Elmhurst (Queens, New York)

NEW YORK (WPIX) -- A Queens man received his dying wish Thursday when his mother was granted a visa to leave her native Peru and come to New York to visit her son. Walter Vergara, 50, is dying from bone cancer and AIDS and wanted his mother Elizabeth...

A Long Island teenager is expected to recover from head wounds he suffered when a woman leaping to her death landed on him at a Queens mall. Derrick Munoz, an Amityville High School student, was on the first floor of the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst on...

Before you use this handy list to find a place to eat that won't leave you smelling of smoke, here are some things to keep in mind. This list doesn't contain every smoke-free restaurant in our area, only the ones that have contacted the state health...

Congressman Joseph Crowley was first elected to Congress in 1998 and is serving his fifth term representing New York's 7th Congressional District. The 7th district includes parts of the Bronx and Queens including the communities of Co-Op City, Soundview,...

QUEENS, N.Y. (WPIX) - A suspect has been arrested for causing a hit-and-run accident that left two pedestrians dead. The victims were identified as a teenager and a 20-year-old. The accident happened early Sunday at Elliott Avenue and 80th Street in...

When the hijackers slipped undetected through the security checkpoint at the Portland, Maine, airport at 5:45 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans had no clue of the horrors that were about to unfold that day -- or that the nation was about to enter a new...

As swine flu continued Tuesday to migrate through city schools and Rikers Island, city health officials said preliminary test results show a Queens toddler did not die of the virus. In a statement Tuesday night, the city health department said tests on...

Is toddler Jonathan Zamora New York's second Swine Flu victim? Right now city health officials say they don't know. What is known is that the 16 month old boy died at Elmhurst Hospital shortly after being brought to the Emergency Room last night with...

The New York City Health Department is investigating the death of a toddler who was taken to a hospital with flu-like symptoms. Department spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti said Tuesday the child was 16 months old. She said the agency does not discuss...

MASBETH, N.Y. ( WPIX) - A tragic car accident in Queens has claimed the lives of three young men. According to police, the victims were killed when their car, traveling westbound on Laurel Hill Boulevard in Masbeth, hit a concrete barrier around 10:30 p....

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