Fashionable Baby & Kidz, an upscale clothing boutique located on 47th street (between Greenpoint and 47th avenues), opened Saturday. The store carries name-brand clothing for infants to 7 year olds, such as French Toast, Burberry, Polo and the Gap. Children’s jewelry,…
Herman Oliazola just put his nose in where it didn’t belong. The Bronx man was arrested for a Sunnyside burglary after the police saw video footage of him breaking into an apartment at 46-51 50th Street. “We got the video of him and he was trying to defeat the camera by covering his face with a handkerchief and pulling his baseball cap down low,” said Captain Donald Powers at the police precinct 108 meeting yesterday.…
Brian McGowan, a New York City firefighter and co-owner of the Firewater Inn on Skillman Ave., comes across as just another modest, ordinary Sunnyside guy. Yet, McGowan on Saturday, May 19, saved the lives of three children from a burning apartment building,…
Abdel Rios, the owner of Skillman Pets, is an avid historian—particularly when it comes to the US military. Rios has created an elaborate WWII exhibit at his 49-16 Skillman Avenue store in honor of Memorial Day. He has been buying authentic items on E-Bay that reflect a soldier’s life in the US armed forces during WWII.…
The weather was ideal for two large fairs in Sunnyside on Saturday. Hundreds turned out for the Greenpoint Ave. Street festival yesterday, where food vendors were selling popular items such as Italian sausages/hotdogs—and there were several children’s activities on offer. These included a bouncy house,…
The Sunnyside Woodside Boys & Girls Club held its 2nd annual “recognizing leaders” fundraiser on Saturday May 19, drawing a crowd of about 100 attendees. The club, which is expected to net about $6,000 from the event, honored four women who have working to improve the neighborhood for decades.…
Sunnyside Drugs, located at 39-51 Queens Blvd, has closed. Yesterday, the owners tied a red banner on both sides of the store that read: “Pharmacy Closed: All Prescriptions transferred to Rite Aid Pharmacy at 45-02 43rd Ave.” A middle-aged couple, who owned/managed the store,…
The Sunnyside Gardens Park Memorial Day Fair drew a crowd of nearly 2,000 attendees last year—with many lured to the event by its arts & crafts, barbeque food and plethora of children’s events. This year’s Memorial Day event will be held on Saturday,…
The Sunnyside Farmers Market will reopen on Saturday June 2nd and run every Saturday from 8am – 3pm through December 22, according to its organizers. The Sunnyside market, which is located on Skillman Ave (between 42nd and 43rd streets), is one of the more popular and successful greenmarkets in New York City.…
Pink Icing, the bakery that opened earlier this month at 44-13 Queens Blvd., is no longer affiliated with Juan Arache from the Sugar Room. The bakery, which was Arache’s concept, was run as a partnership between Arache and Raul Jimenez, who has been a baker for about two decades.…