Sunnyside Post New York City Planning officials told residents at a community meeting held by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer last week that it is unlikely that developers would build structures more than 8 stories high along the Sunnyside section of Queens Blvd if the zoning proposal went into effect.…
The redevelopment of the Key Food property, located on 46th Street between Queens Blvd. and Greenpoint Ave., will not only include the expansion of the existing supermarket but four stories of apartments and office space above. Raide Zahriyeh, the manager of Key Food,…
An Indian restaurant will be opening on Skillman Ave., between 46th and 47th Street, where Daco Romano – the Romanian bakery – was located. The restaurant, to be called Basmati Table, will be across the street from Quaint and Claret. There is no word on when it will open.…
NY MAGAZINE 1) Park Slope 2) Lower East Side 3) Sunnyside Greenpoint Ave. and First Calvary Cemetery to Northern Blvd. (along the census tract), 44th St. and Locust to Van Dam St. Sunnyside is a hidden gem if there ever was one—though its communities of Armenians,…
Key Food, on 46th Street, is finally getting that long-promised upgrade. On Saturday, workers were erecting scaffolding around the perimeter of the store as the revamp began. The vacant portion of the store will be incorporated into the main section. Store manager,…
Queens Gazette Community Board 2 Chairman Joseph Conley said the late February meeting concerning zoning in Sunnyside and Woodside was “just the start of a series of public meetings”, not a decisive moment when a vote of any kind would be taken.…
If the New York City Planning Dept’s preliminary recommendations for Sunnyside and Woodside go through, be ready for some large buildings to go up on Queens Blvd. when the real estate market picks up. Last week Tom Smith, from City Planning,…
Local residents looking to flee Sunnyside in search of a swanky discount-priced Manhattan apartment are likely to be in for a shock. The Manhattan rental market is beginning to firm up again, according to a report released by Miller Samuel, a real estate appraisal firm.…
Sunnyside housing prices have dropped between 15% and 20%, while coop prices have remained fairly stable, according to Nilo De la Torre, the owner of Century 21 Sunny Garden Realty, located on 45th Street and Skillman Ave. One family houses in Sunnyside Gardens,…
Welcome Mart, a grocery store located on the corner of Queens Blvd and 44th Street, has shut down. On Thursday, the doors were shuttered and the windows were covered in newspaper. Meanwhile, five employees were informed that they had lost their jobs.…