The lights on the Sunnyside Arch were lit for the first time in years today. James Bray, the executive director of Sunnyside Shines, said that the business improvement district will have the ability to light them whenever it chooses and whatever color.…
A barber shop is slated to take the space vacated by Jennifer Accessories on Queens Blvd (between 42nd and 43rd), according to workers who are in the midst of renovating the space.…
The Department of Education’s plan to build a primary school on 42nd Street is likely to become a reality. “The Dept. of Education is moving forward with the project,” Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer said last week, adding that the department “affirmatively likes the site.” The public first learned about the project when the department announced in November that it was proposing to build a primary school at 45-46 42nd Street in Sunnyside.…
Rabbi Jonas Javna, who lived on 47th street in Sunnyside Gardens, died last week after a battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 86. Javna was buried at Salem Fields Cemetery in Brooklyn. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, children, and grandchildren.…
April Glass is re-opening its store on 40th Street. Last month, Patrice Lee, the owner of April Glass, closed her store on Queens Blvd claiming that the rent was too high. At the time, she said she was in the process of signing a lease at 43-42nd 40th street,…
Sunnyside is about to receive a cash infusion that will go toward revitalizing the garden at All Saints Episcopal Church, cleaning up and planting trees next to Sunnyside Gardens Park, a “greening” initiative at the Sunnyside public library, and the planting of trees throughout the neighborhood.…
Many Sunnyside residents were awoken in the early hours of Monday morning by a low-flying police helicopter. The helicopter was flying over 42nd and Queens Blvd at 2:00am as police were pursuing three teenagers who were tagging the building above Dunkin’ Donuts.…
Local public transportation and planning devoté, admittedly in favor of the renewed push for “congestion pricing,” Angus Grieve-Smith weighs in on his vision for a revamped Queens Boulevard. The hotly contested issue of a toll to use the Queensborough Bridge is back,…
The 12thannual Sunnyside/Woodside St. Pats For All parade is scheduled to kick off on March 6th at 47thStreet and Skillman Ave (details below). The parade, which has typically started at 43rdand Skillman, has been shortened this year following the New York Police Dept.’s decision to reduce the length of all parades.…
Karma Nails & Spa, which has moved into the space formerly occupied by Starberry, opened on Friday. The salon provides regular manicures for $10; regular pedicures for $25; eyebrow waxes for $8; and Brazilians and backwaxes for $40. The store is currently offering a grand opening sale of 25 percent off — on all its services through March 15.…