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According to DA Richard Brown, A Flushing woman allegedly held two Korean children in her house as slaves for the past six years.

“The defendant lives on a quiet, tree-lined Queens street with neat brick veneer homes that offered no clues to the horrors that she allegedly made her two young victims endure beginning when they were nine and eleven in age,” said District Attorney Brown

She has been forcing them to do housework, give her massages, and work until 2 a.m. each night before going to sleep on the floor, the Queens District Attorney reported.

Park has been charged with labor trafficking, third-degree assault, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Over the six years the siblings were in Park’s captivity, they were regularly subject to physical abuse, according to the DA’s report:

Park routinely beat them by striking them with objects, slapping them, stepping on their legs and kicking them about the body for not obeying her orders, causing them to fear her…. In November 2015, Park allegedly scratched the female victim about the legs with a nail clipper, causing scratches and substantial pain, because the manicure and pedicure that the victim was giving her were not up to her standards.Two months later, on January 4, 2016, Park alleged became angry with the female victim and began kicking her on her leg, causing swelling and substantial pain, and the following day, Park became angry with her and cut off her hair and kicked her in the head, causing swelling and substantial pain.

 

 

Read the full release here.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is hosting an information session for Flushing to outline the health priorities of their neighborhood to city officials. The program is part of Take Care New York, a initiative to narrow the health gaps between New York City neighborhoods.

“In New York City health outcomes differ dramatically between communities – poor health outcomes cluster in places where resources and opportunities are limited,” a flier about the event reads.

The event is Wednesday, Jan. 13 from 6-8 p.m. at the Flushing Library Community Room, 41-17 Main St.

TCNY Event Flyer

On Sunday, January 10, the Queens Botanical Garden will be hosting a day filled with recycling events for everyone in the family.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be the 13th Annual Electronic Waste Recycling Event in conjunction with the Lower East Side Ecology Center. At the event, you can dispose of broken or unwanted gadgets.

The drop off location will be at the parking garden entrance at 42-81 Crommelin Avenue.

Children will also get the opportunity to learn about recycling at the Education building from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. In fact, kids will be able to create crafts out of recycled and repurposed items.

Flushing locals, your neighborhood may become Curbed’s best neighborhood of the year.

The annual competition held by the real estate site has underdog Flushing competing in the final round against Gowanus for 2015’s best neighborhood in the city.

Apparently, Flushing has beaten out neighborhoods such as the Financial District, Brooklyn Navy Yard and the West Village.

Some positives for Flushing includes a development boom while the neighborhood still retains its cultural identity. Personally speaking, with attractions such as Flushing Town Hall and the impeccable cuisine, it’s not hard to see why Flushing may win.

You have until tonight to vote for the best neighborhood, Flushing or Gowanus, right here.

Brian Taylor, 40, and Walter Roth, 34, were jumped by three gun-wielding thugs who tied them with duct tape, and stole their cash.

The two men had $500 cash, wallets, iPhones, and a gold bracelet worth $1,200 boosted from them, and then were thrown onto a pile of other men who were robbed and duct taped just as they were.

Roth, the father of two, and Taylor told cops that they were just there to answer a Craigslist ad for a hoverboard.

 

At 3:30AM Friday morning, a Porsche crashed into the back of a parked school bus, killing a woman in the passenger seat.

According to the NYPD, Kyung Song, 29, of Island Park, was traveling west on Sanford Avenue in Flushing when he crashed into a parked school bus parked outside elementary school P.S. 22.

Song’s female passenger died at the scene after sustaining severe bodily trauma. Song was taken to New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital for treatment and is being charged with a DWI.

 

The NYPD 114th Precinct is looking to identify a woman wanted for grand larceny in Flushing on Nov. 11.

According to police, the woman in the image is accused of entering Chase Bank at 39-01 Main Street and withdrawing $3,250 from a 75-year-old woman’s account. The suspect was reportedly able to withdraw the funds using a withdrawal slip and the victim’s personal information.

The victim lives within the confines of the 114th precinct.

Authorities are still searching for the two men who robbed a Flushing gas station last month.

According to police, the men entered the Mobil gas station located at 67-20 Main St. on Nov. 19 armed with a gun and demanded money.

The first suspect, described as a black male,  left on foot. The other suspect, a Hispanic male with tattoos on his left forearm and chest,  drove away in a red Jeep Grand Cherokee with an undetermined amount of cash and the victim’s cellphone.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS, or visit their website . All calls and messages are kept confidential.