By Bill Parry
A new supermarket is opening on Greenpoint Avenue at the location that was previously occupied by Foodtown. Foodtown, which operated at 41-25 Greenpoint Ave., closed in December following the store owner’s inability to renew the lease with Jamal Hammad,…
By Bill Parry
A first floor kitchen fire broke out inside an apartment building at 51-04 Skillman Ave. on Thursday night. When firefighters arrived on the scene the fire appeared fairly innocuous–until they noticed it was located near an old-fashioned dumbwaiter.…
The owner of April Glass has decided to close her store and leave the brick-and-mortar retail business for good. Patrice Lee, the owner, is currently holding a closing sale at her 43-20 40th Street location. Once the items—consisting of gifts, frames,…
Police are investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy who was found unconscious in the bathtub of his Woodside home Thursday evening. Authorities responding to a 911 call found Farhan Talukder in the tub– at 59-29 Queens Boulevard–at about 5:30 p.m.…
By Bill Parry
Construction of a new elementary school on 42nd Street in Sunnyside is about to begin, which public officials and parents say is desperately needed to combat school overcrowding. A ceremonial groundbreaking of PS 313 was held by local politicians and representatives of the School Construction Authority this morning.…
New details have emerged in the murder investigation of Lou Rispoli who was brutally attacked by three individuals outside a residential building at 41-00 43rd Avenue last October. Deputy Inspector Donald Powers, speaking at the police precinct meeting in Sunnyside last night,…
By Bill Parry
Four days after the police had released sketches identifying the likely perpetrators of Lou Rispoli’s murder, his widower was hitting the pavement asking the public if they could identify the suspects. Danyal Lawson, who was married to Rispoli,…
A great deal of work goes into the reporting and writing of the Sunnysidepost. Accuracy is important and so too is professionalism. Unfortunately some of that professionalism is being undermined by the comment section—where some readers are posting comments that are inappropriate and irrelevant to a particular story.…
By Bill Parry
The police are calling on the public to help identify two men who are believed to be involved in the murder of a man on 43rd Avenue last October. Lou Rispoli, a long-time Woodside resident, was murdered on October 20 when he was struck in the back of the head with an unknown object by three suspects at around 2:00 am at the corner of 41st Street and 43rd Ave.…
The New York City Planning Department is expected to make a slight modification to its zoning maps that would permit restaurant owners between 46th and 47th on Skillman Ave. to establish large sidewalk cafes. Presently, those businesses are only able to establish small sidewalk cafes.…