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NYC man who ran through apartment building nude, masturbated in public and bashed walls with hammer finally evicted
A Queens man who traipsed the hallways of his Astoria building naked, masturbated in common areas and screamed threats through a megaphone, has finally been booted — to the relief...
Former NYC Rite Aid overrun by drunkards, migrants and human waste finally cleared out after Post exposé
Efforts continue at the fprmer Rite Aid to clean up the trash heaps and human waste left behind in the vacant building's parking lot.
Beloved NYC diner to close after 40 years of cherished memories
“Everybody’s sad about it,” said the Neptune’s manager Chris Maniatis. “People are coming to say their goodbyes.”
Top Queens official rips unruly scene at former site of Astoria Rite-Aid as 'completely unacceptable' — as neighbors lament chaos
State Sen. Michael Gianaris, Democratic deputy majority leader, said he’d already contacted the NYPD and the mayor’s office about the 25,000 square-foot abandoned building.
Former NYC Rite Aid is now overrun by booze-swilling vagrants, zonked-out junkies: 'F--king preposterous'
The building has been completely vacant since last September, when a long-running carpet-cleaning business that had been occupying an adjoining retail space moved to a new location in Woodside.
NYC ice cream truck explodes after Post report on company gouging customers, prompting conspiracy theories: 'This is a hit'
An ice cream truck exploded into flames in Astoria after The Post revealed one of the company’s vans had been hawking overpriced cones nearby.
NYC tenant makes life living hell for neighbors by running naked through hall, bashing walls with hammer
Alexandre Lais' bizarre antics include "constant" noise and nudity, one neighbor said.
Maniac bashes NYC bike shop worker with helmet before he's stabbed by another man and bites cop: wild video
Footage obtained by The Post captured the moment the brute – who appeared to have been yelling at the 28-year-old worker – suddenly walloped him over the head with the...
Two NYC swimmers seen cooling off inside public pool weeks before they are open for summer
New Yorkers aren't supposed to be able to cool off in any of the city's 91 pools until June 27, but two people defied city officials' expectations and the gates at...
‘De-whiting NY’: North Africans, Middle Easterners would lose 'white' status under state bill
A controversial bill being pushed by lefty legislators in Albany is trying to make the Empire State less “white,” critics say.
Pair of teens stabbed on NYC street, 14-year-old boy busted: cops
The 18-year-old victim was stabbed once in the back and the 16-year-old boy was knifed a single time in the right leg during the fracas in Astoria Heights, police said.
$43K raised for Queens mother beaten to a pulp while saving her teen daughter from hulking kidnapper
Alvarez suffered a dislocated shoulder, broken elbow, and fractured orbital socket fighting the alleged stalker who tried abducting her teen daughter.
Fearless NYC mom fights teen daughter's hulking alleged kidnapper down four flights of stairs: 'No one was taking my baby'
Astoria mom Adriana Alvarez fiercely fought off her daughter’s alleged stalker when he tried abducting the teen girl from inside their 43rd Street apartment building
NYC parents demand more zoned high schools to prioritize neighborhood students
Only 38% of high school applicants in the Big Apple have access to a school with a zoning guarantee or priority, according to the Citywide Council for High Schools.
'Sopranos' writers named this character after a local NYC pizza place
The writers of "The Sopranos" ate the pizza and pasta from Sac's Place so often that they named one of the series' key characters after its owners.
NYC bakeries have been swamped with orders for trendy 'burn away' cakes
These confections are totally fire.
Explosions, shaking on Roosevelt Island caused by Queens earthquake: officials
Authorities reported the 1.7 magnitude quake hitting under Astoria, Queens, a little before 6 a.m.
Residents baffled as trees found planted in middle of sidewalks all over Queens: 'Holy crap, it's real'
Astoria residents are baffled over four trees that were planted smack in the middle of the sidewalk on 29th Street, off of Broadway on Dec. 26.
Hit-and-run driver sends scooter rider flying into NYC corner store, victim in critical condition: wild video
Surveillance footage obtained by The Post shows the rider smashing into fruit stands outside the store and sparks flying as the scooter scrapes against the pavement.
Anti-Israel NYC teacher keeps up 'genocide' rants despite probe
"How do you sit comfortably rationalizing genocide?" the teacher concluded a lengthy comment last Saturday that blasted a parent in the District 30 Facebook page.