Category Archive for General NewsPink Icing, the bakery that opened earlier this month at 44-13 Queens Blvd., is no longer affiliated with Juan Arache from the Sugar Room. The bakery, which was Arache’s concept, was run as a partnership between Arache and Raul Jimenez, who has been a baker for about two decades. However, the two men had a Read More »
The Sunnyside toddler who fell from the second story, 13 foot balcony at his 43rdStreet home Thursday night is recovering at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Eighteen-month-old Sunnysider Kyle Fairbanks, who suffered a fractured skull and went into cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital, has successfully made it through surgery. However, the Read More »
It was spring-cleaning time on the south side of Queens Blvd. on Saturday. About 60 people, led by councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, assembled at Thomas P. Noonan Playground (43rd Street and Greenpoint Ave.) at 12 pm to clean up between 40th and 50th Streets on the south side of Queens Blvd. Most were dressed in Read More »
A man approached a 19-year-old female on 41street (by 43rd Ave.) from behind and then touched her private parts, according to police. The incident occurred on May 16th at 10:50 pm. NY1 Follow up, below: Police were searching Sunday for a man they say forcibly touched a 19-year-old woman late Wednesday in Sunnyside, Queens. The Read More »
By Kim Brown Reiner Now that she is 100, Sunnyside resident Ema Gheraszim-Mailath knows what is important: “stay in good health, love each other, be generous and be peaceful,” she said yesterday, at the apartment on 39th Place she shares with her daughter. Gheraszim-Mailath celebrated becoming a centenarian at Bucharest Restaurant on May 12 with Read More »
The police are searching for two suspects who are wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred on the border of Sunnyside and Woodside at about 7pm on Friday, May 11. The police said that two men approached a woman who was walking home, grabbed her around the neck and removed her iPhone before throwing Read More »
Daily News An 18-month-old baby boy was seriously injured Thursday night after taking a 13-foot fall off a second-story patio of a Sunnyside home, fire and police officials said. The infant made his way through a partially-open screen door in the back of the 43rd St. building in Sunnyside onto a balcony and scaled a Read More »
Queens Chronicle A bike share program will come to Queens this year after all. The banking giant Citi, also known as Citigroup or Citibank, will install 10,000 bikes and 600 dock stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island City. The bikes in the “Citi Bike” fleet will be branded with the bank’s name. Mayor Bloomberg, Read More »
Mr. Wonton Chinese Restaurant, located at 44-11 Queens Blvd, was shut down by the NYC Health Department on Tuesday,May 15. The restaurant was cited for the following: Sanitary Violations: Hot food item not held at or above 140º F.2 Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 Read More »
After remaining closed to new members for nearly four months, Sunnyside Gardens Park combed through its long wait list and accepted new families. Forty-one families on the wait list who live “in zone” have been invited to join, according to Park President Natalie O’Sullivan. As defined by the park’s constitution, “in zone” refers to people Read More »
The Sunnyside Post has introduced three FREE features for readers to take advantage of: 1) The EVENTS CALENDAR. This calendar allows residents to submit an online- form and list their own community events. This page can be used by local community groups, schools, bars/restaurants to residents holding yard sales. 2) A REAL ESTATE Ads: This Read More »
Click on image for NY1 video From NY1 Soondooboo, boiling mini-cauldrons of spicy, silky soft tofu stew, is the specialty at Natural Tofu Restaurant — a busy, inexpensive, Korean spot in Sunnyside, Queens, complete with kitschy, village-like interiors. Six varieties of tofu stews are available here from vegetarian, to kimchi, to intestine. I recommend their Read More »
Last year, Sunnyside Shines, the business improvement group, held an event dubbed “Jazz Cartoons in the Park.” The cartoon showing, which was held free-of-charge at Thomas Noonan Playground (47th Ave. and 43rd St.) was part of the annual jazz festival that led up to the highly-touted Bix Biederbecke concert, which has been held in Sunnyside Read More »
