Robert De Niro was in Sunnyside Wednesday night shooting a movie outside Alpha Donuts on Queens Blvd. The film, called Another Night, is set in the late ’80s and Alpha Donuts was viewed as an ideal location for a diner of that period.…
Shooting of a new film starring Robert De Niro begins today in Sunnyside. Production of the movie, titled Another Night, is taking place on Greenpoint Ave and on the south side of Queens Blvd. There is no parking between 45th and 48th on Greenpoint Ave (between 12 pm and 2am).…
Daily News They’re called “Chica Chica” cards – and they’re flooding Corona and Jackson Heights, Queens.(Note: they are also in Sunnyside/Woodside
) They look like baseball cards. But instead of featuring A-Rod or Derek Jeter, they have graphic pictures of naked or half-naked women – with a phone number offering free delivery.…
Rite Aid, which has failed to clean its graffiti-ridden wall for months, has assured Sunnyside residents that it will clean it up today. Many residents have complained about the national chain store’s reticence to get rid of the graffiti. Two weeks ago the store manager assured this reporter that the exterior wall would be cleaned up that week.…
Sunnyside resident and World War II Veteran Andy Rodriguez celebrated his 100th birthday recently. To help mark this milestone celebration Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer presented Rodriguez with a special Proclamation from the City of New York. (From Light to Right: Irma Rodriguez (Andy’s Daughter),…
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is opposed to renaming the Queensboro Bridge after Ed Koch. In a letter that he circulated today, Van Bramer said he would vote against the proposal this week and said “there is no compelling reason to change it.” The letter comes just days after the Queens Tribune wrote a story about the renaming of the bridge and listed those council members in favor or opposed to the controversial name change.…
Sunnyside is playing host to a new TV show titled “The Rememberer.” The show is a police drama starring Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh, and is being produced by Woodridge Productions & Sony Pictures. Filming will take place in the evenings mainly in Sunnyside Gardens.…
Elected officials and press got a chance March 18 to see from inches away the “gee whiz” technological wonder that is “East Side Access,” the underground tunnel linking of Grand Central Station, Penn Station, Manhattan, Queens, Long Island and New Jersey.…
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has scheduled a town hall event at LaGuardia Community College (details below) that aims to help small business owners in Sunnyside, Woodside and LIC get through these difficult times – and help budding entrepreneurs get off the ground.…
Sunnyside Shines, this neighborhood’s business improvement group, is in the early stages of putting together a high-tech system that it thinks will help increase the flow of business for local retailers. Sunnyside Shines aims to use “quick response” technology, where all 300 stores in the district are provided with a bar/quick response code.…