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NYPD: Would-Be Rapist Attacks Woman Entering Her Building In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police on Saturday released jarring surveillance video they say shows a woman narrowly escaping a would-be rapist in Queens early Friday. The footage shows the alleged attacker...

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Florida Man Arrested In Connection To Attempted Rape Case

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police arrested a Florida man Saturday night they say is shown on surveillance video grabbing a woman from behind in Queens on Friday. Christopher Prusa, 34, of Port St. Lucie,...

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LIRR Riders Face Service Disruptions During Morning Rush Due To 2 Separate...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Long Island Rail Road riders continue to face delays Monday due to two separate incidents of people being struck by trains. Ronkonkoma branch service was suspended in both...

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Duane Reade Worker Shot In The Head In Robbery Gone Wrong; Gunman At Large

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A Duane Reade employee was shot in the head in what is being described as a robbery gone bad early Monday morning in Queens. It happened around 3:30 a.m. on Roosevelt Avenue on...

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Uncle, Nephew Arrested After Duane Reade Shooting, Robbery Spree

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Two people were arrested Tuesday after crime spree that left a Queens store manager badly hurt. An armed suspect targeted a Duane Reade on Roosevelt Avenue in the Woodside...

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Latest Reason LIRR Trains Are Delayed? Autumn Leaves Fell From Trees

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Long Island Rail Road riders are being crammed into fewer cars during rush hour, and it’s all because of wet leaves on the tracks. While nice to look at during the fall, leaves...

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Police: 20-Year-Old Woman Raped In Woodside, Queens; Man Wanted For Questioning

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are searching for a man accused of raping a woman Friday night in Queens. The 20-year-old victim had just gotten off a Q32 bus around 10:40 p.m. when the suspect followed...

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Arrest Made In Queens Rape Investigation After Woman Attacked Leaving Bus

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police have made an arrest in connection to the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Queens just after she got off an MTA bus on Friday night. On Monday night police arrested...

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Police Seek Suspect For Alleged Sexually Assaulting Girl On Subway

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are asking for help tracking down the man they say sexually assaulted a 9-year-old girl on the subway. Police say the incident happened last Thursday afternoon on the 7...

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Wooden Beam Plunges From Subway Platform, Pierces Rideshare SUV Windshield In...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A rideshare driver narrowly escaped serious injury as a terrifying scene played out in Woodside, Queens Thursday afternoon. Investigators say a wooden plank from the elevated 7...

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‘This Should Not Have Happened’: MTA Chief Sounds Off After Beam Plunges From...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The MTA has launched an investigation after subway debris smashed a driver’s windshield Thursday in Queens, narrowly missing the man. There are certainly a lot of questions and...

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Police: Burglars Hit 3 Homes In 1 Hour, Make Off With More Than $75K In Jewelry

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police believe a pair of thieves broke into three Queens homes in one hour, making off with more than $75,000 worth of jewelry. Between 7:15 and 7:45 p.m. on Feb. 8, the men...

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Pair Of Burglars Suspected Of Breaking Into 9 Homes In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police believe a pair of burglars have targeted at least nine homes in Queens since November. CBS2’s Janelle Burrell first reported on their burglary spree in Woodside last...

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Another Vehicle Struck By Falling Debris From Subway Station In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – For the second time in two weeks, a piece of debris fell from an elevated subway and crashed down on a vehicle below. The car was occupied and in motion at the time of the...

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For 3rd Time, Piece Of Debris Plunges From Elevated 7 Train Tracks Onto Car...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — In what’s become an alarmingly commonplace occurrence of late, a small piece of rusty metal plunged from the elevated 7 train track and crashed into a car in Queens on Friday....

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Power Restored At Queens Housing Complex After Nearly 12 Hours In The Dark

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Power was restored early Wednesday morning at a large housing complex in Woodside, Queens. The Big Six Towers on Queens Boulevard went dark around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday. The lights...

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Collision Sends MTA Bus Crashing Into 2 Queens Businesses

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It was chaos in Queens. Surveillance video captured the moment a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus crashed into two eateries, sending glass and chairs flying. The...

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LIRR Service Restored After Signal Trouble West Of Woodside Station Snarls...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Long Island Rail Road said signal trouble west of Woodside Station snarled service into Penn Station Wednesday morning. The LIRR is experiencing signal trouble west of...

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MTA To Install Netting Under 4 Elevated Subway Lines In Manhattan And Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There have been more debris dangers from elevated Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway tracks. Another car in Queens was recently damaged by falling metal. It happened...

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NYPD: Elderly Man Exposed Himself To 11-Year-Old Queens Girl

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD wants your help identifying an elderly man thy say exposed himself to an 11-year-old girl in Queens. It happened at 1 p.m. Saturday inside the Rite Aid Pharmacy at...

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Police Seek Man Accused Of Exposing Himself To Woman On Subway In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are trying to find a man who is wanted in connection to a public lewdness incident on the subway. It happened around 1:40 a.m. on Aug. 9 in Queens. A 23-year-old woman...

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‘It’s Over Now. He’s At Rest’: 75 Years After His Death, WWII Pilot’s Remains...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A special service was held Monday for a World War II pilot, killed in action decades ago. The remains of John McTigue were finally returned home, 75 years after his plane was...

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Woman, 49, Struck And Killed By Van In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A 49-year-old woman died after being struck by a van this morning in Queens. The crash happened around 8:45 a.m. near Roosevelt Avenue and 65th Place in the Woodside...

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Commuter Alert: Eastbound LIRR Trains Bypassing Woodside, Forest Hills & Kew...

WOODSIDE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Long Island Rail Road customers may need to make changes for their morning commute. Eastbound trains are bypassing Woodside, Forest Hills and Kew Gardens this morning...

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Female MTA Conductor Punched, Spit On In Unprovoked Attack

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are trying to track down a man accused of punching an MTA employee last month in Queens. The suspect allegedly struck the 39-year-old female conductor through a window on...

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Police: Bicycle-Riding Suspect Randomly Smashes Woman In Face With Hard Object

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are investigating a random, unprovoked attack against a woman in Queens. It happened around 11:20 a.m. Saturday on 68th Street between Roosevelt and 41st avenues in...

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1 Killed, 1 Injured In Queens House Fire

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — One person was killed in a house fire in Woodside, Queens, on Tuesday. One person was killed in a house fire in Woodside, Queens, on Feb. 4, 2020. (Credit: Citizen app) The fire...

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Coronavirus Update: 7 Cases Confirmed At 2 Catholic Churches In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – No place seems to be safe from the coronavirus. Seven new cases have been linked to a pair of Catholic churches in Queens. Closure signs are plastered all over Corpus Christi...

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The Dig Callback: At Ricas Pupusas & Mas, A Family’s Resilience Shines...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – On The Dig, CBS2’s Elle McLogan unearths gems in local food and culture. In one past episode, she visited Ricas Pupusas & Mas, a Salvadorian restaurant in Queens where three...

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10-Year-Old Girl Among 8 Hurt In Queens House Fire

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Eight people were rushed to the hospital early Friday morning, including a 10-year-old girl and four firefighters after a fire ripped through a home in Queens. All of them are...

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Police: 84-Year-Old Man Injured In Queens Robbery

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are trying to identify an individual wanted for questioning in connection to a Queens robbery that left a man injured. Police are trying to identify an individual wanted...

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MTA Bus Fatally Strikes Man On Bicycle In Woodside, Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An MTA bus struck and killed a 50-year-old bicyclist late Wednesday night in Woodside, Queens. The crash happened shortly before 11:30 p.m. near 32nd Avenue and 51st Street....

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Police: Random Bottle Attack On Jogger Being Investigated As A Hate Crime

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A random attack was caught on camera in Queens. (credit: NYPD) Video shows a woman tossing a glass bottle at a Black jogger. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating....

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Queens Boulevard Construction Goes Underground To Save Time And Eyesore

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A big infrastructure project is underway in Queens to help alleviate flooding problems. Crews are using advanced technology to complete one piece of it, with minimal...

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Wedding With Nearly 300 People Busted At Queens Venue, Chinatown Karaoke Bar...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The city is cracking down on large gatherings, hoping to stop the spread of growing COVID clusters. A wedding celebration in Queens was busted late Friday. The sheriff’s office...

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Newborn Twins Dakota and Dallis Bentley Found Dead In Queens, Mother In Custody

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A mother was taken into police custody Thursday after infant twins were found dead in her Queens apartment. The mother’s cousin told police the mother did not sound right when...

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Mother Danezja Kilpatrick Charged With Murder After Twins Dallis And Dakota...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD is trying to determine exactly what led to the murders of twin babies in Queens. Danezja Kilpatrick, their mother, is charged with murder, acting in a manner injurious...

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Police Investigating Vandalism, Tire Slashings In Queens Neighborhood

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Queens neighborhood has been targeted by vandals twice this month. Now, police are trying to find out who’s responsible. The NYPD says the vandals spray-painted symbols of...

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2 Wounded In Shooting Outside Gentleman’s Club In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Two people were shot outside a gentlemen’s club overnight in Queens. It happened shortly before 3 a.m. in the parking lot of Starlet’s Gentleman’s Club on 25th Avenue in...

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Man Shot In Stomach After Apparent Road Rage Incident In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An apparent road rage shooting in Queens left a driver in the hospital Thursday. It happened around 7:30 p.m. at Queens Boulevard and 65th Place in Woodside. Police say the...

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Ida Death Toll: More Than 3 Dozen People Killed When Flood Waters Sweep...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday changes are being made to the storm preparation playbook after the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused unprecedented and deadly floods. De Blasio...

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More Resources Made Available For New Yorkers Cleaning Up From Flooding,...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Clean-up continues across the Tri-State Area, including in New York City, where more resources have been made available for those affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida....

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New York City Opens Storm Service Centers In All 5 Boroughs To Assist Ida...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — As New York City recovers from Ida, new resources are available to help storm victims. The city has opened storm service centers in every borough. The centers opened Saturday,...

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President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration In Parts Of New York And...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It has been five days since the remnants of Hurricane Ida ripped through the Tri-State Area. Many are still cleaning up. On Monday, President Joe Biden signed a declaration to...

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Queens Residents Implore President Biden To Help With Long-Term Change To...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday saw first-hand the devastation left behind by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The president met with local lawmakers and homeowners who lost...

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Residents Displaced After SUV Smashes Into Queens Home; Charges Pending...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It was a very close call in Queens when an SUV smashed into a house, right near a resident’s bedroom, Monday. Officials said the home in Woodside may need to be demolished,...

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Storm Topples Large Tree Onto Car In Jackson Heights, Queens; Hollis...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Queens residents still picking up the pieces from Ida were anxious to avoid a repeat of that storm. Thankfully, most were spared Tuesday, but one man woke up to significant...

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Off-Duty NYPD Lieutenant Hospitalized, Suspect Dead After Shooting Outside...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An NYPD lieutenant is in critical condition Thursday after getting into a shootout, while off-duty, with a group of armed suspects in Queens. One suspect was shot during the...

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Sources: Man Arrested For Armed Robbery Attempt That Led To Shootout With...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A man has been arrested in connection to an armed robbery attempt that sent an off-duty NYPD lieutenant to the hospital with gunshot wounds, police sources told CBS2 Friday....

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NYPD Release Video Of Person Of Interest In Shooting Of Off-Duty Lieutenant...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There’s an update on a shootout involving an off-duty police lieutenant outside a Queens nightclub. The NYPD has released new video of a man they’re calling a “person of...

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