Van Bramer, Police Precinct to hold town hall meeting April 30
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One Queens community adopts block watches to decrease crime
Daily News A group of Rockaway residents are hoping to put a dent in crime the old-fashioned way — by keeping their eyes and ears open. About 30 people will be trained on Thursday to take part in a new pilot program as block watchers in the 100th Precinct. “This is the only precinct in Read More »
Armed robber forces local victims to make ATM withdrawals
A man has been targeting Sunnyside/Woodside residents by holding them at gunpoint and forcing them to withdraw funds from an ATM. The police said that there have been three incidents in the past two weeks and that they are seeking the public’s help in apprehending the perpetrator, who is believed to be a male Hispanic Read More »
Pols and parents calls on City to build annex at PS11
Parents, teachers and politicians held a press conference at PS11 on Friday calling on the School Construction Authority to build an annex to ease school overcrowding. PS 11, a Woodside elementary primary school located at 54-25 Skillman Ave., is projected to surpass 117 percent capacity in the 2012-2013 school year. In the past 20 years, Read More »
Skillman Ave. pub crawl draws big crowd
The second Skillman Ave. pub crawl took place on Saturday and it attracted a big crowd. “We had 160 registered attendees, up from 98 when the first event took place in January,” said Kevin Burke, a barman at the Kettle. The Kettle, located at 50-24 Skillman Ave., was the place where the “bar/restaurant hop” kicked Read More »
Burglary streak continues in Sunnyside Gardens
The Sunnyside Gardens crime wave continued Friday with a burglary on 39th Ave (49th Street) The police said that the perpetrator(s) broke into the house and made off with electronic items. A police report was filed on Friday, April 20, at noon. This burglary is just one of a series of incidents that has plagued Read More »
Homeowners unable to breathe, reports Queens Chronicle
Queens Chronicle Sunnyside residents are up in arms over fumes from auto body shops and a local refinery on 39th Street, which is already a concern to the 108th Precinct because of problems posed by double-parked cars queuing up for vehicle maintenance services. The businesses, all structurally connected on the same street, share a common Read More »
Queens big food event to include Sunnyside & Woodside restaurants
Several Sunnyside and Woodside restaurants will be participating next month in Queens Taste 2012, an annual food and beverage event. The event will take place at Citi Field’s Caesars Club on May 1 (details below) and will include roughly 20 Queens restaurants, several local bakers, as well as wine & beer producers. Attendees will be Read More »
Sunnyside Woodside Boys & Girls Club honoring leaders, raising funds
The Sunnyside Woodside Boys and Girls Club will hold its 2nd Annual Recognizing Leaders Fundraiser on Saturday, May 19 to help raise funds for its youth programs, as well as pay tribute to local leaders who continue to give their time to improve the district. “Leaders span several generations in Woodside and Sunnyside, and we Read More »
NY1 covers outrage over Pulse Fitness closure
Grandmother and granddaughter Roberta Gebhardt and Caitlin Mangan used to work out together at the Pulse gym in Sunnyside, Queens until one day when they couldn’t get in. “She came home and she said, ‘The gym is closed.’ And I said, ‘That’s impossible. I was just there.’ She said, ‘No there’s a big sign on Read More »
Pub Crawl on Skillman Ave. this Saturday
A group of restaurant and bar owners along Skillman Ave. is hosting a pub crawl next Saturday. The establishments that are participating in the event are: the Copper Kettle, Aubergine Café, The Brogue, Murphy’s Bar, Quaint, Flynn’s Garden Inn, Claret, and The Dog and Duck. This will be the second “bar/restaurant hop” put on by Read More »
Two local Catholic schools to close in June
Crains NY In little more than two months, St. Raphael School in Long Island City, Queens, will close, and a new chapter will begin for the 160 students, from nursery school to eighth grade, who must find alternatives, as well as for the neighborhood that the school has served for the past half century. “If Read More »
New Neighborhood Pharmacy closes
New Neighborhood Pharmacy is typically closed on Saturdays since the owner observes the Jewish Sabbath. However, today the store’s front gate was down for another reason. New Neighborhood Pharmacy, located at 45-12 Greenpoint Ave., has closed for good. Most of the items that had been in the store had been removed, leaving little more than the bare floor. A Read More »
Owner of Mario’s Italian Restaurant to appear on ‘Sweet Genius’
The owner of Mario’s Restaurant, an Italian eatery located at 43-04 47th Ave., will be appearing on Sweet Genius, the dessert-based competition that pits four of America’s leading pastry chefs against one another through three rounds of challenges critiqued and judged by Ron Ben-Israel, executive chef and owner of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes in New York Read More »
