Next month, Raja Shah, the owner and operator of the Dog Guru, will open a dog-rescue operation in Sunnyside, at the 5,500 sqf. warehouse space out the back of the former Nelson’s Christmas Shoppe. Shah has plans to take the warehouse space and bring in 15 rescue dogs,…
Lenny’s Pizza, which is the latest entrant in the Italian/pizza market place, is opening soon in a nicely renovated space. This was the former site of El Triangulo Bakery & Restaurant, a popular Colombian bakery that’s business suffered after it was closed by the NYC health department last November.…
Love them or hate them…but there is some news coming out of Starbucks. Starbucks is now offering free Wi-Fi. Customers with Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, tablets and mobile phones will have unlimited Internet access to surf the Web, connect with social networks, search for jobs or work at their neighborhood Starbucks.…
Paolo S. Javier, a Sunnyside resident, was named the fifth Poet Laureate of Queens last month. His three year appointment was announced at Borough Hall by Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Queens College President James Muyskens. Queens’ newest poet laureate is an author of two poetry collections and four short books of poetry,…
July 06, 2010 10:00AM A plot of land unofficially dubbed the “Woodside Triangle Park” in Woodside, Queens may be safe from destruction, after a decade-long fight to save the space, according to the New York Daily News. Community advocates had lobbied to stop the plot’s landowner,…
In March, the Sunnyside Post ran a story about the arrest of Daniel Wattenbarg on graffiti charges. (the full story is available at the following link). Yesterday, Wattenbarg e-mailed a detailed response as to what led to this alleged crime. His comments are below.…
Deputy Inspector Thomas Kavanagh, the outgoing head of the 108th police precinct, reported at Tuesday night’s precinct meeting that crime dropped 9.6 percent in the past 28 days, compared to the same 28-day period one year ago. He said that crime was essentially flat for the year to date—compared to the six month period in 2009.…
Despite the tough economy, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has secured funds for two local parks and has restored funds for libraries and firehouses that the Bloomberg administration planned to slash. Van Bramer was able to help restore $61 million in funding for libraries.…
Lou Lodati Park will be undergoing a $1.4 million rehabilitation, which will include a dog run, according to councilman Jimmy Van Bramer. The park is located on Skillman Ave (bet. 42nd and 43rd). The completion of the overhaul should take about two years,…
Sunnyside Shines, the local business improvement district(BID), erected 50-60 hanging flower baskets throughout the business district on Monday. The effort is part of the group’s aim of beautifying the neighborhood. This is the first year the BID has mounted hanging baskets,…