May 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The NYC subway reached an on-time performance level last month that has not been seen in more than five years, the MTA reported Sunday. In April, the subway was on time 79.8 percent of the time, the MTA said, a level that has not been recorded since October 2013…. Read more »
May 17, 2019 Staff Report Tickets to the ninth annual Taste of Sunnyside event happening next Tuesday are just about gone, with organizers making one last call to the public to purchase their tickets. The May 21 event, at the P.C. Richard parking lot on Queens Boulevard, includes nearly 25 area restaurants offering tastings, along… Read more »
May 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Sunnyside residents will have the chance this weekend to help contribute to the creation of an online map that aims to provide disabled residents with a guide to better navigate the neighborhood. AXS Map, a website and mobile app created by wheelchair user and Long Island City resident Jason… Read more »
May 15, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Queens Borough president Melinda Katz has announced that she will be hosting a town hall meeting on gun violence later this month, which will be co-hosted by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and representatives of various community-based organizations. The meeting, scheduled to take place at Queen Borough… Read more »
May 15, 2019 By Christian Murray The owner of the Sunnyside UPS store that was destroyed in December’s fire will finally be opening a temporary location by the end of May. Tony Tang, 65, the long-time owner, said his pop-up store—to be located at 45-18 Queens Blvd.– was originally scheduled to open at the beginning… Read more »
May 14, 2019 By Christian Murray City Planning’s predictions as to the outcome of neighborhood rezonings will be put under the microscope if a number of bills sponsored by Council Member Francisco Moya become law. The bills would require city agencies to review past neighborhood rezonings to see how accurate City Planning’s projections were with… Read more »
May 13, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Sunday a bill that will bring about a major expansion of the city’s speed camera network in school zones across the five boroughs. The legislation, passed by the State Senate and Assembly in March, is an extension of a previously passed 2013 bill… Read more »
May 13, 2019 Staff Report NBC announced its fall schedule on Sunday and provided viewers with a glimpse of Kal Penn’s sitcom, “Sunnyside.” The network released a trailer yesterday, although it didn’t feature any prolonged shots of the neighborhood. The show, which will air at 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays, will put Sunnyside in the limelight…. Read more »
May 13, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A woman was stabbed and robbed on Queens Boulevard outside of a KFC in the early hours of Sunday, police say. The 41-year-old woman was walking on Queens Boulevard on May 12 around 2:55 a.m., across from the KFC located at 57-17 Queens Boulevard, when an unknown man approached her… Read more »
May 10, 2019 By Christian Murray Residents voted to spend $450,000 on local libraries, $400,000 on tech upgrades to neighborhood schools and $200,000 on a hydroponics science lab at a Sunnyside school—among other projects–when they went to the polls last month to determine how $1 million-plus of city funds should be spent in the district…. Read more »