A New Jersey man’s leg was severed after he fell asleep on a Queens subway track The New York Daily News reported. The 26-year-old man climbed down from a platform at the 65th Street station in Woodside around 4:40 a.m. this morning and dozed off in the gap under the concrete,…
By Bill Parry
A number of residents with school-aged children were stunned to learn at a town hall meeting Thursday night that the new elementary school being constructed on 42nd Street is unlikely to be filled with students upon its completion.…
The Miami-based Colombian restaurant chain Los Verdes will open its first New York City location at 46-26 Greenpoint Avenue tonight.
As previously reported, the restaurant will serve a Colombian-style fast food, including kernel corn, quesadillas, grilled platters, hot dogs, homemade coleslaw,…
The space that was occupied by the now-defunct Tapenade Bistro (44-07 on Queens Blvd) is about to get a new tenant. Tapenade closed after being in business for about nine months, as the restaurant’s casual French fare failed to generate enough business.…
A performing arts school that was not permitted to operate out of a 43rd Avenue location due to zoning regulations has opened at another Sunnyside location. Sunnyside Ballet Studio, which had plans to open at 43-20 43rd Ave., was forced to forfeit the location after the owner was told by city officials that zoning rules prohibited the use of dance studios at that site.…
Erika Menendez, the woman accused of pushing a man to his death in front of a 7 train last month, was found fit to stand trial today by a judge in Queens after a psychiatric evaluation. Menendez allegedly admitted to investigators that she shoved 46-year-old Indian immigrant Sunando Sen onto the tracks because she hates Hindus and Muslims,…
The NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit closed off 40th Street (between 47th and 48th Avenues) on Tuesday after an elderly woman with a history of mental illness threatened to commit suicide. The woman had failed to take her medication and was planning to jump out of a 3rd floor window,…
Benh Zeitlin, who was raised in Sunnyside, was nominated Thursday for an Oscar. The Motion Picture Academy nominated him for his work on the Oscar-nominated film “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Zeitlin received nominations for directing and writing for the film’s adapted screenplay,…
Say goodbye to the Skillman Avenue street fairs. Joe Conley, chairman of Community Board 2 chairman, said that they have been canceled in 2013 following a number of complaints from nearby residents and Skillman Avenue business owners. The first batch of complaints came last April, …
In July, Donovan’s Pub looked as though its days were number when its long-time owner Joe Donovan put the building and the pub up for sale. However, two Woodside men came to the rescue saving the famous institution. They have acquired the building and Donovan’s Pub,…