George Burles, a frequent contributor to the Sunnyside Post, took a photo of a new pawn shop that is about to open on Greenpoint Ave. between 46th and 47th Streets (next door to Chase bank). According to a local resident, the store owner put the signage up yesterday.…
Greenpoint Beauty Supplies opened its doors for business yesterday moving into the space that was previously occupied by Quality Fashion Opticals. The store manager, Sohag Ali, said that the store is selling make up and other cosmetics. Its location is 42-16 Greenpoint Ave.…
A Metro PCS store opened at the corner of 45th Street and Greenpoint Ave. last week. A new Thai restaurant is coming to the neighborhood, taking the space on the NE corner of 43rd Street and Queens Blvd, where the Korean restaurant,…
A local resident is scheduled to open a children’s boutique clothing store on Skillman Ave. by Sept 1. The store, which will be called Petunia, will be located at 46-21 Skillman Ave., across the street from two well-known restaurants – Claret and Quaint.…
A new tenant has been found to replace the owner of the bodega at the corner of 46th Street and Queens Blvd. A pawn shop, aptly called “EZ Pawn Shop”, is expected to open in September.…
The 2,000 sqf retail space, once the home of Nelsons Christmas Shoppe (spelling is correct), is expected to open in late August as a farmers market. The name of the new store will be Orchard Farmers Market, located at 42-24 Greenpoint Ave.…
Next month, Raja Shah, the owner and operator of the Dog Guru, will open a dog-rescue operation in Sunnyside, at the 5,500 sqf. warehouse space out the back of the former Nelson’s Christmas Shoppe. Shah has plans to take the warehouse space and bring in 15 rescue dogs,…
Lenny’s Pizza, which is the latest entrant in the Italian/pizza market place, is opening soon in a nicely renovated space. This was the former site of El Triangulo Bakery & Restaurant, a popular Colombian bakery that’s business suffered after it was closed by the NYC health department last November.…
WARNING: The video below contains some stomach churning footage. Not for queasy westerners. A new Korean restaurant, Sik Gaek, debuted last Wednesday at 49-11 Roosevelt Ave., Woodside. This is a big step for the owner who has a well-established restaurant by the same name in Flushing.…
A new steak house, with a Tex-Mex flavor, had its grand opening April 10. The restauraunt, called Real Santa Re Steak House, is fairly upmarket for the neighborhood. Its menu includes T-bone steaks, Filet Mignon and Black Angus Skirt Steak — all for between $16 and $18. …