Guard your wheels. There have been three incidents throughout the area where car owners have discovered their vehicles without rims and wheels. The latest incident (see photo) occurred on 47th St and 39th Ave in Sunnyside Gardens on Feb. 15, 2012.…
A man entered Chase Bank at 47-11 Queens Blvd on Tuesday and demanded cash. The police said that the man, described as a black male, presented the teller with a note at 2:55 pm and asked for money. According to one source,…
99c Fresh Pizza opened on Tuesday selling pies and slices at discount prices. The pizzeria, located at 41-10 49th Street, is selling 18” pies for $8.00 ($2.00 extra per topping) and a slice for 99c (plus 50 cents per topping). It offers free delivery (718-507-9099).…
The former proprietor of Bliss Bistro is opening Tapenade, a casual French restaurant located at 44-07 Queens Blvd, on Thursday. Alim Maruf, with his business partner Abu Khan, will be marking the restaurant’s grand opening by offering free drinks and hors d’oeuvres from 12pm through 10pm.…
The police arrested a man on Thursday who allegedly murdered a Berkeley Towers resident in October. Raymond Epps, 55, strangled Wayne Graves in his 11th floor apartment at 52-40 39th Drive, according to police. Graves, 62, was found dead in his bathtub on Oct.…
The long-awaited bakery on Queens Blvd, at the former location of Sonali Cuisine, will open during the first week of March. The bakery, to be called Pink Icing, will be located at 44-12 Queens Blvd. It will be owned by Juan Arache,…
The Sunnyside United Neighborhood Network (SUNN), best known for cleaning up graffiti across a large chunk of the neighborhood, is scaling back its operations. SUNN will no longer be holding its spring and fall cleanups, which used to attract as many as 100 volunteers.…
Employees at the Sunnyside branch of GameStop got a tough dose of reality Thursday. Around 11:00 am, a man entered the 47-21 Queens Blvd store allegedly carrying a silver firearm covered by a newspaper, police said. The perpetrator then displayed the weapon to an employee and went around the back of the counter to steal property and cash.…
The Department of Sanitation is adding 24 trash baskets to streets on the south side of Queens Blvd. The new baskets, which would be in Sunnyside and Woodside, come after a number of constituents contacted Jimmy Van Bramer’s office requesting the need for more trash cans along secondary streets south of Queens Boulevard.…
The 13th annual Sunnyside-Woodside “St Pat’s for All” parade is scheduled to take place on March 4. The event, which has always been run on a low budget, is starting its fundraising efforts early this year. This Wednesday (Feb. 1, 7:00pm) the leaders of the event are getting together at Molly Blooms (Queens Blvd (btw.…