June 4, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Congress Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mixed drinks and waited on tables at a Jackson Heights restaurant Friday to promote legislation that would increase the federal minimum wage for tipped workers. Nearly 100 guests and activists gathered at The Queensboro Restaurant, located at 80-02 Northern Blvd., to watch Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, a… Read more »
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More Debris Falls From 7 Line Tracks on Roosevelt Avenue, MTA Prompted to Install Protective Netting
June 3, 2019 By Christian Murray (Updated) Another piece of debris appears to have fallen from the 7 train tracks along Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside. A resident took to twitter Monday afternoon after almost being struck by a piece of metal while walking under the Roosevelt Avenue line near 53rd Street. Pictures were posted, accompanied… Read more »
Man Who Stabbed Dog to Death in Woodside And Failed To Appear in Court Busted, Sentenced: DA
June 3, 2019 By Christian Murray A Brooklyn man who stabbed a dog to death in Woodside in 2017 and then failed to appear in court was arrested in April for stealing a bottle of vodka from a Woodside Avenue liquor store. Jose Tox, 27, who has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and petit larceny… Read more »
Butcher Block’s Long-Awaited Queens Boulevard Entrance Now Open, Renovations Nearly Complete
May 31, 2019 By Meghan Sackman The Butcher Block, Sunnyside’s Irish supermarket, has opened its new entrance on Queens Boulevard after nearly three years of stop-start construction. The locale, located at 43-46 41st St, has a new entrance at 40-15 Queens Blvd, which opened yesterday to customers, according to co-owner Michael Roche. The expansion, Roche said,… Read more »
Candidate Forum for Queens District Attorney to be Held in Sunnyside Monday
May 30, 2019 By Max Murray Sunnyside Community Services is holding a Queens District Attorney candidate forum next week. The candidates will meet at Sunnyside Community Services on Monday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m. as they battle it out for the Democratic nomination. Six of the seven Democratic candidates who are vying for the nomination… Read more »
Tech Startup Debuts 1,000 Rent-by-the-Minute Electric Mopeds, Covers Sliver of Sunnyside
May 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan One thousand new electric mopeds hit the streets of Brooklyn and Queens earlier today after tech startup Revel launched their rent-by-the-minute moped business in the two boroughs. After a successful test run last summer of 68 bikes in Bushwick, Williamsburg and Greenpoint, the moped sharing business will now cover… Read more »
DOT Begins Installing Hundreds of New Speed Cameras
May 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Department of Transportation installed the first of hundreds of new speed cameras–specifically in school zones–on Friday. The new speed camera, which went up near P.S. 199 on the Upper West Side, was the first to be installed since the city got the go ahead from Albany that it… Read more »
Swarm of 20,000 Bees Removed From Sunnyside Building Monday
May 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Sunnyside was buzzing yesterday as NYPD officers removed a swarm of 20,000 bees from the side of a 45th Street building. The sizable swarm had gathered at 48-02 45 St., between 48th and 50th Avenues, and quickly became a problem for pedestrians trying to walk by the building. NYPD… Read more »
Memorial Paying Tribute to Local Canines Trashed
May 28, 2019 By Christian Murray The memorial dedicated to those canines that were frequent visitors to the Lou Lodati dog run and have passed away over the years was trashed Saturday night. Vandals destroyed 117 tags–each tag paying tribute to a deceased dog–that were attached to the fence on a keyring. The tags, pink for… Read more »
Man Who Shot Worker During Botched Robbery on Skillman Avenue Has Been Arrested: NYPD
May 26, 2019 By Christian Murray Police have arrested the man wanted for shooting a worker at a Skillman Avenue drug store last month. Gianne Peralta, 36, from New Jersey, was arrested on May 15 and charged with attempted robbery in the first degree and two counts of assault, according to police. Police received a… Read more »