![]() ![]() Grand larcenies, meanwhile, were up to 1,400 so far this year compared to 828 tallied between January and November 2021, for a 69% increase.Ī high-ranking police source told The Post that the area “was struggling,” as workers and residents complained of increased attacks and palpable fear.Ī 74-year-old security guard at a Marshalls on College Point Boulevard - part of the Shops at SkyView mall - was assaulted in October by two thieves who pushed him inside the store and took his bag. NYC man stabbed to death during fight sparked by request for a cigarette ![]() The increase was especially pronounced over the past four weeks, with 30 robberies compared to 11 in the same 28-day period in 2021. New York City’s crime wave has seeped into a quiet pocket of Queens known for heavy foot traffic. ![]() The area has had to contend with 288 reported robberies for the first 11 months of 2022, an increase of 113% from the same time last year, according to NYPD statistics. The way how it is now - never,” she told The Post on Wednesday. Ortiz said she’s worked at the health and nutrition store for the last two decades, but that the number of robberies has gotten worse over the last two years. “I’ve lived in the area for 30 years and I never felt so unsafe.” It’s getting so bad,” said Monica Ortiz, the store manager at GNC on Flushing’s Main Street. The enclave of Flushing, covered by the NYPD’s 109th Precinct, has seen a shocking surge in robberies and grand larcenies that has left workers and business workers on edge. New York City’s crime wave has seeped into a quiet pocket of Queens known for bustling businesses and heavy foot traffic - with some locals telling The Post it’s the most unsafe they’ve felt in decades. Woman obsessed with crime shows, books killed ‘out of curiosity about murder’ MTA bus driver punched, doused with lighter fluid in NYC: cops Albany Dems exempt murder, serious felonies from amended ‘Clean Slate’ billīody of missing woman found on fire after going to make Facebook Marketplace purchase ![]()
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