By Bill Parry Hundreds gathered at Doughboy Park at 56th St. and 39th Dr. to take part in a candlelight vigil to honor the fallen on 9/11. Ed Bergendahl of the Woodside Civic Association put the event together for the second year in a row.…
A man on a BMX bike approached a woman, smacked her in the face and told her he would keep beating her if she failed to perform a sex act. The incident occurred on Saturday, August 25, at 3:30 am, in the vicinity of 39th Ave.…
By Bill Parry Woodside’s Jay Radner created a running club in the winter of 2009 and today that local group is 280-members strong. Twice a week members of the “Woodside-Sunnyside Runners” meet up at Windmuller Park for a serious run. However,…
Time is running out on Yasko Takeno-Williams’ dream of opening the Sunnyside Performing Arts Studio on 43rd Ave. Last month, Takeno-Williams entered into a lease to establish the school at 43-20 43rd Avenue, which would offer yoga, theater, ballet and dance classes primarily for children.…
A Mid Sunnyside Night’s Dream from GEB on Vimeo. Enjoy the work of Sunnyside resident George Burles.…
Many Sunnyside and Woodside children who attend elementary school on the Northern side of Queens Blvd may no longer be spending their middle school years at IS 125. Officials are in preliminary discussions about sending children who complete PS 150 (40-01 43 Avenue) and PS11 (54-25 Skillman Ave.) to a brand new school located at 1-50 51st Avenue in Long Island City.…
A car was struck broadside and pushed into a Sunnyside grocery store on 43rd Ave. last night. According to eyewitnesses, one of the vehicles was speeding along 42nd Street, went through a red light and hit the other vehicle traveling east on 43rd Avenue. …
. Sunnyside No Longer Needs an Introduction! By Swain Weiner Sunnyside has spent most of its history in relative obscurity—viewed for years as just another mundane, middle-income Queens neighborhood. However, in the past decade Sunnyside has shed that stereotype. Today it is better known as being a vibrant,…
By Kim Brown Reiner An event featuring vintage cartoons, live music and pizza will be held at Sunnyside Gardens Park later this month. The event — to be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 6:30pm — has been organized by two Sunnyside women who formed “Flicks in the Garden” last year,…
By Bill Parry Yeti of Hieizan, a Nepalese/Japanese restaurant located at 43-16 Queens Blvd, is no longer in operation. The restaurant closed last week and has already been replaced by Malingo, which offers similar cuisine. The new restaurant is owned by Naren and Ravi Gurung.…