Some Howard Beach residents told The Post they longed for the halcyon days when a murderous gangster ruled the roost. “It was tough years ago, in the ’80s, when Mr. Gotti was the guy ...

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 ...

After a swan was recorded being stolen and shoved into a car in Charles Park last month, garnering the attention of people throughout Howard Beach, residents have kept demanding answers.Though ...

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.

HOWARD BEACH, Queens (WABC) -- The NYPD is crediting Karina Vetrano's fight for helping lead authorities to her suspected killer, while the suspect's father is speaking out and proclaiming his son ...

HOWARD BEACH, Queens (WABC) -- The NYPD released a sketch of a man seen leaving Spring Creek Park in Howard Beach, Queens, around the time a jogger was killed earlier this month.

HOWARD BEACH, N.Y. – Howard Beach is no stranger to murder, but this latest slaying — on Aug. 2 — has the whole town talking.

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 ...

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.

OP-ED contributor Jan. 19, 1987: The Roots of Howard Beach By EDWARD I. KOCH Sept. 25, 2010 Share full article ...