March 21, By
Hannah
Wulkan
Several local Radio Shack stores are shutting down following the company filing for bankruptcy last month.
As part of a court filing in Delaware, the electronics store released a list of 365 branches it plans to shut down by the end of the month,…
March 21, By Hannah Wulkan
A local activist group is planning a protest against gentrification in Queens, specifically targeting three major proposals in Sunnyside and Long Island City.
The Queens Anti-Gentrification Project, an activist group working against gentrification primarily in Sunnyside,…
March 21, Staff Report
Police are searching for a man who slammed a woman against a wall inside her Sunnyside apartment building a little over a week ago.
The suspect allegedly followed the 28-year-old victim in to her apartment building near 43rd Avenue and 42nd Street around 12:30 a.m.…
March 17, Staff Report
A gourmet burger joint located on the border of Sunnyside and Long Island City appears to have closed.
Williamsburger, which opened in 2013 at 36-17 Greenpoint Ave. (near 50th Avenue), is now empty, with its tables,…
March 16, By Christian Murray
The Department of Consumer Affairs has filed charges against Major World, a Northern Boulevard-based auto dealership, claiming that the company has been using deceptive and illegal practices to profit from consumers.
The DCA claims that the firm has a long-standing practice of luring unsuspecting consumers,…
March 16, By Hannah Wulkan
Participatory budgeting voters in Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City will be able to vote online for the first time ever this year.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer will kick off his third annual participatory budgeting vote on March 25,…
March 16, By Hannah Wulkan
A man who lives on the border of Long Island City and Astoria was sentenced to a year in prison for dropping his dog out of a third story window last summer, announced Queens District Attorney Richard Brown today.…
March 15, Staff Report
An off-duty EMT was arrested yesterday after assaulting and stabbing his girlfriend in their shared Woodside home.
According to police, 31-year-old Peter Matura, an EMT with the FDNY, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. yesterday after assaulting his girlfriend in their home near 64th Street and Queens Boulevard.…
March 14, Staff Report
A Peruvian restaurant in Sunnyside has gone on the market.
The owners of Don Pollo, located at 41-06 Greenpoint Avenue, have listed their business with a local realtor and are looking to sell it for $120,000.…
March 13, Staff Report
A Woodside man was arrested after shooting his wife in the stomach on Sunday night.
According to police, 54-year-old Victor Guzman was arrested around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday night for shooting his 51-year-old wife in the torso inside their home on 59th Street near Laurel Boulevard.…