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NYC man charged with fraud in staged car crash captured by viral dashcam TikTok
Prosecutors say the 28-year-old Brooklyn man was in a car whose driver cut off another car in Queens on Oct. 16 and then intentionally backed into the vehicle.
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Armed duo shoot Queens retailer in both legs in apparent Rolex robbery
A 40-year-old working at a Queens cellphone store was shot three times Friday evening in an apparent armed robbery. Police said two armed men fled on a scooter after firing multiple rounds in the Top-in-Town Wireless store on Steinway Street in Astoria. Kunwarjee Singh was inside the store around 6:45 p.m. when the armed duo made their move. Singh was…
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Queens businesses shaken by shootings
At least one person was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. News 4’s Chris Jose reports.
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SUV explosion seen on video rocks Queens neighborhood
In a wild scene caught on camera in Ozone Park, an SUV suddenly exploded while parked on the street, with the blast so intense that several other cars and homes were damaged. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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Dramatic video captures SUV explosion in Queens
No injuries were reported. Surveillance footage shows the moment of the blast.
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Van explosion rocks Queens neighborhood
NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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NYC man charged for staging crash in insurance fraud scheme caught on dash cam: DA
A Brooklyn man is facing a litany of charges for allegedly staging a car crash as part of an insurance fraud scheme by cutting off another driver on the Belt Parkway, forcing the driver to stop and then reversing into the victim’s car — an incident that was caught on the victim’s dash cam and soon became a viral...
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Dramatic video captures SUV explosion in Queens neighborhood
Authorities are investigating the explosion of an SUV in Queens Friday as an accident. According to fire officials and a law enforcement source, an unoccupied vehicle parked on 133rd Street near 131st Avenue with a propane tank in the trunk exploded just before 7 a.m. Friday. No one was inside the vehicle at the time and no injuries were reported….
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Work van explodes in Queens neighborhood
Video posted to the Citizen app showed a heavy emergency response, as bystanders stood behind caution tape to watch the scene unfold. The van that exploded was completely destroyed.
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Crews fixing water and gas service line break in Queens
Gaby Acevedo reporting on crews fixing a water and gas service line break in Queens.
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Some Queens poll sites faced ballot scanner issues. Here's how to report a problem at a poll site
Issues with scanners at some Queens poll sites were reported on Election Day after multiple attempts were required to scan a ballot, according to the NYC Board of Elections.
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Election security and voter confidence ahead of Election Day 2024
By now, most voters have chosen their candidate. But how confident are you in the integrity of the electoral process? Since the Jan. 6th riots at the Capitol, there have been countless claims of election meddling. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.
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2 people killed after fire in Queens ‘problem' house
Fire officials said a man and a woman were found dead inside the attached garage. News 4’s Brittany Miller reports.
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Prostitution crackdown in Queens
News 4’s Marc Santia reports.
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13-year-old girl dies, another badly hurt in Queens subway surfing tragedy
A 13-year-old girl is dead, another teenager critically injured after police say the two were subway surfing in Queens. Authorities responding to a call about people hit by a train at 111th Street shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday found the two girls. They had apparently fallen between two cars while subway surfing on a southbound No. 7 train and were…
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Teenage girl killed, another badly hurt in subway surfing incident
It happened at 111th Street in Queens.
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NYC burglary suspect kills woman on bicycle while fleeing police
A burglary suspect trying to elude police in Queens hit a young woman on her bicycle, killing her, before abandoning the car with two other suspects and running away, authorities say. According to the NYPD, cops tried to stop the pick-up truck near 34th Avenue and 37th Street in Astoria and the driver sped off. It was around 11 p.m….
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Woman killed in hit-and-run as burglary suspects flee
It happened in Astoria. Tracie Strahan reports.
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LaGuardia named best U.S. airport by Forbes travel guide
One of New York City’s airports was just named the best in the country — a little more than a decade after it was blasted by the then-vice president as looking like it belonged in a “third-world country.”
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Queens haunted house facing lawsuits over alleged injuries from safety hazards
The NYC Department of Buildings shut down a haunted house in Hollis earlier in October, citing unsafe conditions. But on Friday, it got the green light to reopen, which is not sitting well with some visitors who claim they were seriously injured inside. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.