A 21-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint near 35th Avenue and 92nd Street in Jackson Heights early on Saturday, October 3, with police saying an unidentified attacker crept up behind her, displayed a firearm, and forced her to hand over roughly $2,800 in jewelry before running off on foot. The NYPD says the robbery happened at approximately 1:27 a.m., just one block north of 34th Avenue, known locally as Paseo Park.
Attacker Fled North on 92nd Street
According to NYPD Crime Stoppers
, the suspect approached the victim from behind before displaying the weapon and forcibly taking her jewelry. Police say the individual then fled northbound on 92nd Street. The stretch of 35th Avenue sits within the jurisdiction of the NYPD's 115th Precinct, which is headquartered at 92-15 Northern Boulevard and covers Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, and North Corona, per
the NYPD
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The location places the crime scene just steps from 34th Avenue, a 1.3-mile open-street pedestrian corridor that the city established in 2020 and has since designated for permanent parkland conversion, according to a Wikipedia entry on the neighborhood. The corridor is heavily used by Jackson Heights residents for community recreation, making the late-night robbery's proximity to the popular public space especially unsettling for neighbors.
Legal Stakes and Reward for Tips
Under New York Penal Law, forcibly stealing property while displaying an actual firearm constitutes Robbery in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony that carries a mandatory state prison sentence of five to 25 years upon conviction, according to legal guidance published by New York Lawyers. The guidance describes first-degree robbery as a Class B violent felony.
NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.
Anonymous Tip Lines, Including Spanish-Language Option
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), submit a tip through the Crime Stoppers website, or reach out on X via @NYPDTips. The NYPD also lists a Spanish-language tip line, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Crime Stoppers says tips are strictly confidential.
The robbery adds to a string of recent violent incidents the 115th Precinct has had to contend with. A barricade incident at 85-05 35th Avenue, roughly seven blocks west of this robbery site, ended when 115th Precinct officers and Emergency Service Unit personnel took a barricaded suspect into custody without injuries following reported gunfire inside a residential building.
It remains an open question whether this gunman acted alone or is connected to a broader pattern of jewelry-targeted thefts in Queens. Detectives have not said whether surveillance footage from nearby residential buildings or businesses along 34th Avenue has turned up any leads. The robbery follows a recent barricade incident in the 115th Precinct that involved reported gunfire.
