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Surveillance video captures Astoria, Queens crash that left 3 dead
Three people are dead after a car slammed into a food truck in Astoria, Queens. It happened at 42nd Street near 19th Avenue just after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Police say the driver of a Toyota Corolla was traveling northbound on 42nd Street and struck two men who were standing near a food truck.
3 dead after car crashes into coffee truck, pedestrians in Astoria
ASTORIA, Queens (WABC) -- Three people are dead after a car crashed into a coffee truck in Astoria, Queens, and two men standing by it on Tuesday morning. The crash happened on 19th Avenue and 42nd Street just after 8:30 a.m.
3 dead after car crashes into Queens food cart customers
A tragic accident in Astoria, Queens involved a 2010 Corolla that struck two pedestrians and collided with a Volvo while attempting to avoid a U-turn, resulting in their deaths. FOX 5 NY's Lisa Evers has reaction from family and police.
Car crashes into food truck in Queens, 3 people dead
It happened on Monday at 19th Avenue and 42nd Street in Astoria. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin heard from a man who narrowly escaped tragedy, and the brother of a victim.
Carnage in Queens: Senior driver killed with two other men in crash near food cart had stroke weeks before wreck
The senior driver who lost control of his vehicle in a horrific crash Queens on Tuesday that killed him and two other men had suffered a stroke weeks earlier, and never should have been on the road, sources familiar with the case told amNewYork.
2 pedestrians, driver, 84, killed after car crashed into food truck in Queens
Two pedestrians, including a 70-year-old man, and a driver died after a car crashed into a food truck in Queens Tuesday morning, police said. The accident happened near 42nd Street and 19th Avenue in Astoria at around 8:35 a.

3 people killed in Queens coffee cart crash, police say

A deadly car crash involving a food truck in Queens killed at least three people Monday morning, according to the NYPD.
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'It was a rough scene': 3 killed in Queens multi-car crash, police say

An eyewitness said a car sped through a stop sign at over 60 mph before hitting a food truck, calling the scene a “big mess ...
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UPDATE: Speeding Senior Driver Kills Self and Two Pedestrians in Astoria, Pols Call for 20 MPH Limit

The Queens crash is another reminder that speed kills — and that the city has the power to lower its speed limit.

Elderly NYC motorist kills 2, himself after speeding through intersection, straight into food truck: ‘It happened so fast’

Someone screamed really loudly, and I just had stepped back, like right up to the sidewalk,” shaken food-truck worker Giancarlo Caruso told The Post.
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2 pedestrians and driver die in Astoria crash, NYPD says

Emergency medical workers took the Corolla driver and 70-year-old pedestrian to Elmhurst Hospital, where they were both ...

Bike lane plan in Queens halted by court

A plan to bring a new bike lane to Queens was temporarily blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Wednesday. A New York judge ...
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Starr Whitehouse redesigns Astoria’s East River edge with Halletts Point Esplanade

The Halletts Point Waterfront Esplanade in Astoria, Queens, has opened to the public. Designed by Starr Whitehouse in ...

Zohran Mamdani’s rent-stabilized NYC apartment could face ethics watchdog probe

The state ethics watchdog agency received a complaint urging a probe into how Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani ...
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NYC's Astoria in Queens Is One of the World's Coolest Neighborhoods ...

Astoria was recently named one of the 10 coolest neighborhoods in the world for 2019 by Time Out. The neighborhood is located in the New York City borough of Queens, close to other popular areas ...

New 58,000-Square-Foot Waterfront Esplanade Opens In Queens: See Here

The article New 58,000-Square-Foot Waterfront Esplanade Opens In Queens: See Here appeared first on Queens Patch. QUEENS, NY — A new publicly accessible waterfront esplanade is now open in Astoria, ...