A large fire gutted a Sunnyside building on 42nd Street (by Queens Blvd) Saturday night leaving the residents of 20 apartments on the street. In the 20 degree cold weather, police had barricaded the building off and residents were not allowed back in to the premises.…
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Van Bramer Holds Celebration as Term Begins
This Saturday evening at 6 pm, Jimmy Van Bramer is holding his Inauguration Party and is inviting all.…
Woman Fights Back, Kills Attacker
Several thugs tried to drag a woman off a Queens subway train Thursday night, but she fought back and fatally stabbed one of her tormenters before fleeing on another train, police said. The large group of men – perhaps as many as eight – surrounded the woman outside a chicken restaurant above the 21st St.-Queensbridge station about 9 p.m.,…
Sunnyside and Woodside, Most Polluted in Queens
Bayside’s air cleaner but not great: City Study finds truck traffic pollutes area A new air quality study conducted by the city Health Department has found that Sunnyside and Woodside were the most polluted borough neighborhoods in three out of four air contaminant categories,…
Bank of America’s Sunnyside Branch Progressing
Bank of America, which has recently repaid the US government $45bn in bailout funds, looks as though it will be opening the Sunnyside branch early next year. The branch appears to be nearing completion. Bank of America is the largest bank in the US,…
Sunnyside Tattoo Parlor Opens on Queens Blvd
Sunnyside Tattoo Studio, located at 39-24A Queens Blvd., opened its doors for business this week. The parlor is owned by Mike and Corinne Padavano and represents their desire to work and operate in a much quieter neighborhood than the loud, aggressive places in the City.…
Sunnyside Gardens Park to Undergo Makeover
Sunnyside Gardens Park will undergo a major revamp next month as long-awaited plans to replace the basketball courts, to put down new grass and to fix the drainage system are scheduled to begin in January. The process will take two years to complete and is going to be broken down into two phases.…
El Triangulo Didn’t Clean Up Its Act
El Triangulo Bakery & Restaurant, a one-time popular Colombian restaurant located in the heart of Sunnyside, shut its doors for good earlier this month. The restaurant, located at 44-08 Greenpoint Ave., had failed New York City health department food inspections several times in recent years.…
Celtic Park Co-op Owners Unsure about Commemorating Park
December 16, 2009
A plan to commemorate the Irish-American Athletic Club is meeting stiff resistance from people who live at the site of its former stadium in Queens. Club members won 53 medals at Olympic Games held in the early 20th century,…
Goodnight from Sleepy’s Sunnyside Store
Sleepy’s the Mattress Professional has bid Sunnyside goodnight by closing its store at 43-10 Queens Blvd. For those interested in a good night’s rest, the company still has a nearby store in Woodside– at 48-15 Queens Blvd. …