A beloved playground in Howard Beach is set for a major transformation thanks to a multi-million-dollar capital investment.

Howard Beach residents hope moonlighting cops will deter shoplifters. Gregory P. Mango. Inserillo, who is also chief of staff for Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park), said residents “work ...

Howard Beach’s Walter Ward Playground, at 89th Street and 160th Avenue, is set to receive $4.5 million in improvements thanks ...

NEW YORK -- A woman whose body was found in a Howard Beach park after she vanished during an afternoon jog was strangled, the medical examiner said Wednesday. Karina Vetrano, 30, of Queens, left ...

Howard Beach remains almost as racially homogenous as it was 25 years ago. The 2010 census reflected that almost 77 percent of Howard Beach residents are white, while only 2 percent are black.

HOWARD BEACH, N.Y. – Howard Beach is no stranger to murder, but this latest slaying — on Aug. 2 — has the whole town talking. The victim was Karina Vetrano, 30, a self-described ...

Howard Beach residents said "they were unhappy with the convictions and many viewed the beatings as a simple scuffle--one in which race was not involved, and the severity of which did not warrant the ...

He is being held without bail after his arraignment in the Howard Beach slaying. Her body was found on Aug. 2 amid the weeds in a marshy park not far from her Queens home. 1 of 25.

Philip and Cathie Vetrano, parents of Karina Vetrano ,30, speak to the press in front of their house in Howard Beach 164-30 84th street on August 7, 2016.

By now, the Howard Beach story is well known: three black men walking in a white neighborhood were set upon by a gang of white teenagers.Shouting racial epithets, the gang chased and assaulted the ...

HOWARD BEACH, Queens (WABC) -- Police have increased the reward and released a poster seeking information about a woman whose body was found in a Howard Beach park Tuesday after she vanished ...