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New Restaurant ‘Dumplings & Things’ Opens Sunday

Feb. 13, By Christian Murray

A new restaurant offering Chinese dumplings is opening on 46th Street this Sunday.

Dumplings & Things, located near the Sunnyside Arch at 45-26 46th Street, will be offering five types of Chinese dumplings as well as a variety of noodles,…

Church on Skillman Avenue Sells for $4 million

Feb. 12, 2014

A Sunnyside Church located at 40-05 Skillman Avenue has sold for $4 million, according to public records.

Moak Yang Presbyterian Church, which moved to the location in 1992, sold the property to Elmhurst-based Eunhasu Corp. on Jan.…

De Blasio’s Sunnyside Yards Plan Might Result in 70,000 Units Being Built on Top of Tracks

Feb. 12, By Christian Murray

Seventy thousand units might need to be constructed over Sunnyside Yards if the Mayor’s plan to build 11,250 affordable units over the tracks is to be realized.

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer told members of the Hunters Point Civic Association on Tuesday that 70,000 to 80,000 units might need to be built in order to attract developers to construct the affordable units.…

Winners of Hunters Point South Lottery Are Starting to be Notified

Feb. 11, By Christian Murray

Some of the winners of the Hunters Point South affordable housing lottery have been notified and have been called in for an interview, according to the New York Housing Preservation & Development.

HPD said that the tenant selection process is well on its way and that interview letters will be distributed in rounds until all the units are filled.…

Modell’s to Open Sunnyside/LIC Store Thursday

Feb. 11, Staff Report

Modell’s Sporting Goods is opening a new store on the border of Sunnyside and Long Island City.

The official address is 3500 48th Street, located in the same mall area as Petland Discounts and National Wholesale Liquidators.…

Man Arrested for Public Lewdness, After ‘Manipulating Himself’ on R Train

Feb. 10, Staff Report

A man who allegedly “manipulated himself” on the R train near Queensboro Plaza has been arrested.

Wilmer Busto, a 33-year-old Hispanic man who resides at 31-47 51 Street, has been charged with public lewdness.

The police allege that Busto put his hands in his pants and started to manipulate himself after coming into contact with a 47-year-old woman while sitting on the train.…

FBI Nabs Woodside Bank Robber

Feb. 10, By Christian Murray

The photo of the suspect who allegedly robbed the Chase Bank in Woodside on Jan. 17 was very clear and it was only a matter of time before he was nabbed.

The alleged perpetrator Joseph Ramacca was caught in Millfinville,…

Winter time in Sunnyside, care of George Burles

Sunnyside, Feb. 10

This is local resident George Burles’ take on winter in Sunnyside. The video takes shots from the winters of 2014 and 2015.

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Sunnyside’s Radio Shack is Not Closing–at Least in the Short Term

Feb. 9, By Christian Murray

The Radio Shack stores located in western Queens are not closing—at least in the short term;

As part of Radio Shack’s filing for bankruptcy, it announced that it would close about 1,800 of its 4000 stores by March 31.…