Sunnyside resident and World War II Veteran Andy Rodriguez celebrated his 100th birthday recently. To help mark this milestone celebration Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer presented Rodriguez with a special Proclamation from the City of New York. (From Light to Right: Irma Rodriguez (Andy’s Daughter),…
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is opposed to renaming the Queensboro Bridge after Ed Koch. In a letter that he circulated today, Van Bramer said he would vote against the proposal this week and said “there is no compelling reason to change it.” The letter comes just days after the Queens Tribune wrote a story about the renaming of the bridge and listed those council members in favor or opposed to the controversial name change.…
Sunnyside is playing host to a new TV show titled “The Rememberer.” The show is a police drama starring Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh, and is being produced by Woodridge Productions & Sony Pictures. Filming will take place in the evenings mainly in Sunnyside Gardens.…
Elected officials and press got a chance March 18 to see from inches away the “gee whiz” technological wonder that is “East Side Access,” the underground tunnel linking of Grand Central Station, Penn Station, Manhattan, Queens, Long Island and New Jersey.…
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has scheduled a town hall event at LaGuardia Community College (details below) that aims to help small business owners in Sunnyside, Woodside and LIC get through these difficult times – and help budding entrepreneurs get off the ground.…
Sunnyside Shines, this neighborhood’s business improvement group, is in the early stages of putting together a high-tech system that it thinks will help increase the flow of business for local retailers. Sunnyside Shines aims to use “quick response” technology, where all 300 stores in the district are provided with a bar/quick response code.…
On March 4, State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan presented a flower and an award to newly elected women of New York City and state. The ceremony and buffet luncheon, occasioned by March as Women’s History Month, was called “New Women Leaders […]
Basmati Table, the Indian restaurant located on Skillman Ave (btw. 46th and 47th streets) that has been closed for the past two weeks, will reopen in early April, according to its owner Alim Maruf. The restaurant will be renamed Saffron Garden and will offer a more extensive Indian menu. …
Juan’s Barber Shop, located at 42-09 Queens Blvd, opened for the first time yesterday. The owner is Juan Guallpa, an Ecuadorian immigrant who was a full time barber at Master Barber Shop # 1, which is located just two blocks away from his new store.…
In November 2008, the MTA abruptly removed the bus stop that was around the corner from Sunnyside Community Services on Queens Blvd (by 39th Street). For many senior citizens, this decision brought hardship, as they had to walk two extra blocks to catch a Q60 or Q32 bus,…