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Flushing
Serena Powers Her Way Into Open Final
Not much later Friday, Williams tried again to say "Sorry," except this time both players were standing up at the net after the American wrapped up a 6-3, 6-2 victory. Now Williams can take aim at a third championship at Flushing Meadows and ninth Grand Slam title overall.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 5, 2008.
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Flushing
Police: Man fatally stabs his roommate
A Flushing man fatally stabbed his roommate in a rage of terror, and then called 911 and calmly waited for police to arrive.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 5, 2008.
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Flushing
NYPD: Man Stabbed, Killed By Roommate
A man was stabbed to death in Flushing, Queens early Friday, and police said the attacker and victim were roommates.
Published by WNBC on September 5, 2008.
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Flushing
U.S. Open Worker Charged With Making Bomb Threats
Mehmet M. Kadayifci, 19, of Elmhurst, made the threats while working early Wednesday morning at the U.S. Tennis Association's fire command center in Flushing Meadows where he was supposed to be monitoring surveillance cameras for signs of fire, said
Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.
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College Point
'Don't kill me,' mom begged ex before slay
Penafiel, 25, slashed the single mom of a 3-year-old girl multiple times in the head and neck at her cousin's College Point apartment on Aug. 23, prosecutors said.
Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.
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Flushing
Welcome to the David Dinkins Circle
Yesterday, the city named the entryway outside the tennis campus in Flushing, "The David Dinkins Circle." The entryway is that unremarkable circular promenade that's beyond the 7 train stop in Flushing, a bit beyond the boardwalk, that leads you either to the Open, or the Flushing Meadows Park.
Published by The New York Observer on September 3, 2008.
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College Point
College Point: A Manse With a Past
THE large red-brick house known as Schleicher’s Court, which stands atop a hill in College Point, Queens, has been around a long time. It was there long before many of the nearby aluminum-sided houses were built, and even before the neighborhood had streets.
Published by New York Times on August 30, 2008.
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Flushing
Citizens Union Makes Its 'Preferences' Own
The group also supports State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, a Queens Democrat, who is facing a primary challenge from Robert Schwartz, a retired business owner. Ms. Stavisky was first elected to the Senate in 1999 in a district that includes Flushing, Fresh Meadows and Rego Park.
Published by New York Times on August 29, 2008.
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Flushing
Man Arrested In Cab Drivers Robberies
Paul Newman, 32, is allegedly part of a team of robbers who would choke and place guns at the heads of cab drivers in Astoria and Flushing, demanding money and, in three instances, stealing the cabs.
Published by New York Sun on August 29, 2008.
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Flushing
NYPD On The Hunt For 'Bling Bandit'
The bandit is also a suspect in two robberies in July of Chase branches in St. Albans and Flushing, both in Queens.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 28, 2008.
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Flushing
'Bling Bandit' Sought In 7 Bank Robberies
Nassau police have declined to reveal how much money he has stolen in order to discourage copycats. The bandit is also a suspect in two robberies in July of Chase branches in St. Albans and Flushing, both in Queens.
Published by WNBC on August 28, 2008.
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College Point
Suspected killer arrested in Texas
Police say he is the ex-boyfriend of 21-year-old Ebony Garcia, who was repeatedly stabbed in her College Point apartment over the weekend.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 27, 2008.
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College Point
Suspect in Queens slaying stopped near Mexican border
The alleged killer of a Queens woman whose cries for help went unanswered as she left her bloody handprints on two apartment doors Saturday in College Point was apprehended Tuesday in Brownsville, Texas -- just 100 yards from the Mexican border.
Published by amNY.com on August 27, 2008.
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College Point
Police seek ex-beau in Queens stab slay
Ebony Garcia, 21, had arrived at her cousin's condo in College Point just before 2 a.m. when she was ambushed by the knife-wielding ex-con, police and witnesses said.
Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.
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College Point
Mom Stabbed 12 Times; Police Seek Ex-Boyfriend
Witnesses said Ebony Garcia, 21, screamed for help for more than a half hour before neighbors called the police.Police found her lying in a pool of blood at about 2:10 a.m. Saturday in College Point. She was stabbed about a dozen times and died two hours later at a local hospital.
Published by WNBC on August 24, 2008.
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College Point
Manhunt on for suspected killer in Queens
Investigators say 25-year-old Segundo Penafiel killed 21-year-old Ebony Garcia Saturday inside a College Point apartment.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 24, 2008.
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Flushing
Terror suspect letter fury
The Flushing, Queens, man was extradited from London last year after being accused of providing Al Qaeda terrorists with cash and military supplies to wage jihad against U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Published by New York Daily News on August 19, 2008.
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Flushing
Local Chinese bask in glow of Games
Flushing construction worker Raymond Chen, sitting in the Chinese cafe, said he plans to root for the Baltimore native while revisiting his family heritage.
Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.
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Flushing
Spain's hoops team drawing China's ire
Councilman John Liu, who represents Flushing, the city's largest Asian community, is irate.
Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.
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Queens
Congressional Candidate Barred From Ballot
The New York State Board of Elections has ruled that Jun Policarpio, a Queens congressional candidate accused of forging petition signatures, will not be allowed on the Republican ballot.
Published by New York Sun on August 8, 2008.
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Flushing
'Six Flags' commercials get thumbs down
The commercials are certainly obnoxious, but not racist, said Democratic City Councilman John Liu, who represents Flushing, a neighborhood with a large Asian population.
Published by amNY.com on August 5, 2008.
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Flushing
New York Hospitals Create Outcry in Foreign Deal
“The Albert Einstein students did the exact same thing that we did,” Ms. Golia said of her stint at Flushing Hospital Medical Center last year. “We were standing next to each other on ward rounds, presenting patients together at clinic and presenting cases to each other. We had the same supervisors.”
Published by New York Times on August 5, 2008.
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College Point
Largest Willets Pt. relocation deal hits snag
The Economic Development Corp. has run into problems with the site in College Point where it planned to relocate Sambucci Bros. Inc. Salvage, an auto parts business that sprawls across 52,000 square feet, according to one of the salvage yard’s owners.
Published by Crain's New York Business on August 4, 2008.
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Flushing
Residents displaced by explosion want answers
Residents in Queens are growing more and more frustrated each day they are shut out of their building. Last week, an explosion at the building in Flushing damaged dozens of apartments. Since then, many people haven't been allowed back in, even to get their medicines.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 30, 2008.
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Flushing
Reading New York: A Fair, a Law and the Urban Walker
My own loss of innocence, though, was probably more attributable to the good times I enjoyed with various high school and college girlfriends during what must have been a dozen visits to Flushing Meadows over the next two years.
Published by New York Times on July 27, 2008.
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Flushing
Daly: Heads, it's Con Ed; tails, it's the landlord
Deserved or no, the mere mention of Con Ed elicits scowls and muttered curses, as if the two syllables constituted a distillation of overcharging and arrogance, not to mention blackouts, steam pipe blasts and now a gas explosion at an apartment building in Flushing.
Published by New York Daily News on July 27, 2008.
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Flushing
Dozens Homeless After Queens Building Explosion
A massive building explosion in Flushing, Queens has left dozens of people homeless.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 26, 2008.
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Flushing
Victims of Queens explosion left homeless in 'storm of glass'
"We are homeless now," said her husband, Arun Sachdeva, who detailed his wife's sleepless night. The family's apartment was one of 37 still vacant as the investigation into Friday's explosion in Flushing continued.
Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.
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Flushing
Gas Explosion Injures 17 in a Queens Building
The explosion sent flames shooting into surrounding apartments and spread devastation, prompting the evacuation of scores of Flushing residents.
Published by New York Times on July 26, 2008.
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Flushing
17 injured in Queens building explosion
Yet tenants of the Flushing building said they were not surprised when the 4:30 p.m. explosion sent air conditioners tumbling into the courtyard below and shattered windows four stories above.
Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.
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Flushing
At least five injured in Queens fire, explosion
The Fire Department says it has not confirmed reports of an explosion at the scene. Debris from the apartments can be seen on fire escapes and around the building in the Flushing neighborhood.
Published by New York Daily News on July 25, 2008.
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Flushing
Big showdown for Mets at Shea
The Phillies won't leave Flushing tied with the Mets atop the NL East. That much is for sure.
Published by New York Daily News on July 22, 2008.
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Flushing
BOUNCE TOT REBOUNDS
Cindy Riveros, 14 months old, bounced off a large rubber ball in the outdoor basement stairwell of her Flushing, Queens, home Wednesday night, her parents said.
Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.
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Flushing
Baby Falls 4 Stories Out Window In Queens
Police said no criminality was involved. The accident happened at about 6 p.m. Wednesday when Cindy fell from a bedroom window, which apparently had no guards, in Flushing. It was not clear whether the lack of window guards was because the landlord failed to put them up or the family removed them, according to the Post.
Published by WNBC on July 17, 2008.
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Flushing
'BOUNCING' BABY SAVED IN PLUNGE
Cindy Riveros tumbled at 6:03 p.m. from the third-story bedroom window of 134-36 57th St. in Flushing.
Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.
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Flushing
AN 'I' FOR AN 'I'
At the Fifth Avenue Apple store, air-conditioning repair man Matthew Lichtman, 21 of Flushing - who had been camped out since 3 p.m. - said he "gave up happy hour tonight and a gorgeous date for the iPhone."
Published by New York Post on July 11, 2008.
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Queens CB 7
Another Willets Point Rally As Ferrer Joins Anti-Bloomberg Crowd
According to a release from the Willets Point Industry and Realty Association, Mr. Ferrer will join local Councilman Hiram Monserrate at the event, where the main Willets Point property owners' group will call for the ouster of the chairman of Queens Community Board 7.
Published by The New York Observer on July 9, 2008.
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Flushing
ABUSE DAD SENTENCED
A Flushing man convicted of shaking, biting and slapping his infant daughter - leaving her unable to stand - was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison.
Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.
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Flushing
Bondy: Nadal is the new king of England
Nadal might have run all the way to Flushing Meadows, if the U.S. Open started today instead of in August.
Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.
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Flushing
DROWNED KID A COP'S SON
Justine Almonte, who died after falling into the deep end of the pool at the home on 136th Street in Flushing on Friday, is the son of an officer in Brooklyn's 75th Precinct, sources said.
Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.
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Flushing
Boy drowns in Queens pool
Police say the boy was found unconscious in the pool on 136th Street in Flushing at 7 p.m. Friday.
Published by amNY.com on July 5, 2008.
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Flushing
Band of Sisters
Sixty years later, these beachheads remain in a few places like Flushing, Queens, where a handful of surviving British war brides meet monthly in a small British veterans hall, lunching on cold cuts and potato chips.
Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.
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Flushing
Community board backs Willets Point plan
The advisory vote by Queens Community Board 7 followed more than five hours of testimony and debate among board members, business owners, city and elected officials, affordable housing activists and union members in a jam-packed, sweltering community room in Flushing.
Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.
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127th and Seventh Avenue
'Studious, Religious' NYC Teen Caught In Crossfire
Allsbrooks was shot and killed around 2:30 Sunday morning on the corner of 127th and Seventh Avenue, as he and a group of friends walked home from a party. He was all of 15-years-old. Police have since said it was the case of a "truly good kid being gunned down.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 30, 2008.
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Flushing
Ocean Jewels' filet mignon and mangos
In this edition of Neighborhood Eats, we're taking you to Flushing, Queens for some dim sum. There's a little something for everyone, from the exotic to the flavorful
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 27, 2008.
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Flushing
Corruption tale roils cop-sex case in Queens
Ex-NYPD Officer Dennis Kim and his partner admitted accepting cash and sexual favors from a pimp in return for protecting a brothel in Flushing.
Published by New York Daily News on June 21, 2008.
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College Point
Stated Meeting: First Steps for Building Revisions
At its stated meeting Thursday, the City Council also, in an unprecedented move, rejected a land use application for a 100-unit development in College Point, Queens after the area’s representative left the meeting early.
Published by Gotham Gazette on June 16, 2008.
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Flushing
Dealers ‘weed’ each other out
The worker arrived at his place of business at 10 am, according to the police report, and deposited his wallet in a pair of knickers while he went to labor elsewhere in the building, which is between Flushing and Park avenues.
Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 13, 2008.
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Flushing
A veggie good solution
Other neighborhood activists have been pushing the city to construct a supermarket in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Flushing Avenue, but have run into opposition from preservationists who would rather save the historic and crumbling mansions known as Admirals’ Row, than raze them for a grocery.
Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 13, 2008.
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14th Avenue and 115th Street
Avella Rezonings Blocked
Application no. C 070175 ZSQ submitted by College Point Holdings I, LLC pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter for the grant of a special permit pursuant to Sections 78-351, 78-352 and 78-353 of the Zoning Resolution to facilitate the development of a 100-unit large-scale residential development located at the northwest corner of the intersection of 14th Avenue and 115th Street (Block 4035, Lot 1), in an R4 District.
Published by The New York Observer on June 12, 2008.