The local crime rate has increased nearly 5 percent this year, according to statistics released today by the 108 police precinct. Police precinct 108, which covers the neighborhoods of Woodside, Sunnyside and LIC, announced that the number of “reported” crimes increased 4.74 percent for the year-to-date period ending August 15,…
The leaders of the Sunnyside-Woodside Boys & Girls Club held a fundraiser at a local pub Thursday night to help raise funds for the community’s children. The fundraiser, held at the Firewater Inn on Skillman Ave., drew an audience of around 100 people and raised $2,000.…
The BAM tag has returned to the neighborhood. The tag, which has been applied less widely in the past year, is now being sprayed all over walls and doors throughout the neighborhood as the tagger marks his turf. Police at the local 108 precinct know who is behind the tag.…
By George Burles The large graffiti mural on the side of the old Nelsons Christmas store, located at 42-24 Greenpoint Ave., was finally painted over yesterday by the new tenants. The manager of Orchard Farmers Markets said that about half of the onlookers were glad to see the mural disapear,…
Created by Eugenie Tung This time-lapse video was shot from the 46th Street – Bliss Street platform on August 18, 2010.…
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer presented a $101,000 check yesterday to members of the Samaritan Village Woodside Senior Center. The funds will help the organization improve its senior health and fitness initiatives. The funds will also be used to fund the construction of a modern gym and exercise room.…
Late July, a Sunnyside Gardens resident came home in the middle of the afternoon to find her front door pried open and her family’s belongings scattered all over the floor. Her home, located in the 49th and Skillman area, had been ransacked and $12,000 worth of jewellery,…
Beginning Sept 7, the Woodside Library, located at 54-22 Skillman Ave., will no longer be open on Saturdays, according to new information released by the Queens Library. The Woodside branch, which is currently open between 10 am – 5:30 pm on Saturdays,…
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan have won some concessions after entering into negotiations with the owner of EZ Pawn. However, they have not been able to “close” or “move the location” of the EZ Pawn branch. Hundreds of local residents have expressed their opposition to the opening of an EZ Pawn branch on the corner of 46th Street and Queens Blvd next month.…
A Metro PCS store opened at the corner of 45th Street and Greenpoint Ave. last week. A new Thai restaurant is coming to the neighborhood, taking the space on the NE corner of 43rd Street and Queens Blvd, where the Korean restaurant,…