Astoria

The driver of an SUV was arrested for allegedly striking and killing a 7-year-old girl just steps from her home after failing to come to a complete stop at a Queens intersection, police said.

Two kids, the youngest being just 7 years old, were killed in a house fire in Astoria that investigators said was sparked by a lithium ion battery. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

News 4’s Chris Jose reports.

A family is grieving the loss of a 7-year-old boy and a teenager who were killed in a fire at a home in Queens that was sparked by an e-bike’s lithium ion battery, investigators said. The call about the fire at the home on 46th Street in Astoria, with reports of people trapped, came in shortly after 2 p.m....

6 people are recovering after a warehouse fire in Astoria, including 5 firefighters. Melissa Colorado reports.

Five firefighters were hurt, at least one of them seriously, as they battled a fire at an Astoria warehouse on Wednesday, authorities say. A civilian was also injured in the blaze, which broke out at the warehouse that stores air conditioners on 31st Street, near 34th and 35th avenues, around 10:15 a.m., officials said. Each of the victims is expected…

Now that plans for the proposed LaGuardia AirTrain are officially dead, there are new ideas being floated to help get people to the Queens airport — a few by land, and even one by sea.

Alternative transportation proposals have included ferry service and increased bus service, News 4’s Andrew Siff reports.

A 7-year-old girl was killed after she was hit by an SUV whose driver allegedly failed to come to a complete stop at a Queens intersection, city officials say. The deadly collision claimed the life of Naadhun Dolma, who lived a few houses down from the intersection where she died following the Friday night incident, the city’s Department of...

NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

Mayhem broke out on a Queens street when a speeding SUV careened down a sidewalk and plowed into fruit stand, leaving a woman injured — though it could have been much worse.

Halloween is right around the corner, and a scary trend is popping up for one Queens resident: Her spooky decorations — a staple in the neighborhood — are being vandalized, with hundreds of dollars in damage reported so far.

Gus Rosendale reports on the vandalism of Halloween decorations in Queens.

The 34-year-old Queens man accused of stabbing a veteran EMS captain, 9/11 first responder and mother more than 20 times in an unprovoked sidewalk attack not far from the Astoria stationhouse she served for decades was arraigned Thursday on a two-count grand jury indictment charging him with murder and weapons possession, prosecutors say. Peter Zisopoulos faced a judge virtually from…

Funeral services were held Wednesday for Alison Russo, an FDNY EMS Lieutenant that was stabbed and killed in a random attack, Greg Cergol reports.

The father of Alison Russo, the 61-year-old veteran FDNY EMS member who was stabbed to death in a gruesome act of random violence on a Queens sidewalk last week, says he saw the surveillance video of her killing.

Alison Russo was a 9/11 first responder who went on to answer more than 25,000 911 calls for the city of New York.

Alison Russo was a 9/11 first responder who went on to answer more than 25,000 911 calls for the city of New York with EMS — and she was stabbed more than 20 times on the sidewalk by a stranger in an unprovoked attack last week not far from the Astoria stationhouse where she served for decades.

Hundreds of first responders and other officials gathered on Long Island to honor the woman who was killed on the street of Queens while grabbing a bite to eat. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

Grief and heartache were on full display outside of a Queens EMS stationhouse, as New York City paid tribute to a 9/11 first responder who was killed in a senseless and gruesome act of violence on an Astoria sidewalk.