Sunday morning murder outside Ravenswood Houses

Jelan Moreira, 29, Ravenswood Houses resident and father of two young kids was shot to death around 5:20 a.m. Sunday on 21st Street by 35th Avenue, multiple news outlets report. 

“People are going to say, ‘He was a great guy.’ But he really was a great guy,” a neighbor told the New York Daily News. “He didn’t have a problem with anybody. He always had a smile on his face.”

A 17 year-old suspect was arrested. The New York Post reports one ran off. The News reports a second suspect was being questioned. 

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Seven story mixed-use building slated for deep Dutch Kills

A two story, two family home built in 1915 is slated to be demolished in way of a seven story mixed-use building at 33-10 38th Avenue, down near Astoria Seafood and the Paper Factory Hotel.  The building will have 20, most likely rental apartments, and some sort of community facility, New York YIMBY reported recently.