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Mexican Store Opens on 44th Street

A small Mexican store opened up last month between Queens Blvd. and 43rd Ave. (44th Street). It’s not a restaurant. Instead it sells Mexican food, from drinks to chips. Its worth taking a look at.…

Indian Restaurant on Queens Boulevard Expected to Open Soon

The Indian restaurant on Queens Blvd. (btw. 44 and 45th) is going to be opening soon, according to one of the guys working inside the store/restaurant. The kitchen appears to be in place. This is what it looks like from the outside.…

Long-Time Bodega Going out of Business

The bodega located at 46th and Queens Blvd (on the northern side) is in the process of being shut down by the landlord. Marshalls were sent last week to close the business but the owner was given a brief reprieve to sell what he could in a last minute hope to save it.…

Who is Deirdre Feerick?

I have started to see posters endorsing Deirdre Feerick as the best Democrat candidate for the District 26 New York City council seat. This seat is being vacated by Eric Gioia who is seeking higher office as New York’s public advocate.…

Mexican Restaurant to Open on 44th Street

A Mexican restaurant/takeout store is expected to go in on 44th Street (btw. 43rd Ave. and Queens Blv.), next door to “acupuncture.” A fortune teller was the last business owner to rent the space.  The fortune tellers, primarily women, would sit outside,…

New Hair Salon To Open on Queens Boulevard

New Hair Salon A new hair salon/eyebrow threading establishment is expected to open at the end of July right next to SideTracks (45th and 46th and Queens Blv.) It will cater to men and women. The space was previously leased by a decades-long variety store,…

Indian Restaurant to Open on Queens Boulevard

This retail/restaurant space (on Queens Blvd/btw 44 and 45th) has been vacant for at least nine months. However, in the past two weeks contractors have been working inside. Based on a series of conversations with workers – and one with the owner of the Fish Shop next door – an Indian restaurant is moving in.…

Sunnyside Local Seeks Borough President Job

Marc Leavitt, a Sunnyside local, has lofty plans to wrest the Queens Borough Council presidency away from Helen Marshall (D) this year. Leavitt (D), an attorney who has just set up his campaign office in Woodside, has to collect about 15,000 signatures before he can get on the ballot and force Marshall into a Sept.…

Jimmy Van Bramer Leads Visible Campaign

Political signs calling on voters to elect Jimmy Van Bramer as Sunnyside/Woodside’s city council member  have been popping up in windows throughout the neighborhood recently. Van Bramer and three other Democrats will do battle in the Democratic primary this September as they vie for the seat that is being vacated by Eric Gioia,…

Woodside Man Who Won $65 million Lotto Prize Buys House in Forest Hills

Degli Martinez and Maria Martinez, who won $65m after they purchased a ticket at Sunnyside’s “Queens Mini mart” (45th and Queens Blvd), have just bought themselves a handsome home in Forest Hills. Mr. Martinez, a long-time Woodside resident, worked as a maintenance worker at a Park Ave.…