Sept. 12, Staff Report
A small Korean restaurant will be opening in Sunnyside next month across the street from the Butcher Block.
The restaurant, to be called Mamma Casa, will be located at 43-43 41 Street, where Anise Fusion,…
Sept. 11, By Christian Murray
Residents of Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City will soon have a direct say on how $1 million in city funds will be spent in the district.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who each year allocates city funds toward local parks,…
Sept. 11, By Christian Murray
Ciaran Staunton, a well-known civic leader and owner of the gastropub Molly Blooms, is selling the establishment to two experienced operators who have no plans to make any changes.
Staunton, who opened the bar in 2011,…
Sept. 10, By Jackie Strawbridge
The first day of public school yesterday marked the opening of a new elementary school in Woodside.
P.S. 361, or the Woodside Community School, is located at 39-07 57th St. About 100 Kindergarten and pre-K students started class yesterday,…
Sept. 10, Staff Report
Four people were injured when a minivan crashed into a building on Queens Blvd in Woodside this morning.
The vehicle jumped the curb by 65th Place at 9:20 am and plowed into the side of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Neurological &…
Sept. 9, By Christian Murray
Fed up with cigarette butts, poop bags and beer cans strewn all over the tree pit near his store, Skillman Pets (49-16 Skillman Avenue) owner Abdel Rios decided it was time to clean up the eyesore.…
Sept 8, By Jackie Strawbridge
Though the Parks Department oversees about 29,000 acres of public land not all of this space is easily accessible to all.
A recent WNYC report brought park space inequity to light, by collecting data on per capita park space,…
Sept. 6, Staff Report
Two men allegedly drove their car into a man outside a Woodside nightclub, grabbed the victim’s money while he lay on the ground and then drove off, according to police.
The incident occurred outside Medusa Lounge,…
Sept. 3, By Christian Murray
A restaurant is opening on 48th Avenue next month that will focus on selling Central Mexican sandwiches—known as cemitas.
The establishment, aptly named Cemita’s, is located at 45-14 48th Ave. and its owner aims for the restaurant to be a destination where local people can eat and hang out for a drink.…
Sept. 2, By Jackie Strawbridge
The majority of New York City’s worst-condition subway stations are in Queens, a new report from the Citizens Budget Commission has found.
The CBC, a New York finance-oriented nonprofit, released a report Wednesday that examines both the quality of subway stations citywide and the MTA’s system for repairing them.…