r/longislandcity

Hi everyone,

I wanted to see if anyone saw this woman who attacked me or saw the attack. At around 6:05PM today, I was randomly attacked by a woman in front of the spot dessert on the corner of Jackson ave and Queens blvd. I was crossing the street as I had just got off the q60 and I was crossing with a group of other girls. She was staring straight at us or me and comes up directly to me and grabs my hair and starting pulling at my hair as if she wants to yank it. She had a grin like she was mad while she was doing it. I was in shock and just walked away very quickly. I called the police but they never showed up because it’s low priority. I would like to know if anyone saw the incident or had anything like this happen by this woman. She was around 5’3 - 5’4 and wearing a light gray hoodie and sweatpants rolled up to her knees with pink shoes. She was Hispanic and of light medium skin tone and dark hair but had her hood up. I don’t live in LIC but visit quite often and have never had this happen to me. Thanks in advance.

I’m working on a project photographing and writing about every neighborhood in New York City. Each week (more or less), I cover a different neighborhood, and this week it was Long Island City.

There was so much to see and write about that I split the neighborhood into two parts. This week covers (among other things)the reign of Patrick "Battle-Axe" Gleason, LIC's last mayor, and the so-called Murder of the Century where a German midwife and her boyfriend killed and dismembered her other boyfriend, then scattered the pieces around the city. Next week I'll cover the years after Long Island City was absorbed into Greater New York.

If anyone has suggestions for things I should cover next week, let me know!

My friends and I really want to dress up and hand out candy on Halloween! My street is more quiet but is there an area where people usually set up and hand out candy? Just a few gals who want to recreate our own childhood fun