Ebenezer Church is moving into the large 41-20 Queens Blvd space that was previously occupied by the Nakwon Reformed Church. Ebenezer Church, a Missionary Alliance Church that is currently located at 43-02 38th Street in LIC, has outgrown its present 250-seat building.…
Congressman Joe Crowley hosted a back-to-school drive with Woodside on the Move last Monday for hundreds of children attending summer camp at PS 11 in Woodside. Crowley visited students at PS11 and donated back-to-school supplies to over 300 campers, including notebooks,…
A Colombian restaurant opened three weeks ago at 40-12 Queens Blvd. taking the space that was previously occupied by the well-known Colombian bakery Trigo Y Café. La Hoguera Paisa is a 24/7 eatery that sells bread, cookies and other baked good at the front,…
A man was beaten up on Greenpoint Ave (45th Street). This video was posted on Youtube August. 11, 2012.…
by Pat Dorfman Chefs Kadir and Mustafa fed over 600 visitors Tuesday night at L/Cpl Thomas P. Noonan Park in Sunnyside, where the Turkish Cultural Center of Queens (TCC) set up a large tent to to celebrate the end of fasting for the month of the Islamic holiday Ramadan.…
By Bill Parry What do Shaquille O’Neal, Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna and Sting all have in common? They’re all true believers in gyrotonics, a workout that is said to provide stress relief, wellness and personal fitness. In Queens, there is only one studio dedicated to this growing discipline and it’s in Sunnyside,…
A vendor has set up a giant fruit stand underneath the 46th Street subway station and he has already drawn the attention of city agencies. The fruit stand, which is stacked six feet high—with two carts rammed together—was written up by two inspectors from the Department of Consumer Affairs on Sunday.…
Just days after benches were installed throughout Sunnyside, one of them was flattened. Last Tuesday night, a truck driver went around the corner by Ave Coffee House, located at 45-01 Greenpoint Ave, and knocked the bench out of the ground. At the same time,…
A Mexican steak house on 47th Avenue closed last month after being in business for about two years. Real Santa Fe Steak House, which was a fairly up-market Tex-Mex restaurant, sold T-bone steaks, Filet Mignon and Black Angus Steak for about $16 to $18.…
Neighborhood children flocked to the shopping area at 46th St. and Queens Blvd. on Saturday for an afternoon of arts and crafts. More than 200 children attended the Sunnyside Shines event where 30 tables were set up for kids to make jewelry,…