May 9, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Sunnyside-based immigration attorney has been sentenced to five years years in prison for operating a asylum fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced yesterday. Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu, 43, was convicted in November of last year of having submitted more than 100 asylum applications where she knowingly included false… Read more »
May 7, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The second span of the inter-borough Kosciuszko Bridge will open in September, which will mark the completion of the bridge four years ahead of schedule, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced at a press conference yesterday. The bridge will provide the Brooklyn Queens Expressway with five Queens-bound traffic lanes and four… Read more »
May 7, 2019 By Christian Murray The Parent Teacher Association at P.S. 150 is holding a fundraiser this Friday to raise money for a host of programs offered at the 40-01 43rd Ave. school. The fundraiser is scheduled to take place at Jack’s Fire Department, a bar/restaurant located at 39-46 Skillman Ave., from 8 to… Read more »
May 6, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police are searching for a duo who broke into a storage room at Best Buy and stole $14,000 of goods. The suspects were caught on surveillance footage breaking into a storage closet at the 50-01 Northern Blvd. store on April 24 around 2 p.m. The pair stole 17 phones… Read more »
May 3, 2019 By Alexa Beyer A Family Fun Bike Ride is scheduled to take place in Sunnyside tomorrow. The ride, which starts at the Lou Lodati Playground at noon, will celebrate the protected bike lanes that the Department Of Transportation installed last summer on Skillman and 43rd Avenues. The celebratory ride is a follow-up… Read more »
May 3, 2019 By Meghan Sackman UPDATE: Police have FOUND an 89-year-old Woodside man who went missing yesterday. Martin Thalmayr, 89, went missing from his home near 65th Street and Roosevelt Avenue around 11:45 a.m. on May 2, according to police. He was found this morning, according to police. No details as to his whereabouts or… Read more »
May 2, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police are searching for a man who allegedly walked into a Woodside church and swiped some bags. On April 18 around 8:55 p.m., the suspect entered Sure Foundation Lutheran Church, located at 64-20 Roosevelt Ave., and stole two unattended bags that belonged to two choir members who were singing at… Read more »
May 1, 2019 By Christian Murray Three high-profile suspects wanted for violent crimes in Sunnyside still remain at large, according to police. Police are still searching for the perpetrator of a shooting that took place on Skillman Avenue two weeks ago, as well as two teenagers involved in a string of robberies in Sunnyside over… Read more »
May 1, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Long-serving Assembly Member Catherine Nolan will face her first Democratic primary challenge in more than a decade if she runs for office again next year. Mary Jobaida, a Bangladeshi-American and progressive Democrat, threw her hat in the ring earlier this week, hoping to represent District 37, which covers Sunnyside,… Read more »
April 30, 2019 By Christian Murray A small area around the 52nd Street train station has become a hot bed for development—and it is about to get a whole lot hotter. Plans were filed last week for a 17-story, 90-unit complex at the corner of 51st Street and Roosevelt Ave., where the blue-colored J &… Read more »