A Japanese restaurant has opened and two other stores are about to begin to operate shortly. Last Wednesday, Chikuran Japanese Restaurant opened at 39-11 Queens Blvd., Sunnyside. Tony Wan, the manager, said the restaurant is offering 50% off sushi and a 10% discount on other foods through March 31.…
A new threading and waxing business is expected to open on Greenpoint Ave. in two weeks. The awning went up in the past week and construction workers are in the final phase of completing the salon. They are currently working on the private treatment rooms.…
Bank of America, which has recently repaid the US government $45bn in bailout funds, looks as though it will be opening the Sunnyside branch early next year. The branch appears to be nearing completion. Bank of America is the largest bank in the US,…
Sunnyside Tattoo Studio, located at 39-24A Queens Blvd., opened its doors for business this week. The parlor is owned by Mike and Corinne Padavano and represents their desire to work and operate in a much quieter neighborhood than the loud, aggressive places in the City.…
Directly across the street from the Woodside Pharmacy is a Duane Reade, a big-box, modern-looking drug store. Naturally, the question is how is an independent drug store like The Woodside Pharmacy going to survive. Simple, according to its new owners Shakti Soni and Prince Mistry,…
Just when Sunnyside appeared to be saturated with 99 cent stores, yet another one has opened. Two weeks ago, a 99 cent store opened its doors on the border of Sunnyside/Woodside at 49th Street and Roosevelt Ave. It is the Rolls Royce of 99c stores.…
A Subway sandwich store and an “express grocery” are opening up on 44th and Queens Blvd., taking over the large retail space that Welcome Mart had occupied before it abruptly closed two weeks ago. The Subway sandwich shop will be the third in the neighborhood,…
Green Point Furniture is shutting its doors at the end of November. The store, which has been in operation for close to seven years, has generated very little business in the past two years, an employee said. The store is located at the corner of Greenpoint Ave.…
In the past two months, there have been a series of business closures on Greenpoint Ave. between 46th and 47th. The most notable was Yogurberry, a trendy ice-cream shop that closed after being in business for less than a year. The business owner,…
The site of the former Sunnyside/GSSV pharmacy is still in the midst of being split in two. The pharmacy closed down in August, shortly after authorities charged the owners with Medicaid fraud and banned them from participating in the government program for five years. …