Two Sunnyside residents complained to police about Associated supermarket’s recycling center on 44th Street (located between Greenpoint Ave. and Queens Blvd), at the police precinct meeting on Tuesday night. Nina and Dan Farrey, who live near the supermarket, claimed that several men congregate around the recycling center,…
Deputy Inspector Thomas Kavanagh, the head of the 108th police precinct, reported at Tuesday night’s precinct meeting that crime dropped 6.5 percent in the past 28 days ending May 21, compared to the same 28-day period one year ago. He said that crime was essentially flat for the year so far—compared to the same period in 2009.…
This week marks the first anniversary of the arrest of Gary McGurk, an Irish national from Woodside, who allegedly strangled and stabbed his one-time Sunnyside girlfriend to death on April 26, 2009. He faces a murder charge. Despite all of the attention at the time,…
A Subway Restaurant, located on the corner of 44th Street and Queens Blvd. (north), is opening Wednesday. The Subway will include a bodega-like “express grocery.” The sandwich store replaces Welcome Mart, a small grocery store, that closed in November. Meanwhile, an independent T-Mobile distribution store opened 10 days ago. …
More than a 75 volunteers turned out on Saturday to attend this Spring’s graffiti clean up day. The event, organized by the Sunnyside United Neighborhood Network (SUNN), drew a disparate group of volunteers– from 25 members of the construction union, Local 79;…
By Sunnyside Post Mike Gianaris, a youthful progressive from Astoria, is the strong favorite to be the next state Senator for the 12th District of New York, which includes Sunnyside and Woodside. Gianaris (D), who is a low-key, yet visible 40 year-old,…
Sunnyside United Neighborhood Network’s (SUNN) graffiti cleanup day is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 15 at 10 a.m. SUNN President Tony Rohling is calling on volunteers to gather in front of the Sunnyside Reformed Church, located at 48th Street and Skillman Avenue. …
The recycling facilities at the revamped Associated supermarket (corner of 44 Street and Greenpoint Ave.) appears to attract hoards of bottle and can collectors. Many wait in long lines for their turn to unload large loads of cans, plastics and glass.…
The crime figures reported by the 108th Police Precinct (which covers Sunnyside, Woodside and LIC) were released last week and crime for the 28-day period ending April 25 was down 10% compared to the same period in 2009. The biggest reason for the decline was the large drop in grand larcenies, […]
The redevelopment of the Key Food property, located on 46th Street between Queens Blvd. and Greenpoint Ave., will not only include the expansion of the existing supermarket but four stories of apartments and office space above. Raide Zahriyeh, the manager of Key Food,…