Some businesses move into a neighborhood quietly, while others, well, don’t. This week the Sunnyside branch of EZ Pawn is holding two grand opening parties. The first will be on Wednesday at 5:30 pm, where politicians and local business leaders have been invited. Lauren Kaminsky, whose father David Kaminsky owns the EZ Pawn chain, said Read More »
EZ Pawn, the controversial pawn shop located on the corner of 46th and Queens Blvd, was expected to open today [Monday], according to two workers. However, the opening has been delayed and David Kaminsky, the owner EZ Pawn Corp, was not immediately available for comment. (click on “EZ Pawn” TAG for previous coverage)
Patricia Dorfman, an active local resident who organized a petition calling on elected officials to stop the opening of a pawn shop (EZ Pawn) on the corner of 46th and Queens Blvd., finally met the owner of EZ Pawn this week. Dorfman, who wrote a story this week about the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce’s fall meeting for the Woodside Herald, reported that EZ Pawn’s CEO David Kaminsky Read More »
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan have won some concessions after entering into negotiations with the owner of EZ Pawn. However, they have not been able to “close” or “move the location” of the EZ Pawn branch. Hundreds of local residents have expressed their opposition to the opening of an EZ Pawn branch on the corner of 46th Read More »
A group of Sunnyside residents who are opposed to the opening of an EZ Pawn shop on the corner of 46th Street and Queens Blvd. face long odds that their battle will be won. In the past week, EZ Pawn has continued to remodel the store; its chief executive David Kaminsky has made it clear that Read More »
Three Sunnyside elected officials received a petition today asking them to block the opening of a pawn shop at the corner of 46th Street and Queens Blvd. The petition calls on Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and Congressman Joseph Crowley to help “close” or “move the location” of a proposed EZ Pawn Corp. Read More »
Jamaica E Z Pawn Corp, which has seven stores throughout the five boroughs, confirmed today it had signed a lease to establish a Pawn shop at the corner of 46th and Queens Blvd in Sunnyside. The manager, who did not provide his name, said the firm was in the midst of remodeling the store. Asked Read More »
A new tenant has been found to replace the owner of the bodega at the corner of 46th Street and Queens Blvd. A pawn shop, aptly called “EZ Pawn Shop”, is expected to open in September.
