April Glass, which has been offering an eclectic array of home items and giftware since 1996, is leaving its 44-09 Queens Blvd location and seeking new space in a more-affordable section of Sunnyside. Patrice Lee, the owner, sent out the following e-mail Wednesday night.…
Jennifer Accessories, a store located located on Queens Blvd (between 42nd and 43rd), has gone out of business. The store is located next to the former Starberry, which is about to be converted into a nail salon. Many stores on the northern side of Queens Blvd have closed in the past 12 months.…
A small fire broke out on the second floor of a 2-story apartment dwelling at 41-14 40th Street (beween 43rdAve. and Skillman Ave.) at 2:52 am Monday. There were no injuries. Firefighters arrived on the scene at 2:56 am and brought the fire under control at 3:23 am,…
Two masked men entered the Sunnyside Pharmacy on Skillman Ave. on Nov. 15 and approached the owner with a knife. The two men then blindfolded the proprietor, sat him down in a corner of the store, and then began riffling through the prescription drug section.…
Floresta, the highly-rated Argentine steak house located at 41-08 Greenpoint Ave., is scheduled to close. On its website, it read: “we have poured every ounce of our passion into Floresta but unfortunately passion does not pay the rent.” The restaurant also sent out an e-mail to its customers late last night notifying them of its decision.…
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced yesterday that a 58-year-old teacher, who has taught at Aviation Career & Technical Education High School in the Long Island City section of Queens for more than 20 years, has been charged with sexually abusing a female student at the school between December 2008 and January 2009.…
Restaurant Azteca, located at 47-16 Greenpoint Ave., was shut down by the NYC Health Department for part of December, following poor inspection results. The restaurant, also doing business as Palacio Azteca Restaurant, accrued 128 violation points – a score far higher than any other restaurant in Sunnyside for quite some time.…
Several members of the Sunnyside Woodside Lions Club received awards from Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan’s office last Wednesday for a “life time of good citizenship,” when the group held its holiday party at Queen of Angels Church on 44th Street. There were about 50 attendees at the Sunnyside Woodside Lions Club annual dinner,…
Despite providing the public with a clear photo, the police have yet to make an arrest of the man who robbed the Chase Bank at Queens Blvd in Sunnyside. On Monday, December 20, 2010 at approximately 11:00 am the pictured man allegedly entered the Chase Bank located at 47-11 Queens Boulevard,…
Built by George, Mary, Thomas, Anna, Bridget, Jack, Patrick, and James McKnight under the supervision of dad, Thomas McKnight, this afternoon at 39-48 46th/Bliss St.…