Wong, 56, made life a living hell for single dad San Martin, 39, from the moment he moved into her Elmhurst apartment building in February 2006.

Published by New York Daily News on September 21, 2008.

Even before the migration back to Poland began, the Polish community in Greenpoint was fracturing under the pressure of gentrification, which drove up property values. Young families, new immigrants and those of modest means have in turn settled in nascent Polish communities in the city, including Maspeth and Ridgewood in Queens, and Borough Park in Brooklyn, while others have moved out of the state.

Published by New York Times on September 21, 2008.

Miguel Rodriguez, 38, of Corona, Queens, landed on a sidewalk shed after falling about five stories when his movable support buckled at about 2 p.m.

Published by New York Daily News on September 12, 2008.

The Utes’ Imron Barakat had just delivered a 26-yard touchdown strike to Vincenzo Corona on a seam route to cut Kennedy’s lead to 16-14, and the Knights’ coaching staff was forced to plead to its defense for one final stop.

Published by Riverdale Press on September 11, 2008.

A copy of Sunday's Daily News front page - with a very pregnant Digna - was posted at the Tabernacle Church of Jesus Christ in Corona, where the Carpios are members.

Published by New York Daily News on September 8, 2008.

"Nobody was really outraged at the time because nobody was sick at the time," said the 73-year-old Middle Village, Queens, resident, who was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. He was the last of the three friends to be diagnosed with the disease.

Published by New York Daily News on September 6, 2008.

While on post at the fire command center, the Elmhurst, Queens, native wreaked havoc by using his personal laptop computer to send three online messages to the Web site GoAmerica.com, which uses a live operator to relay the typed missives over the phone, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 5, 2008.

Mahmet Kadayifci, 19, of Elmhurst, was working his midnight to 8 a.m. shift Tuesday at the United States Tennis Association's command center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park when he made the prank calls, authorities said.

Published by amNY.com on September 4, 2008.

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.

George Tutaya, 41, of Rego Park, used various eBay seller names - including beautiquest, bestfordivas shopforless2 - to allegedly peddle the 2,000 bras. The brassieres, which retail for $40 to $80, were snapped up by buyers for as little as $25.

Published by New York Post on September 3, 2008.

George Tutaya, 41, of Rego Park, sold over 2,000 hot bras online over the past two years - and had another 650 bras worth an additional $26,000 in his home when he was caught, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.

George Tutaya, 41, of Rego Park, sold over 2,000 hot bras online over the past two years - and had another 650 bras worth an additional $26,000 in his home when he was caught, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.

Dozens of heartbroken 4- and 5-year-olds were turned away from several jampacked elementary schools in Corona, Queens, and put on lengthy waiting lists or told to try back in a couple of weeks.

Published by New York Post on September 3, 2008.

Prosecutors say records recovered at Tutaya's home in the Rego Park neighborhood link him to the sale of more than 2,000 bras.

Published by amNY.com on September 2, 2008.

Philomena Gotti, the mother of the late John (Dapper Don) Gotti, was buried in a plot next to her husband, John Gotti Sr., at St. John's cemetery in Middle Village.

Published by New York Daily News on August 31, 2008.

New Lots: wonder what that’s like. Dyre Avenue? Sounds kind of grim. Middle Village — what is that, a jousting park? As it turns out, the end of the line, like most ends, is a place of abiding mystery.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 29, 2008.

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.

Police want to question Garcia's boyfriend, Segundo Penafiel, 25, of Corona, against whom she had obtained a restraining order.

Published by amNY.com on August 25, 2008.

On a routine ride-along in Jackson Heights, Queens, last week, Alvarado stumbled across a downed tree, potholes and walls covered in graffiti.

Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.

The first stop was Elmhurst, Queens, where a caller had reported that five pit bulls were caged in the back of a used-car lot.

Published by New York Times on August 23, 2008.

Jerry Antonacci, owner of Crown Container, says he reached an agreement earlier this week to sell his 23,000-square-foot parcel on 34th Avenue and move to Maspeth, Queens, should the city’s proposal pass successfully through the land-use process.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 22, 2008.

Benjamin Chao, 52, of Maspeth, felt the same way - and hoped the end of the Olympics would bring a new appreciation of China.

Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.

Two unidentified men had accused Harris of molesting them 20 years ago when he was a teacher at Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, an upper West Side high school.

Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.

It's tough to get a parking spot in Jackson Heights, Queens - unless you are City Councilwoman Helen Sears.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

But the breakfast was nowhere near the 15th State Senate District, which stretches from Ozone Park and Howard Beach to Glendale and Maspeth

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

In the robbery case, Chubalashvili and two pals allegedly attacked a pair of youngsters at a Rego Park playground.

Published by New York Daily News on August 7, 2008.

Lastly, a car was reported stolen from Morgan Avenue, between Withers Street and Maspeth Avenue at around 7:50 am on July 31. The owner was given some good news; that the 113th Precinct in neighboring Queens had found and towed the car. Of course, this came with some bad news: the car was found without wheels and tires, and it was running without keys.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 6, 2008.

The first two seasons of Ugly Betty which is set in Jackson Heights were taped in Los Angeles.

Published by New York Daily News on August 5, 2008.

If successful, he could prevent her from getting on the ballot, which would make him the de facto assemblyman in the heavily Democratic Jackson Heights district.

Published by The New York Observer on August 5, 2008.

Police raided Lynch's Middle Village home on Wednesday and discovered handguns, rifles, an AK-47 machine gun, a bulletproof vest, cocaine, heroin and marijuana.

Published by New York Daily News on August 2, 2008.

Amidst tears and T-shirts bearing the slogan of Jimenez's 10th Mountain Division, this son of Corona, Queens was driven through the streets he grew up on, passing those he knew.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 31, 2008.

Two days after they were seen at C.W. Post, Odierno's late-model Cadillac was recovered by the New York Police Department in Middle Village, Queens, after Odierno's wife activated the car's onboard OnStar tracking system, which pinpointed the car on Gates Avenue in the borough, Suffolk police said. The wife became worried after she hadn't heard from her husband, McCarthy said.

Published by amNY.com on July 30, 2008.

Mr. Dines, who for five years sold his meat at Greenmarkets in Jackson Heights in Queens; Cortelyou, Fort Greene and Greenpoint in Brooklyn; and Murray Hill, West 97th Street, Tompkins Square, TriBeCa and Union Square in Manhattan, admitted he had on occasion sold meat he had bought from others and has placed his animals in other farms or facilities to be raised.

Published by New York Times on July 30, 2008.

"What is so special about Brooklyn?? That's all we ever read about in this rag. Are you telling me the snotty (white) infants in Park Slope will be getting a better slice of life than the (brown/white/asian) kids in Astoria and Jackson Heights??" ["Brooklyn, The Borough: Growing Up New York"]

Published by The New York Observer on July 29, 2008.

86-11 Whitney Ave. Weiner, who exclusively represented the seller, David Greene, tells GlobeSt.com that this was a family-owned property and "the seller was retiring from the business." He notes that there were 25 offers and the buyer, Westchester investor, Wassermann LLC, was interested in the mint condition, as well as the location of the property. "This sale demonstrated that a good product will sell with a strong price in any economic environment," he says.

Published by GlobeSt on July 23, 2008.

Prosecutors had a number of prostitutes waiting in the courthouse to testify about being mistreated in the Corona brothels.

Published by amNY.com on July 23, 2008.

The women and girls were smuggled across the border and brought to two apartments in Corona, Queens, where two of Carreto's sons and another person forced the women -- through violence, sexual assault, threats and other methods of coercion -- to become prostitutes, prosecutors said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 23, 2008.

The women and girls were smuggled across the border and brought to two apartments in Corona, Queens, where two of Carreto's sons and another person forced the women -- through violence, sexual assault, threats and other methods of coercion -- to become prostitutes, prosecutors said. The women were compelled to turn over their earnings -- $25 to $35 for each sex act -- to various brothel owners and to the Carretos, prosecutors said.

Published by WNBC on July 23, 2008.

In a series of questions posed by the judge, Valencia, who was extradited from Mexico, admitted receiving more than $100,000 wired by her two sons, who were running the brothels in Corona, Queens.

Published by New York Daily News on July 23, 2008.

Eyewitness News has learned the NYPD is investigating an attempted abduction that allegedly took place on the J. train. Police say the victim got on the train at the Woodhaven Blvd stop.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 21, 2008.

"She was trying to help her," Armaza's mom, Rosa, told The Post yesterday from her home in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Published by New York Post on July 20, 2008.

The announcement was made at a block party Thursday night, thrown by the cast of ABC’s Ugly Betty in Jackson Heights, Queens, where production for the show has just moved. The party, attended by stars that included America Ferrera, and city officials that included Deputy Mayors Robert Lieber and Dennis Walcott, was intended to thank the community for hosting production.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 18, 2008.

"I'm grateful and satisfied that my son made that request, that he thought about his mother," said a weeping Maria Duran about Army Sgt. Alex Jimenez. She said an Army rep visited her Corona home to tell her the request was in his will.

Published by New York Post on July 12, 2008.

When he took his ticket to the Queens Mini Market, he ran into some bad luck. While a clerk gave him a jackpot receipt, Martinez lost the original ticket in the exchange.

Published by New York Daily News on July 10, 2008.

At a wake held for Montaño DeGimenez yesterday in Corona, more than 40 people filed in to pay their respects at a funeral home, including the boy's parents, Matthew and Rubian Foglia and Queens City Councilman Hiram Monserrate.

Published by amNY.com on July 9, 2008.

Cops said the man had just left a bar at about 4 a.m. when at least six people jumped him in Jackson Heights.

Published by New York Post on July 5, 2008.

"I been harassed so much, I'm selling my business," said Espinoza, owner of Delicias de Mi Tierra on 91st Place in Elmhurst.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

The 52-year-old victim claims Dennis Gallagher raped and assaulted her in a local bar last year. Gallagher pleaded guilty to a lesser sex-abuse charge and resigned in return for no jail time. But the victim said last night, "It's not enough. He got away with a ticket." Gallagher, a Republican from Middle Village, said he'd be vindicated.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.

On June 3, Jagmohan Singh Premi was injured after being punched in the face when another student intentionally attempted to remove his patka, a small turban, at Richmond Hill High School.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

The three undercover cops - Henry Tavarez, Steven Anderson and Alan Figueroa - could be hit with perjury, official misconduct and filing false documents charges stemming from the Jan. 4 incident inside Club Delicioso, sources said. Video footage from the Elmhurst club exonerated the four men arrested and contradicted the officers' claims that they had purchased two bags of cocaine from the quartet.

Published by New York Post on June 29, 2008.