-control car smashed into an outdoor dining setup in Queens, police said. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

A man driving a scooter was killed after an out of control car smashed into an outdoor dining setup on a Queens street, police said.

A 61-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle on Thursday before hitting a man on a scooter and crashing into an outdoor dining area in Astoria, Queens. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Two infant twin siblings were found dead inside their home at a Queens New York City Housing Authority development, law enforcement sources said. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

The 23-year-old mother of the 1-month-old twin boy and girl is being questioned after the infants were found dead in an apartment in Woodside, Queens, law enforcement sources said. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

The twins, believed to be less than a year old, were found dead inside their home at the Woodside Houses, and their mother has been taken in by police for questioning, law enforcement sources told News 4.

Two infant twin siblings were found dead inside their home at a Queens New York City Housing Authority development, law enforcement sources told NBC New York.

Two officers were transported to a hospital in Queens after crashing into another vehicle late Saturday night, police said. The officers were responding to a call with the cruiser’s sirens on at the time of the crash, near 35th Street and 37th Avenue, according to the NYPD. Two civilians in the other vehicle were transported along with the police....

A “sex club” operating within a state-designated yellow zone Saturday night was busted after a tipster submitted a report of the alleged party to NYC311, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies responded to the illicit gathering in Astoria, Queens shortly after 12 a.m. Sunday morning. At least 80 people were found inside the self-described swingers club. Two organizers and a patron…

Both the NYPD and federal investigators are looking into a man who was charged with reckless endangerment after explosive materials, fuses and bomb-making literature was found at his Astoria home after a fire broke out there. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Marak Squires, 37, the man who lives in the home that caught fire Tuesday, was charged with reckless endangerment, law enforcement officials said. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.