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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

11 a.m. Assemblywoman Ellen Young announces Flushing affordable housing preservation initiative; 37-05 Parsons Blvd., Flushing.

Published by The New York Observer on August 22, 2008.

Performance varied widely. Students at Flushing High School, for example, took 69 more exams this year than last, and passed 44 more, but students at the High School for Arts and Business in Queens passed 10 fewer exams in 2008 than in 2007. Program organizers attributed some lower scores to the departure of veteran teachers in those subjects.

Published by New York Times on August 20, 2008.

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.

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.

"I'm very glad that it turned out so well," said Christopher Csou, 62, one of several Chinese-Americans watching the Summer Games yesterday in the Maxin Cafe.

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

HANDHELD FOOD Pita Joe (2 W. 14th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-627-7877) is scheduled to open today, serving kosher chicken schnitzel, falafel with organic hummus, and a variety of different lemonades. Erez Cohen, who also is the executive chef and owner of Delectica in Murray Hill, is in charge of the food.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Councilman John Liu, who represents Flushing, the city's largest Asian community, is irate.

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

As all of our farmers come from within 250 miles, our region’s climate means that over half of our markets close when local fields are covered in snow. Yes the Bronx Borough Hall Greenmarket ceases to operate after Thanksgiving, but so do markets in the Upper East Side, Carroll Gardens and Murray Hill.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

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.

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.

“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.

"I think she needs to focus on tax issues. I think education particularly in New York City is very critical," said Eliame Hughes of Murray Hill.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 4, 2008.

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.

These three disparate characters are part of a ragtag crew that cycles through the worn one-bedroom Murray Hill walk-up where Elizabeth Goodyear, who recently celebrated her 101st birthday, is confined, after two knee operations.

Published by New York Times on July 31, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A massive building explosion in Flushing, Queens has left dozens of people homeless.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 26, 2008.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Another ex-official of the union, Local 14 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, said he could not explain how one of his members, a mob-connected man, had come to get his city license many years earlier.

Published by New York Times on July 16, 2008.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.