A 6 story residential building is about to be constructed on 43rd Street, between 43rd and Skillman Avenues, in Sunnyside. The building will be comprised of 30 apartments and will have a glass and brick exterior, according to the owner of the building.…
By Bill Parry More than 100 people assembled outside Foodtown on Greenpoint Ave. Thursday night to protest the store’s closing and to voice their support of the workers. The protesters, organized by councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s office, held signs that read: “Save our Foodtown” and “Greenpoint Avenue Matters.” The crowd then urged the landlord to go back to the negotiating table so Foodtown could be kept open.…
Details of the planned elementary school at 45-46 42nd Street (Queens Blvd. and 47th Ave.) were revealed Thursday night at the Community Board 2 meeting. The school, to be called PS 313, will be 5 stories high, constructed of red brick and will include a clock tower.…
By Bill Parry
Jimmy Van Bramer, this district’s councilman, is holding a rally this evening calling on the landlord of the Foodtown on Greenpoint Avenue to renew the lease so the store will remain open. Foodtown, located at 41-25 Greenpoint Ave.,…
By Bill Parry
Nearly a hundred fans lined up at the Chase Bank branch at Queens Blvd. and 46th St. for an event billed as The Knicks Celebrate Queens
on Monday. The fans, who were hoping to see some big name players,…
The owners of Auto Palace, a Woodside-based used car dealership, have been charged by the Queens District Attorney’s office on multiple counts of tax fraud.
The district attorney has also indicted the car dealership’s former finance manager Julio Estrada (a/k/a Jay Torres) on charges that he defrauded 23 car buyers out of a more than $115,000 in cash.…
Muni-meters are starting to appear in Sunnyside. In the past few days, the Department of Transportation has been inserting the base component of the meters into the sidewalk throughout the North side of Queens Blvd. It is part of the department’s plan to roll them out throughout Sunnyside—as they are being expanded borough wide.…
Construction will begin on the new elementary school located at 45-46 42nd Street (Queens Blvd. and 47th Ave.) at the beginning of 2013, according to the School Construction Authority. The school, to be called PS313, will cater to about 440 students and is expected to open by September 2014.…
By Bill Parry
Police from the 108th Precinct closed down traffic on Skillman Ave. on Thursday evening so a crowd of 250 people could celebrate the 3rd annual Holiday Lighting event. The event, which marked the illumination of the snowflakes on Skillman Ave.,…
By Christian Murray and Bill Parry The police have launched an internal investigation into how its officers handled the case involving the brutal assault of a Woodside man who died 5 days later from the injuries he sustained. The investigation is looking into the police’s response to a crime that led to the death of Lou Rispoli,…