Feb. 7, By Christian Murray
A new sneaker store that sells all the big name brands opened Wednesday. The store, called Robert and located on Greenpoint Avenue (btw. 46th and 47th Streets), sells a variety of sneakers from manufacturers such as Nike,…
Feb. 6, By Michael Florio
Western Queens elected officials are looking to stamp out pedestrian fatalities on Northern Boulevard. The officials are calling for Northern Boulevard to be incorporated into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Vision Zero” initiative, a policy which aims to bring traffic fatalities down to zero by measures such as redesigning high-risk streets.…
Feb. 5, By Christian Murray
The owner of a Queens Blvd thrift shop that is closing this week said he has not given up on Sunnyside. Alaa El Mihdawy, who has run “One of a Kind Thrift Shop” at 45-05 Queens Blvd for the past 20 years,…
Feb. 4, By Christian Murray
The police are searching for a man who followed a 65-year-old woman into her Sunnyside apartment, threw her on the ground and punched her in the head—before fleeing without taking any property. The police said that the incident occurred on Thursday,…
Feb. 3, 2014, By Christian Murray
The police have arrested a man in connection with a hit-and-run accident that left five people hurt at a bus stop on Northern Boulevard Saturday night. The police said Luis Andrade, a 32-year-old Jackson Heights resident,…
Jan. 30, By Christian Murray
The police are searching for a man who allegedly broke into two Woodside churches and stole items such as iPads and computers. The first incident allegedly occurred on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 12:30 am,…
Jan 30, By Christian Murray
The Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District has launched a street tree initiative to improve the streetscape in the Sunnyside commercial district. The BID aims to place tree guards and bollards around all the trees in the BID district,…
FROM the DAILY NEWS City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer blew up at council colleagues who questioned his integrity at a closed-door meeting of the Queens delegation Wednesday morning.
Fellow councilmembers asked the newly anointed majority leader whether his ties to the Queens Library,
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Jan. 29, By Christian Murray
The police have yet to apprehend any suspects following a rash of residential burglaries that have taken place in Sunnyside in the past two months. The burglaries, which have all occurred between 40th Street and 52nd Street on the north side of Queens Blvd,…
Jan. 28, By Christian Murray
This weekend there is going to be a giant dog party. Travis Brorsen, the winner of CBS’ hit reality show ‘Greatest American Dog,’ will be showing up at Wespaw Pets in celebration of the store’s first anniversary in business.…