The weather was ideal for two large fairs in Sunnyside on Saturday. Hundreds turned out for the Greenpoint Ave. Street festival yesterday, where food vendors were selling popular items such as Italian sausages/hotdogs—and there were several children’s activities on offer. These included a bouncy house,…
A Sunnyside woman was robbed Tuesday evening by a man who snatched her iPhone Tuesday evening and fled, according to police. The 38-year-old female was walking and talking on her iPhone at about 6:15 pm in Sunnyside Gardens when a man came up from behind her ripped it from her ear.…
The Sunnyside Woodside Boys & Girls Club held its 2nd annual “recognizing leaders” fundraiser on Saturday May 19, drawing a crowd of about 100 attendees. The club, which is expected to net about $6,000 from the event, honored four women who have working to improve the neighborhood for decades.…
Sunnyside Drugs, located at 39-51 Queens Blvd, has closed. Yesterday, the owners tied a red banner on both sides of the store that read: “Pharmacy Closed: All Prescriptions transferred to Rite Aid Pharmacy at 45-02 43rd Ave.” A middle-aged couple, who owned/managed the store,…
The Sunnyside Gardens Park Memorial Day Fair drew a crowd of nearly 2,000 attendees last year—with many lured to the event by its arts & crafts, barbeque food and plethora of children’s events. This year’s Memorial Day event will be held on Saturday,…
The Sunnyside Farmers Market will reopen on Saturday June 2nd and run every Saturday from 8am – 3pm through December 22, according to its organizers. The Sunnyside market, which is located on Skillman Ave (between 42nd and 43rd streets), is one of the more popular and successful greenmarkets in New York City.…
Pink Icing, the bakery that opened earlier this month at 44-13 Queens Blvd., is no longer affiliated with Juan Arache from the Sugar Room. The bakery, which was Arache’s concept, was run as a partnership between Arache and Raul Jimenez, who has been a baker for about two decades.…
The Sunnyside toddler who fell from the second story, 13 foot balcony at his 43rdStreet home Thursday night is recovering at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Eighteen-month-old Sunnysider Kyle Fairbanks, who suffered a fractured skull and went into cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital,…
It was spring-cleaning time on the south side of Queens Blvd. on Saturday. About 60 people, led by councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, assembled at Thomas P. Noonan Playground (43rd Street and Greenpoint Ave.) at 12 pm to clean up between 40th and 50th Streets on the south side of Queens Blvd.…
A man approached a 19-year-old female on 41street (by 43rd Ave.) from behind and then touched her private parts, according to police. The incident occurred on May 16th at 10:50 pm. NY1 Follow up, below: Police were searching Sunday for a man they say forcibly touched a 19-year-old woman late Wednesday in Sunnyside,…