April 18, Staff Report
The city awarded several local organizations grants up to $30,000 last week to develop projects to support small businesses in Sunnyside, Woodside and Jackson Heights.
NYC Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Gregg Bishop announced on Wednesday that the department awarded over $1 million to 34 groups throughout all five boroughs.…
April 18, By Hannah Wulkan
A local group is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first 7 train rolling in to Queens.
Transportation advocacy group Access Queens is throwing a 100th Anniversary celebration for the Corona extension of the 7 train,…
April 17, Staff Report
The man who has been spotted surfing trains in Queens last week has turned himself into police.
The police reported in a tweet that the man had turned himself in and included a picture of the culprit who took footage of himself standing on the roof of a 7 train as it zipped through Queens last week.…
April 17, By Hannah Wulkan
A local suicide prevention center is looking to raise awareness of its presence in the neighborhood, while raising funds through a trivia night and happy hour next weekend.
The trivia night fundraiser next weekend will go to benefit Pieta House,…
April 13, By Hannah Wulkan
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is calling on the Department of Transportation to increase safety at a Sunnyside intersection that has seen two cyclists injured or killed in the last ten days.
Van Bramer held a press conference today to call on the DOT to implement new safety measures at the intersection of 43rd Avenue and 39th Street,…
April 13, By Hannah Wulkan
Two local entrepreneurs are opening a center in Woodside this month that will offer classes and business advice for women.
Project Life Center, which will open its doors at 38-02 61st Street on April 22,…
April 13, By Hannah Wulkan
A homeless man was charged yesterday with breaking in to four different churches throughout Queens over the past few months in an attempt to “get back at God.”
According to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown,…
April 12, By Hannah Wulkan
Flakes of paint that are falling off some of the 7 train stations along Roosevelt Avenue contain as much as 50-times the amount of allowable lead, according to union officials.
The District Council 9 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades took samples of the paint in February and found that the paint flakes showed lead levels at 244,000 parts per million,…
April 11, Staff Report
A man who has a habit of riding on top of subway trains in Queens posted Instagram footage of himself on top of the 7 train yesterday.
The footage is found on the Instagram account of Anthony Baker.…
April 11, By Christian Murray
A subway surfer was riding on top of the 7-train through Sunnyside yesterday as stunned passengers looked on.
The incident took place at around 1:40 pm and was witnessed by Darron Cardosas and his husband Mark Jones Alan,…