The Sunnyside Farmers Market will reopen on Saturday June 4th and run every Saturday from 8am – 3pm through December 24, according to its organizers.
The Sunnyside market, which is located on Skillman Ave (between 42nd and 43rd streets), is one of the most popular and successful markets,…
Quest Realty, a rental agency located at 43-26 43rd Ave, has closed. A For-Rent sign was posted in its window today.…
Sunnyside and Woodside are in the midst of their big spring clean up. On Saturday, nearly 70 people joined forces to clean up Roosevelt Ave., Woodside Ave. and 61stStreet (between Woodside Ave. and 39th Ave.). A similar number of volunteers are expected to turn out to paint over graffiti on the northern side of Queens Blvd on May 14;…
The days of El Shater, the family-run Lebanese store on the corner of 43rd Street and 43rd Ave., may not be completely over. Mehdi Osman, one of the brothers who ran El Shater, has decided to stay at the Sunnyside location and establish a new Lebanese store/restaurant by the name of Habibi,…
The Romanian Garden, a bustling ethnic restaurant located at 46-04 Skillman Ave., is in the process of closing its doors and moving to a new location. Sorin Bodnariu, the owner, said that the landlord wanted to double his rent from $5,000 to $10,000 per month.…
Saffron Garden, an Indian restaurant located at 46-11 Skillman Ave., is holding its grand opening on Monday, May 2nd. The new owner, Shekh Noman, bought the business from Alim Maruf, who had operated it under the name of Basmati Table. […]
Sunnyside and Woodside might be getting a little greener. State Sen. Michael Gianaris has called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to plant additional trees on 48th Ave., 47th Ave., Queens Blvd and 43rd Ave. “It’s rare to have such long stretches without trees,” Gianaris said Tuesday,…
Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce to sell these buttons Several members of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce are calling on the New York City Council to repeal the law that recently renamed the Queensboro Bridge the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. The chamber members are urging council members,…
A Sunnyside/Woodside civic group is about to begin a petition to call on the New York City Council to come out against the building of a mosque near ground zero. The petition was proposed by Don McCallian, president of the United 40s Civic Association,…
The Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce named a new president last week whose main focus is on recruiting new members as a means to boost local business. Rebecca Barker, a financial advisor with MetLife Financial, was elected to lead the Chamber last week at a time when the association has 138 members,…