May 12, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself to a 13-year-old girl in Sunnyside Thursday.
According to police, the man approached the girl at around 7:30 am on 48th Street, asked her for a piece of paper and then pulled down his pants to expose himself.…
May 11, Staff Report
An MTA conductor was punched in the face by an irate 7 train rider after being told that he was not permitted to smoke on the train, police said.
The conductor, 50, caught the man smoking on a Manhattan-bound train as it was approaching the Hunters Point Avenue station at 3:45 am on May 9.…
May 11, Staff Report
Riders of the 7 train experienced delays for about an hour this morning following a truck fire that broke out near the tracks by the 33rd Street/Rawson station and then, separately, a passenger falling on the tracks at the 40th Street Lowery station.…
May 9, By Christian Murray
A Sunnyside juice company is branching out and is opening a store on Skillman Avenue.
Cooldown Juice, which opened at 39-11 47th Avenue in 2015, plans to open a second store at 48-19 Skillman Avenue by June 1.…
May 8, By Christian Murray
Several Sunnyside residents have come to the defense of a street cart vender who operates below the 40th Street subway station after learning that he was told he could no longer do business there.…
May 3, By Jason Cohen
Paint chips containing dangerous levels of lead have been falling from some of the elevated 7 train lines and two state legislators are looking to pass legislation requiring that the elevated lines city wide be examined for health risks.…
May 2, Staff Report
Two Brooklyn men found guilty of sex trafficking crimes, which involved forcing a 16-year-old girl and a 23-year woman to have sex with strangers, have been sentenced to 2 to 6 years in prison, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office.…
April 30, By Christian Murray
Area schools are about to receive an injection of funds following the results of this year’s participatory budgeting process where residents got to vote on how more than $1 million should be spent in the district.…
April 27, Staff Report
A large Chinese restaurant located on the border of Sunnyside and Long Island City has been temporarily shut down by the Health Department.
New Grand Buffet, a spacious sit-down Chinese restaurant located at 34-45 48th Street,…
April 26, By Christian Murray
Following the death and injury of two bicyclists in Sunnyside earlier this month, the 108 Police Precinct has stepped up its enforcement of law-breaking cyclists.
The precinct, which covers Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City,…