A man was shot in a late-night dispute at El Potrero, a Mexican sports bar at 46-12 Greenpoint Ave., on Thursday Feb. 18, according to police who gave their month crime report at the 108 precinct last week. This shooting, in addition to the murder of a woman who was found under the Queensboro Bridge,…
In the 1990s, Brendan Fay attempted to march in the St. Patrick’s Day parade along Fifth Ave. under a gay and lesbian group banner. Fay, who is gay, was greeted to a very cool reception. The police pounced, the handcuffs were slapped on and he got the message: not wanted.…
The Sunnyside branch of Bank of America is tentatively scheduled to open on March 29, according to a Luis Rubio, who will be the small-business specialist at the bank. The branch, to be located at 45-26 Greenpoint Ave., will have 15 employees who provide small-business services through to mortgage lending,…
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding a 17-year-old female last seen in Sunnyside. Mara Stanjojevic was last spotted around 7 a.m. Feb. 11 at 43rd Street and 43rd Avenue. She is a 5-foot-5-inche-tall white girl who has brown eyes and brown hair.…
A Japanese restaurant has opened and two other stores are about to begin to operate shortly. Last Wednesday, Chikuran Japanese Restaurant opened at 39-11 Queens Blvd., Sunnyside. Tony Wan, the manager, said the restaurant is offering 50% off sushi and a 10% discount on other foods through March 31.…
Two stores on 44th Street, between 43rd Ave. and Queens Blvd, have closed. Boost Mobile, which was located at 44-01 Queens Blvd, closed earlier this month. Meanwhile, Cinco de Mayo Market, a Mexican food retailer situated at 43-43 44th Street, has ceased operations. …
Local residents looking to flee Sunnyside in search of a swanky discount-priced Manhattan apartment are likely to be in for a shock. The Manhattan rental market is beginning to firm up again, according to a report released by Miller Samuel, a real estate appraisal firm.…
Rite Aid is finally merging its two stores on Greenpoint Ave. In June 2007, Rite Aid Corp. acquired Eckerd Corp., at a time when Eckerd had a store next door to Rite Aid. While Rite Aid may have replaced the Eckerd name,…
They came to New York from places a half-world apart: Jorge Calle is from Ecuador and Seung Yoon Park, known as Justin, is from Korea. But they followed similar paths in this city of immigrants, marrying, working, saving money and eventually buying flower shops 15 blocks apart in Queens.…
Margaret Williams, of Woodside, marries Sean Donoghue on Valentines Day at Queen of Angels. Williams and chauffeur…