May 14, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Jane’s Gifts, the general merchandise store, will be shutting down shop on Greenpoint Avenue in the coming weeks. The small shop, located at 45-16 Greenpoint Ave., will remain open until the end of June, according to Eun Sook Lee, who owns the store with his wife Keun Sang Lee…. Read more »
May 14, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are searching for a 14-year-old from Woodside who has been missing for three days. Sonam Sherpa, was last seen at 7:30 a.m. on May 11 leaving his two family home near 62nd Street and Broadway, according to police. An NYPD spokesperson said this morning that there are no… Read more »
May 12, 2018 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who allegedly punched a subway rider in the face on a Queens-bound No. 7 train as it was approaching the 46th Street/Bliss station in Sunnyside last week. The suspect struck the victim, a 29-year-old man, without provocation at around 11:45 p.m. on… Read more »
City View Inn at 33-17 Greenpoint Ave. May 11, 2018 By Christian Murray and Nathaly Pesantez The City View Inn in Blissville will once again house homeless families with children, the city announced today. The Department of Homeless Services said the hotel at 33-17 Greenpoint Ave., which is currently housing single adult men, will transition… Read more »
May 11, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez One of the signs on the Sunnyside Arch came down this morning in preparation for long-overdue repairs to the lights on the structure. Sunnyside Shines, the name of the local BID, posted a photo to Instagram just before midday today of one of the ‘Sunnyside’ signs suspended in midair… Read more »
May 11, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A pub crawl in the spirit of Shakespeare will hit Skillman Avenue tomorrow, with a range of short performances planned at multiple locales on the stretch. Performers from the Queens-based Titan Theatre Company will pay homage to Shakespeare’s greatest works, including his classic speeches, scenes, and his many references… Read more »
May 10, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Blissville, the small, remote neighborhood recently in the spotlight for an ongoing homeless shelter controversy, has formed a new civic group to take on the neighborhood’s challenges, with a protest at Gracie Mansion already planned next week. The Blissville Civic Association, the name of the new group, formed about… Read more »
May 9, 2018 By Christian Murray Residents voted to spend $500,000 to revamp the children’s room at the Woodside Library, $300,000 on new trees and $300,000 on bus countdown clocks—among other projects–when they went to the polls in April to determine how $1 million-plus of city funds should be spent in the district. Councilmember Jimmy… Read more »
May 8, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The Sunnyside-Woodside Lions Club is inviting the public to an all-day fundraising trip at a casino in Pennsylvania later this month. The community advocacy group will head to the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on May 20 on a bus departing from Sunnyside at 9 a.m. The six-hour trip… Read more »
May 8, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The middle school slated to be built on Barnett Avenue will take yet another leap forward, as a newly-formed community advisory group will meet with city officials tonight for the first time to discuss the project. The 30-person group, made up of community members and longtime advocates for a… Read more »