ASTORIA (WABC) -- A 5-year-old girl and a 23-year-old man were shot in Astoria, Queens Thursday.The girl was grazed in the ear with a bullet, while the man was shot in the leg. They were taken to separate hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
The shooting happened at 4-24 Astoria Boulevard just after 4:30 p.m.
No arrests have been made, and police are unsure of the motive for the incident.
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A real bad part of the neighborhood, not far from the infamous Astoria projects. Bloomberg and his cronies can't wait to build doorman buildings down there, we've been polled on this.
Wait to see what will happen to the rich lamby-pies when they drop them in among those wolves.
"A real bad part of the neighborhood, not far from the infamous Astoria projects."
Try "in the middle," if the address exists. Google doesn't know 4-24, though that could just be a reflection of Google's ignorance.
I have lived in Astoria for nearly 50 years. I notice that this address does not come up on mapquest either.
The way the streets are numbered here, this would be at the intersection of 4th street and Astoria Boulevard on the even side of the street, 12 houses from the East river (assuming no skipped addresses).
Could be an old house built near the projects and being eyed for tear-down from the Bloomberg administration.
I could check for you, it's minutes from where I live, but it would be worth my life.
The emigres from Manhattan have a lot in common with Star Trek, "They boldly go where no man has gone...
Who cares about some 5 year-old girl? I just read on Astorians.com about a marvy new Indian restaurant opening on that corner!
If she was a relative you would care..... Regardless of what she is a baby and them idiots should not have been shooting>>>>> Who cares about a new restaurant that no ones gonna go to anyway
Who cares about some 5 year-old girl? I just read on Astorians.com about a marvy new Indian restaurant opening on that corner!
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This was intended as sarcasm and irony.
FIRST OFF IDIOTS ITS AT THE CORNER OF 8TH STREET AND ASTORIA BLVD. WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF ASTORIA PROJECTS. fURTHERMORE YOU WOULD CARE IF IT WAS YOUR LOVED ONE BEING SHOT.NOT EVERYONE IN THE PROJECTS ARE CRIMINALS AND ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW.SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY WORK.
That's the beginning of the Astoria Projects as I've lived a block away for 25+ yrs. Yes, it can be violent, but there's violence everywhere. You're in NYC for god's sake. Crime happens everywhere. You're ignorant to think that it's safe in your yuppy neighborhoods.
In regards to the development in the area, it's a great thing. It will do the neighborhood some good & if the Bloomberg admin is pushing for it, then more power to him.
and the reports from the city that crime is down? what a shame that this happened. near astoria park you have the codos that went up and they opened the street is that where this address is? just trying to figure out which side of astoria blvd they're talking about.....
fURTHERMORE YOU WOULD CARE IF IT WAS YOUR LOVED ONE BEING SHOT.
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Hellooooooo, the comment you are were referring to was meant as sarcasm and irony!!!!!! And by the way, STOP YELLING, AND TAKE YOUR CAPS LOCK OFF!!!!
To the lady freaked out about the restaurant comment: There is a website called, astorians.com read by clueless morons from Manhattan.
The sarcastic poster was mocking their stupidity. No one really thinks any child's life is less valuable than any other's.
*I never knew my neighborhood was "infamous".
*People this is the real world violence is everywhere.
*No it's not by the condos by Astoria park it's at the beginning of Astoria Blvd on 8th street in Astoria projects. It does show on google map, take out the dash.
*For the record Astoria projects is nowhere near as bad as it was in the early to mid 90's crime here has definitely went down, and yes their are including myself hard working people in Astoria projects.
no one is knocking the projects and it's alot safer then queensboro houses. i think it's a damn shame a child got hurt and this mayor claims crime went down? hope the family is doing well. i know working families live there.
Many decent people live in all of the projects, including unemployed or welfare people who are moral and decent, the low income crippled and elderly and so forth.
Nonetheless, Astoria Projects is infamous in neighborhood and always has been.
I will walk past Queensbridge, but will not even go near the streets surrounding Astoria projects, and I am third generation in this neighborhood.
No one will make deliveries to this area, they get killed. The police blotter in the local paper lists crime after crime there every single night.
May God rest that little child and keep her family safe and strong, but it is high time to stop to slaughter of innocents in these projects.
Many tormentors and vicious people take advantage of the decent in all of these projects.
One day, I saw men from the Black Israelites, with a sound truck outside Queensbridge, berating the residents for hours and keeping the residents from any hope of sleep. Just the thing when you are working several jobs to get by and stagger home for a few hours.
What a shame we could not be like the Amish and cut off all social, emotional and practical help to these malefactors. They need a good shunning.
This is an area that the Vallones want to put a dozen 40 story towers ringing the projects all the way up to Shore Towers.
10 or 20,000 people served by one road.
The Mayor's Plan identifies this as one of five major areas primed for development in Queens.
And the cops do a good job, I always see them around the pj's but unfortunately they get yelled at by the criminals and papers of stopping people there. It's a catch 22 stop people who may have guns, drugs or knives, or face the wrath of the papers and perps.
And the cops do a good job, I always see them around the pj's but unfortunately they get yelled at by the criminals and papers of stopping people there. It's a catch 22 stop people who may have guns, drugs or knives and face the wrath of the papers and perps. Or do nothing and stay out of media trouble
There are camera's in and on every building in the projects so if a crime is comitted criminals are usually caught on camera. The man who was shot ran into the projects and a innocent child was hit (thankfully not seriously injured) and both man and child are okay. Unfortunately the shooter wasn't on the grounds of the projects, and it's highly doubtful that he was caught on camera. Since it happened in broad daylight hopefully the shooter will be found.
Also the police do a very good job but their not being scrutinized for catching the bad guys, because most criminals are gone to say they are innocent and did no wrong when they have the evidence in possession. But they are being scrutinized because they often stop innocent people whom are just walking down the street and have done nothing wrong. I've witnessed it happen quite a bit and it happens very offten.
if the cops are so good at their jobs why do i still fell like there was the justice for me and my kids back in sept me and my girls got jumped by kids the cops did nothing i had to run around all over the world with my broken ribs and still to this day these kids are still running around doing the same to other people and there family we are not the criminials we are the victims and we live in astoria houses
for all we know it could be the kids that jumped me and mine
HEY EVERYBODY LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE AQ PROJECTS AKA.ASTORIA PROJECTS.NOW YES IT IS SAD THAT THE 5 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS SHOT, BUT LET ME TELL YOU THAT THIS IS NOTHIN COMPARED TO WHEN IT WAS THE 80'S.NOW ASTORIA PROJECTS IN THE 80'S...WELL WE ALL KNOW THAT IT WAS THE CRACK ERA TIME YOU KNOW HOW MOMMY, DADDY, GRANDMA,GRANDPA,COUSINS,NEPHEW,NEICES WERE ALL ON THAT SHIT EVEN THE COPS THEM SELVES,DOCTORS,LAWYERS AND ANYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF EXCEPT GOD LOVE U JESUS.ANY WAY ASTORIA USED TO HAVE SHOOT OUTS ALMOST EVERYDAY THERE WERE SHOOT OUTS EVERYWHERE PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN GO OUTSIDE.NOW I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE ALL AROUND ASTORIA PROJECTS AND YES IT ISN'T SAFE BUT U MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT THIS HAPPEN WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE OUT THERE AIN'T GOT NO JOBS NO MONEY AND ALOT OF RACISM.BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY CULTURE'S.IT'S MIX WE ALL KNOW THAT ABOUT QUEENS.SO BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYIN I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT DERE BUT THAT'S JUST A EVERYDAY THING IN THE HOOD EVERY HOOD.HARLEM,BRONX,BROOKYLN,COMPTON LA,ATLANTA'S BANKHEAD SPEACIALLY ZONE 1.BUT I PRAY THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE IN THE HOOD.BUT YA WHITE PEOPLE MUST KNOW THAT THIS IS THE ...... G-H-E-T-T-O.SHIT LIKE DIS HAPPEN EVERYDAY AND ASTORIA IN THE 80'S AND 90'S SOMETIMES U COULDN'T EVEN WALK OUT DERE IT WAS LIKE THE SOUTH CENTRAL OF NEW YORK WELL IN EVERYHOOD IN NEW YORK IT WAS LIKE DAT. 80'S HELLO!!! I'VE BEEN ALL AROUND CERTAIN PROJECTS ANOTHER FAMOUS PROJECT WE ALL KNOW DIS ONE..... QUEENSBRIDGE PROJECTS I'VE RODE MY BIKE ALL AROUND DAT PROJECT AND AQ PROJECTS AT NITE AND EVEN TOOK THE BUS.BUT U MUST UNDERSTAND NIGGAZ JUST DON'T MESS WITH U FOR NO REASON.BUT ALOT OF THE TIME IT'S YOUNG NIGGAZ 12-17 DOIN SHIT LIKE THAT LIKE JUMPIN PEOPLE FOR NO REASON.WANT MY ADVICE IN ASTORIA... DON'T BEA SHOW OFF BE CAREFUL OF GANG COLORS RED OR BLUE U MIGHT GET APPROACHED. AND DON'T WOORY SO MUCH OF THE OLDER GUYS WHO'S LIKE 22 AND UP BUT THE YOUNG NIGGAZ THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE WILD SUM TIMES BUT ANYWAY I STICK WIT MY PEOPLE'S AQ PROJECTS IS NUMBER 1 BUT IM JUST GIVIN YA SUM ADVICE SPEACIALLY YA WHITE PEOPLE MEN IN PATICURALLY IIGHT SO DON'T FUCK WIT DA AQ OR ANY OTHER PEACE HOLLA I HOPE DAT GIRL GETS BETTER AND THE GUY. LORD BLESS THEM. AMEN !!! LORD JESUS CHRIST !!!
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