August 27, By Christian Murray
The Sunnyside community will be coming together on September 7 to co-name 41st Street and Queens Blvd after one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The street will be co-named Benjamin Wheeler Way,…
August 27, By Christian Murray
A New York City Correction Officer was arrested in Woodside Sunday morning for shooting his teenage son, according to police. The police said the incident took place around 4:30 a.m. at 39-21 57th Street,…
August 26, By Christian Murray
Demand to gain entry into free pre-K programs in New York City is fierce–and that is no different in Sunnyside. Last year, more than 300 applicants tried to gain entry into PS 150’s program—with only 76 seats available,…
August 25, Staff Report
Family Pharmacy, located at 45-60 43rd Street, was robbed earlier this month. A man entered the store at 11:40 am on August 13 displayed a firearm and stole an assortment of prescription drugs, according to police.…
August 25, Staff Report
Sunnyside and Woodside have provided the backdrop for many movies and TV Series in recent months. On Friday, CBS was filming Elementary (a crime drama loosely based on the story of Sherlock Homes, which stars Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu) on 50th Avenue and 42nd Street.…
August 23, Staff Report Further details have emerged as to the man who was arrested for trespassing in a courtyard between 46th and 47th Streets at around 4:00 am Tuesday morning. The man, who was picked up by the police just 50 feet from Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s Sunnyside Garden’s home,…
August 23, By Bill Parry
A short film will have its world premiere at the same Sunnyside Gardens bar where it was conceived and filmed during the summer. The Black Knights of Skillman, a gangster-fantasy, will debut at Flynn’s Garden Inn with three screenings on September 1st.…
August 20, By Christian Murray
The police arrested a man in Sunnyside Gardens Tuesday morning who is most likely responsible for a series of break ins in the landmarked district—including councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s house. The suspect was caught at 4:00am Tuesday morning in a courtyard between 46th and 47th Streets (btw.…
August 20, By Christian Murray
The Queens District Attorney’s office announced this afternoon that the Woodside man who was charged with starting a series of early-morning fires this past Sunday in Sunnyside Gardens faces up to 25 years in prison.…
A Sunnyside man was arrested and charged with setting five fires within a block of where he lives, police said Monday night. Devon Page, 22, was charged with five counts of arson in connection to four trash fires and the torching of a former city councilman’s SUV,…