March 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Parents with children at PS 11 will stage a walkout this Wednesday, joining the thousands of national walkouts and events happening in the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. The symbolic walk out at PS 11, located at 54-25 Skillman Ave., will… Read more »
March 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are searching for a Woodside man who was reported missing yesterday. Kyoung Jin Kim, 74, was last seen on Saturday, March 10 at around 9:30 a.m. inside his home near 69th Street and Woodside Avenue, police say. Police describe Kim as Asian, 5 feet 6 inches tall, and… Read more »
Feb 28, 2018 By Staff Report The owners of Phyzique Fitness Club, located at 43-12 50th St., are about to mark the gym’s 27th anniversary and are celebrating by reducing their one year membership price for existing and new members. Nick Komporozos and Rich Bundy, the Woodside born-and-raised owners of the local gym, decided to roll… Read more »
March 6, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Queens Boulevard is set to undergo a major beautification project that will see a flourishing linear park along the median, changes to some slip lanes, and a Q60 bus line running through the median instead of the curb. The proposal, part of the city’s $101 million Great Streets project,… Read more »
March 5, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The city will install traffic signals right by P.S. 11 on Skillman Avenue in a move that comes after the school, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and other advocates demanded their installation last month. Two traffic signals will be up in front of the school at 54th Street and… Read more »
March 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A public meeting will take place in the coming days for the community to discuss the new homeless shelter on Van Dam Street that will occupy the current site of the Fairfield Inn by Marriott. The meeting will be held on March 15 at St. Raphael’s Church, located at… Read more »
March 2, 2018 By Christian Murray A fringe group of bicycle advocates who want protected bike lanes on 43rd and Skillman Avenues have stepped up the rhetoric, with one taking to twitter yesterday to intimidate Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer. Members of the group have been lashing out at Van Bramer in recent weeks for not… Read more »
March 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A pair of thieves stole $50 in cash from a bodega along Greenpoint Avenue weeks ago, the police announced last night. The two men broke the locks off the gates guarding Yogi Convenience, located at 41-11 Greenpoint Ave. at 2:49 a.m. on Feb. 1, police say. Once the pair… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The Woodside-Sunnyside Runners will be holding their annual Community Run for All this Sunday, right before the St. Pat’s for All Parade. The fourth annual run will take place from 12:30 p.m. until 1 p.m. on March 4, and begin at Skillman Avenue and 49th Street, with the route… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Young Israel of Sunnyside will be celebrating Purim this week in an event especially catered to adults with special needs. The private event will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the synagogue on 46th Street and 43rd Avenue, and will cater to about 10 adults with special needs from… Read more »