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Astoria Resident Pushed In Front Of Times Square Train Dies

By sonia | November 10, 2016 |

A woman died on Monday after being pushed onto the tracks of an oncoming No. 1 train at Times Square station. The woman, according to police was 49 year old Astoria resident Connie Watton. She had been standing on the downtown No. 1 platform at around 1:20PM on November the 7th when Melanie Liverpool-Turner, 30,…

Astoria Man Dies While ‘Subway Surfing’

By sonia | May 9, 2016 |

James Rubio, 24, of Astoria, tragically died on a the Coney Island bound F train early Friday when he slammed his head in a tunnel as he surfed the train. The Queens electrician fell between to cars after hitting his head. He lived with his friend and his freind's mother, Carol Magee, 54, in Astoria. Magee…

A Bloody End To A Bloody And Fiery Crime Spree

By sonia | March 7, 2016 |

It started at 11:30AM on Sunday, when 23 year old James Patrick Dillon ran into a 39-year-old woman on 36th Street near 28th Avenue. Dillon then proceeded to slash the victim on the back of the head and face before making his way from the scene. The woman was taken to Sinai Hospital, where she is in…