Two stores on 44th Street, between 43rd Ave. and Queens Blvd, have closed. Boost Mobile, which was located at 44-01 Queens Blvd, closed earlier this month. Meanwhile, Cinco de Mayo Market, a Mexican food retailer situated at 43-43 44th Street, has ceased operations. …
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Sunnyside Rentals: A Bargain
Local residents looking to flee Sunnyside in search of a swanky discount-priced Manhattan apartment are likely to be in for a shock. The Manhattan rental market is beginning to firm up again, according to a report released by Miller Samuel, a real estate appraisal firm.…
Rite Aid Stores Merge on Greenpoint Ave.
Rite Aid is finally merging its two stores on Greenpoint Ave. In June 2007, Rite Aid Corp. acquired Eckerd Corp., at a time when Eckerd had a store next door to Rite Aid. While Rite Aid may have replaced the Eckerd name,…
Flowers by Giorgie, Woodside Florist fight back
They came to New York from places a half-world apart: Jorge Calle is from Ecuador and Seung Yoon Park, known as Justin, is from Korea. But they followed similar paths in this city of immigrants, marrying, working, saving money and eventually buying flower shops 15 blocks apart in Queens.…
Valentine’s Day Marriage in Sunnyside
Margaret Williams, of Woodside, marries Sean Donoghue on Valentines Day at Queen of Angels. Williams and chauffeur…
Sunnyside Deliveryman Killed by Drunk Driver
Memorial at Ten Full By Brendan McKenna A Sunnyside Chinese-food delivery man was killed by a drunk driver. Jiangiu Chen, 52, of Elmhurst, was a deliveryman for Sunnyside-based Ten Full Chinese Food at 39-49 48th Avenue. He was struck by a 2004 black SUV as he drove his scooter on the LIE service road at 39th Street and was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.…
Sunnyside Shines Hires a New Executive Director–Update
Sunnyside Shines, a local business improvement district (BID), has hired 23-year-old James Bray as its new executive director. Bray, who has just completed his studies at Rutgers University, will head the Sunnyside BID that has an annual budget of approximately $300,000 per year.…
Van Bramer Takes on MTA Over Bus Service
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has written a letter to the New York City Transit department complaining about the proposed cuts to the B24 bus service. In January, the MTA announced that the B24, which runs through Sunnyside, Greenpoint and Williamsburg is likely to be cut on weekends and less service would be provided during the work week.…
Town Hall Meeting with MTA to Discuss No. 7 Train Service
Queens residents will have an opportunity to express their displeasure or make suggestions to MTA officials concerning the No. 7 train’s erratic service. Jimmy Van Bramer, councilman for District 26, is sponsoring a town hall meeting in Long Island City where residents will be able to speak directly to MTA officials and members of his staff concerning the No.…
Sunnyside Closures Continue
Businesses continue to struggle in Sunnyside with the latest victim of the recession being Daco Romano, a cafe/bakery on Skillman Ave (btwn. 46th and 47th). However, a notice in the window of Curves, a female health club that closed in December,…