March 5, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
The New York City Health Department has released its reports that led to the closing of two of Sunnyside’s better-known restaurants — namely Dazies and Skillman’s Famous Pizza & Coffee Shop.
The reports, which are available by clicking on each restaurant’s name on this page, are very different. Dazies’ violations appear to be quite minor, dealing with the temporature that some of the food was being kept at.
But the Health Dept. was particularly tough on Skillman’s Famous Pizza & Coffee Shop. It raised questions as to the general cleanliness of the establishment.
It is worth noting that it is rare for a restaurant to be closed by the health department. Those few restaurants that fail to pass (a score of 28 or more) are typically given time to rectify the matter. Please click on the following link petaining to Sunnyside restaurants.
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March 5, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is holding an “Open House” at his Sunnyside district office tomorrow (Saturday, March 6), from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Light refreshments will be offered.
The event will provide the public with an opportunity to visit Van Bramer’s office and meet his staff. It will be held at:
47-01 Queens Blvd, Suite 205
Sunnyside, NY 11104
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March 4, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Your Nabe
Taller buildings may be coming to Queens Boulevard as part of a proposed rezoning of Sunnyside and Woodside, but that would come in return for limited height for developments on residential side streets, city officials said.
John Young, Queens commissioner for the Department of City Planning, said 40 people came out to hear the preliminary details of the proposal at a meeting Feb. 24.
“What’s better with our newer tools is that everything is much more predictable,” he said in a telephone interview last Thursday. “The heights of buildings have maximum heights and the way buildings get placed on the lots is much more respectful.”
The proposed rezoning comprises 130 blocks of Sunnyside and Woodside bounded by 37th Avenue and the Sunnyside Yards to the north; the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and 72nd Street to the east; Woodside, Roosevelt and 47th avenues to the south; and 39th Street to the west. The area was last rezoned in 1961.
The new zoning would create a commercial corridor on the western end of Queens Boulevard that would allow buildings up to 12 stories high, but drastically reduce the maximum building size in Woodside’s residential areas.
The DCP will spend the next six months conducting studies on the environment and traffic in the area and meeting with Community Board 2 before reaching its final zoning recommendations, Young said.
For the rest of the story go to:
http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2010/03/04/queens/queensoqicwdz03032010.txt
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March 3, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
By Sabine Heinlein
Sabine Heinlein has established “The Sunnyside Sound Project” where she interviews someone in the neighborhood every week and records it.
This week, she has interviewed Dan Glasser from Stray Vintage. The passage below is her write up. Click on the following link for the podcast.
“You don’t have to spend a lot of money to do something creative and make it look nice,” says Dan Glasser, co-owner of Stray Vintage and gift store on Skillman Avenue. When he and his wife Tara decided to open Stray three years ago, they painted diamonds on the floor, gave the store a new paint coat and focused on the originality of the items they were going to sell.
Right now the couple adores vintage barware and modern Danish furniture but their taste as well as the store’s selection changes frequently. Next to clothes, jewelry, furniture, needlepoint art and vinyl, Stray sells self-made glass and mirror objects and T-shirts praising Sunnyside. (“The best neighborhood in world. Period,” Dan says.)
While Stray has been received very well, the traffic on Skillman Avenue during the week leaves a lot to be desired. Dan attributes this challenge to a hesitance of investors and a negligence of storeowners who fail to put love into their business. On the weekends, however, people come from all over New York to hunt for vintage goods at the store, which has been reviewed in the New York Times, the Queens Chronicle and am New York.
“You are buying something that has been owned. It has a history,” Dan says about his love for original vintage items. “That’s kind of nice.” In the podcast he talks about the couple’s “best days on the road,” their addiction to the hunt and one of their most remarkable finds: a 1958 pram in exquisite condition, “a Cadillac of a baby carriage.”
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March 3, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
NY DAILY NEWS
More than 400 angry bus and subway riders implored the MTA not to cut service, end free student MetroCards or impose tolls on Rockaway residents at a boisterous hearing in Queens last night.
Aleksander Roszentsuit, 17, a deaf high school student speaking with the assistance of a sign language interpreter, pleaded for the youth MetroCards to be saved.
“If you cut student MetroCards, it will create an imbalance in my family. My parents are having a hard time making ends meet. Please don’t make these cuts,” he said.
Dozens of Rockaway and Broad Channel residents – facing the end of their rebates for Cross Bay Bridge tolls – set the angry tone early.
They waved handmade signs and chanted “no more tolls” for several minutes as MTA board Chairman Jay Walderand other transit officials took their seats at the dais at the Sheraton LaGuardia East in Flushing.
Some express bus riders jumped in with “Save the X51,” a route on the chopping block.
Minutes later, a handful of students briefly chanted, “Students united will never be defeated.”
Jim Jagiello, 52, a retired messenger from Forest Hills, said rider safety would be jeopardized if station staffing were cut.
“This is not fair. This is egregious. This will not tolerated,” he said.
The transit representatives did not respond to the comments.
The MTA is grappling with state funding cuts and reduced tax revenues totaling approximately $750 million, officials have said. Cost-cutting plans also include:
- Eliminating 10 express bus routes, 11 weekday local routes and overnight service on 22 weekend routes.
- Extending waits for subway trains on half the lines during off-peak hours and weekends.
- Laying off up to 450 subway station agents and cutting approximately 680 administrative positions.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/03/2010-03-03_raucous_rally_vs_mta_cuts.html#ixzz0hAIaFHIz
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March 2, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
NYC Business Specializes In Plaques, Trophies For The People You Love To Hate
For Immediate Release (PRESS RELEASE)
New York, New York March 2, 2010 –
Your mother probably told you that when you can’t think of anything nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything at all; but one New York City business has been started to help those who don’t have anything nice to say to go ahead and say it anyway – with a plaque.
The Ugly Duckling Plaque Company was started by plaque, trophy and signage specialist JR Khalfan, who saw a need to offer people the chance to get some of those less-than-admiring messages across.
“I recently dealt with an unscrupulous used car dealer and I came upon the idea of starting a company to create plaques, trophies and other personalized items for anyone who wants to express their anger or frustration at people who’ve made their lives difficult in a way which gets the message across with humor.
“I have quite a few damaged, scratched and dented plaques, trophies and similar stock in my shop and I decided to start the Ugly Duckling Plaque Company to help people get the perfect gifts for as I put it, people who don’t deserve any better,” Khalfan explains.
In other words, don’t just get mad, get mad and send a plaque. The company offers a constantly changing selection of damaged plaques and trophies which can be engraved with the message of your choice. Need to gloat about your golf score? How about a broken golf trophy for a lower-scoring rival? As Khalfan notes, the Ugly Duckling Plaque Company’s gifts are ideal as gag gifts for friends as well as score-settling with those you just can’t get along with.
The company accommodates online orders; and customers in and near New York City can stop in at Ugly Duckling’s production facility in Woodside, Queens and choose their plaque in person. When you don’t care enough to send the best, it’s good to know that there’s one place you can turn – the Ugly Duckling Plaque Company.
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For more information about the Ugly Duckling Plaque Company, please visit: http://www.uglyducklingplaques.com
- Put your nasty message here
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March 2, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post
Skillman’s Famous Pizza & Coffee Shop has reopened after being closed by the New York City Health Department for a day.
The owner was not available to discuss what the problem was. The manager did not want to say why the diner closed.
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