Restaurant Azteca, located at 47-16 Greenpoint Ave., was shut down by the NYC Health Department for part of December, following poor inspection results. The restaurant, also doing business as Palacio Azteca Restaurant, accrued 128 violation points – a score far higher than any other restaurant in Sunnyside for quite some time.…
Several members of the Sunnyside Woodside Lions Club received awards from Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan’s office last Wednesday for a “life time of good citizenship,” when the group held its holiday party at Queen of Angels Church on 44th Street. There were about 50 attendees at the Sunnyside Woodside Lions Club annual dinner,…
Despite providing the public with a clear photo, the police have yet to make an arrest of the man who robbed the Chase Bank at Queens Blvd in Sunnyside. On Monday, December 20, 2010 at approximately 11:00 am the pictured man allegedly entered the Chase Bank located at 47-11 Queens Boulevard,…
Built by George, Mary, Thomas, Anna, Bridget, Jack, Patrick, and James McKnight under the supervision of dad, Thomas McKnight, this afternoon at 39-48 46th/Bliss St.…
While the murder rate in the Police Department’s Precinct 108 remained historically low in 2010, the overall crime rate went up nearly 4%, compared to 2009. There was a significant jump in the number of reported rapes, robberies and felony assaults compared to 2009;…
The following letter was written by Jimmy Van Bramer: It is hard to believe that nearly three days after snow started to fall, and two days after it stopped, hundreds if not thousands of streets and roadways have been left untouched and unplowed,…
Many sections of the Sunnyside business district took a battering in the past 12 months, as more than 20 neighborhood stores closed. Queens Blvd was particularly hard hit between 42nd and 46thstreets. Here, stores such as Starberry, Flynn’s, Corner 46, Rose Diner,…
Several New York City council members want the city to take on a bigger role in regulating and investigating puppy mills– which has traditionally fallen under the purview of the state. Queens councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who has introduced a bill calling for greater city authority,…
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance with whereabouts and identity of the following individual wanted in connection with a bank robbery in Sunnyside. The circumstances are as follows: On Monday, December 20, 2010 at approximately 1100 hours the suspect a M/W did enter the Chase Bank located at 47-11 Queens Boulevard approached the victim/teller armed with a handgun in his waist band and passed a demand note,…
The lights on the Sunnyside Arch are expected to glow once again. During the first week of January, Sunnyside Shines, the local business improvement group (BID), will be erecting lights which will be permanently affixed to the arch. The BID will have the ability to light them whenever it chooses and whatever color.…