By Bill Parry The Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce is awarding this year’s Luke Adams Sunnysider of the Year award to Father Brian Dowd, Pastor of Queen of Angels Catholic Church. The Chamber selects one person each year for the award—which is named after Luke Adams,…
American Idol is coming to Sunnyside. No, not this season’s version with Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban. Instead, the one located at 47-02 Greenpoint Ave. held by Bliss Street Station, a local pub/restaurant. Branded “Bliss Street Idol”, the bar will be holding its fifth annual Karaoke competition.…
The owners of 19 neighborhood restaurants will be gathering in one hall next Monday to provide tasty samples from their menus—in what is dubbed the “Taste of Sunnyside 3.” The event is expected to draw several hundred attendees, all of whom will be able to nibble on a variety of different cuisines,…
By Bill Parry More than a hundred people turned out on Saturday for the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the boxers who fought at the Sunnyside Garden Arena that stood at the corner of Queens Blvd. and 45th St until 1977,…
About 40 residents, with pets in tow, attended this year’s “Blessing of the Animals” event at All Saints Church on 46th Street on Saturday. The attendees all brought dogs– with the exception of one woman who had a cat and a 7-year-old boy who brought his hamster (called Shadow).…
By Viola Gad When Mark Wilensky sat in L/CP Thomas P Noonan Park in the summer of 2009, he saw hundreds of children crammed on to the basketball courts. He asked his friend what these kids do come winter. When he got the answer: “Nothing,” he decided something had to change.…
Update: Oct 5. Starting tonight, the No. 7 train’s weekend service between Queensboro Plaza and Manhattan is going to be down for five weekends. Between the hours of Friday 11:45 pm and Monday at 5:00 am, there will be no service between Times Sq-42 St and Queensboro Plaza (in either direction) on the following weekends: October 6-8,…
The Blessing of the Animals will take place at All Saints Episcopal Church in Sunnyside on Saturday. Last year, about 25 families went to the church, located at 43-12 46th Street, accompanied by their pets. “In the past there have been dogs,…
The annual Sunnyside Gardens Park Oktoberfest is taking place Saturday and children throughout the area will be treated to a range of activities– from pumpkin decorating to face painting. “This year we are expecting between 2,000 and 2500 attendees,” said Ty Sullivan,…
By Bill Parry Sunnyside’s Irish community was stunned to learn of the death of Paul O’Shaughnessy over the weekend. The 44 year old, who lived on 44th Street, took his own life on Friday night, leaving behind his wife, Susan, and four children aged from six to 16 years.…