March 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin With the number of coronavirus cases in New York increasing daily, Mayor Bill de Blasio advised New Yorkers to skip packed subway cars and to work from home if possible. New York City now has 16 confirmed cases, including two in Queens, the Mayor said this morning. Yesterday, the… Read more »
March 9, 2020 By Christian Murray Police are looking for a man who robbed a check-cashing store at gunpoint on Queens Boulevard yesterday and made off with $2,100 in cash. The suspect allegedly walked into the PAY-O-MATIC store at 46-14 Queens Blvd. and handed the teller a note. “I have a gun and a bomb…. Read more »
March 6, 2020 By Shane O’Brien and Christian Murray A long-time Sunnyside Gardens resident has produced a video calling on the Department of Transportation to remove the protected bicycle lanes from Skillman and 43rd Avenues and return the corridors back to the way they were prior to their overhaul in 2018. Dorothy Morehead, a local… Read more »
March 4, 2020 By Michael Dorgan U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer told crowds at the Sunnyside Woodside St Pats For All parade Sunday that Donald Trump is not welcome in Queens. Schumer, wearing an Irish tricolored sash, walked the streets of Sunnyside and Woodside at the parade “For All” with his supporters and yelled through a… Read more »
March 3, 2020 By Christian Murray and Michael Dorgan City officials released the long-awaited Sunnyside Yard Master Plan today that calls for the construction of 12,000 affordable housing units, 60-acres of public space and a Sunnyside station that would be served by the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North and potentially Amtrak. The plan, put together… Read more »
March 3, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A popular program that provides affordable hockey lessons and equipment to kids aged 5 through 8 is about to begin in Long Island City and registration is now open. The program, Learn to Play, is organized by the New York Islanders as part of a national initiative where the… Read more »
March 2, 2020 By Allie Griffin An Uber driver is clinging to life after being punched in the head by a passenger he picked up outside a Woodside strip club last month. Mohammed Al-Gahaffi, 54, who remains in a coma, picked up a group of six people — including his attacker — in front of… Read more »
March 2, 2020 By Michael Dorgan More than 120 groups ranging from Irish cultural societies to LGBT organizations took part in the largest ever Sunnyside/Woodside St. Pats For All parade Sunday. The parade – now in its 21st year – continues to grow in stature and that was reflected in both its size and the… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin An eyeglass bandit stole glasses right off the face of two teenagers inside the 33rd Street 7 train subway station earlier this month. The woman snatched the glasses off a 19-year-old girl and, moments later, she swiped a pair off a 14-year-old girl’s face inside the Sunnyside/Long Island City… Read more »
Feb. 27, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The Parks Department is revamping an unkempt corner of L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Playground and has just released preliminary design plans that feature a dog run and new seating areas. The south west section of the park– near the intersection of Greenpoint Avenue and 42nd Street– will undergo a $2.5… Read more »