Queens

A beloved and historic church in Queens caught fire just hours before Easter services, prompting its parishioners to find a new church to celebrate the Sunday festivities.

Investigators with the FDNY believe there was not a working smoke detector in the home to alert people of the fire.

Three people are dead after a house fire in Jamaica Estates. Fire officials say the fire started on the first floor of the home and quickly spread to the second floor and attic. 

A Queens church erupted in flames hours before Easter services, causing devastating damage to the historic building and many priceless artifacts inside. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

A woman died after she was hospitalized as a result of a cosmetic procedure that was performed by an unlicensed man working in his Queens home, according to police sources.

A man in his 60s is dead after a police shooting in Queens. The shooting happened just steps away from a busy subway station in Astoria. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

Police want to find a man they say raped a 50-year-old woman at knifepoint last week in a Queens neighborhood in the middle of the night. The man seen in surveillance images wearing a “Ghost Face” sweater from the “Scream” movies allegedly raped the woman in Jamaica around 3 a.m. Friday. The NYPD said the man grabbed her from behind…

NYPD officers shot and killed a man they say was armed with a 14-inch knife and acting erratically in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. News 4’s Gaby Acevedo is live on the scene with the late breaking news.

NYPD officers opened fire on a knife-wielding suspect in Queens just below the 30 Avenue subway station early Monday morning, according to police. Officers were responding to a call of a man with a knife around 6:20 a.m. at 30th Ave and 31st St in Astoria, the NYPD said. Police had received numerous calls of a man with a knife…

Sixty years later, a Long Island man is claiming he was switched at birth at a Queens hospital, and is now suing the hospital. He says his mom, dad and siblings are not his biologically speaking, and he has the DNA test to prove it. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Kevin McMahon was the third of four children, but he always felt like something was off. It wasn’t until a shocking discovery that the true reason behind his feelings became clear.

The New York Mets are returning to Queens Friday for their home opener weekend series against the Toronto Blue Jays following away games against the Houston Astros and the Miami Marlins that left the team with a 3-3 record. This year, hopes are high for the blue and orange after the blockbuster signing of Juan Soto for a record $765…

Tracie Strahan reports on the Mets set to host the Blue Jays in today’s home opener at Citi Field.

A brutal, hammer-wielding attacker accused of viciously beating a 57-year-old woman as she entered a Queens subway station and fracturing her skull was convicted on multiple charges for the disturbing 2022 incident, the district attorney said. William Blount was found guilty of first-degree assault, robbery and other charges following a six-week trial, Queens DA Melinda Katz said Thursday. He was…

A Queens man is accused of performing cosmetic procedures — such as Botox, fillers and even liposuction — inside his apartment and without a license. His alleged fly-by-night procedures landed at least one person in the hospital.

Two New York City police officers are charged with burglary and forcibly touching a sex worker while responding to a complaint of an illegal brothel.

Police say two men are wanted for hanging a noose from a water tower in Queens last week. The NYPD released photos of the incident last Tuesday, when two men allegedly climbed a tower on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights. It happened around 7:30 p.m. The men were later spotted walking down 83rd Street. Surveillance images were released by police…

Human remains found in a California riverbed 30 years ago have been identified as a New York City teenager who went missing in 1975. The partial skeletal remains were found off Highway 129, east of Rogge Lane in Santa Cruz, according to county officials. Ever since being discovered in 1995, the remains were not identified. In 2019, the case was…

Police said the teen was shot in the chest as he stepped off the bus in Jamaica, just a few blocks from his home as he was coming back from school. Police on Thursday released video of the suspect wanted in connection to the deadly shooting. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

A 16-year-old was shot and killed while getting off a bus in Queens Wednesday afternoon, according to police sources. Gunfire rang out just after 2 p.m. on Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, near 169th Street, police said. The teen was getting off a bus when he got into some kind of argument, and he was shot shortly after. The shooter was…