March 13, By Christian Murray
A Long Island City man who struck and killed a bicyclist on a Sunnyside street last July was sentenced to five years in prison today. Alex J. Batista, 25, of 53-36 Van Dam Street,…
New York Daily News This elevator is more than just a wee bit slow. A lift at the Woodside, LIRR and subway complex is constantly breaking down from damage caused by people peeing inside it, officials said Monday. It’s such a popular pit stop that Long Island Rail Road President Helena Williams called it a “vertical urinal.” “The mechanics of the elevator are constantly being contaminated,” Williams said at an LIRR committee meeting.…
March 12, By Bill Parry
More than a thousand people camped outside the Steamfitters Industry Training Center in Long Island City yesterday in search of 500 openings in the union’s apprenticeship program. Job seekers came from all over the tri-state area,…
A 12-year-old girl’s butt was grabbed by a pervert at the 61st Street subway station on Friday, police said. The girl was on the Manhattan-bound #7 train platform at about 7:40 am when a Hispanic man approached her from behind before she boarded the train.…
The owner of a Queens Blvd electric bike store—which sells and repairs scooters and battery powered bicycles– is likely to be hearing from two New York City agencies soon. E-Bike, which opened at 41-25 Queens Blvd a year ago, appears to be breaking city code by repairing broken down bikes on the sidewalk outside its store,…
By Bill Parry and Christian Murray
When the St. Pat’s for All Parade on Skillman Ave. concluded on Sunday afternoon, many marchers and spectators headed straight to Queens Blvd. to participate in the first annual Sunnyside Irish Music Festival.…
By Christian Murray
A large crowd lined Skillman Avenue for the ‘St. Pats for All’ Parade on Sunday as they watched a multitude of Irish, gay and local groups march from Sunnyside into Woodside. This was the 14th annual St Pat’s for All parade and many of the traditional groups that have become a centerpiece of the event were out in force once again.…
Members of Young Israel of Sunnyside, an Orthodox synagogue located on 46th Street (43rd Ave), celebrated the popular ancient custom of Purim last Sunday. Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman,…
The police appear to have made little progress in tracking down the killers of a local man. Lou Rispoli, a 62-year-old Woodside man, was brutally attacked outside a residential building at 41-00 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside last October. Rispoli was hit in the back of the head with a blunt object and died five days later in Elmhurst hospital.…
By Bill Parry
Sunnyside resident Mickey McCreesh will serve as Deputy Grand Marshall at the 38th annual Rockaway St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday. The honor was bestowed on the co-owner of Bar 43 after his tireless efforts to help the area recover after Hurricane Sandy.…