Dec. 18, 2017 By Christian Murray Bings Hallmark, which has been located at 45-15 Greenpoint Ave. since 2011, is closing next month. The closing represents an end of an era, since there has been a Hallmark store located at that Greenpoint Avenue address for at least 50 years. The owners of the store, Czarinna Andres… Read more »
Dec. 15, 2017 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a 99 cent store in Sunnyside last week and stole $500 cash. The perpetrator allegedly entered 99 cent Paradise, located at 42-06 Greenpoint Ave., by going under the roll down gate at around 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, Dec…. Read more »
Dec. 15, 2017 By Christian Murray A new café/restaurant is coming to Sunnyside that will be located in a small space on 43rd Avenue. Ley Gastronomic will be opening at 45-12 43rd Avenue in the middle of January offering everything from breakfast to dinner meals. A large focus, however, will be on coffee. The venue… Read more »
Dec. 14, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez The city’s ongoing safety improvement project—by way of protected bike lanes—for two of Sunnyside’s main throughways has people on each side of the issue rallying on behalf of their cause, with one group fighting to preserve all parking spaces along the avenues and another arguing safety over parking. The… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez A police officer was sent to the hospital after a man drove into the officer’s car Wednesday morning, police said. The incident happened at around 9:57 a.m. today, when a man driving a black BMW committed a traffic infraction and rear ended a police cruiser at 44th Street and… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez Sunnyside bars will be hosting a “Santathon” this weekend for the sixth year in a row to raise money for kids this holiday season. The event will begin at 3 p.m. on Dec. 16 and go until late, where a lineup of neighborhood bars near and on Queens Boulevard… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez The city will unveil an updated proposal for Skillman and 43rd Avenues safety measures in a town hall next week, a move that comes after a first design presented a month ago caused much alarm for its proposed removal of 158 parking spaces through the two avenues to make… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez SriPraPhai, the famed Thai restaurant based in Woodside, has expanded to a third location, this time operating out of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. SriPraPhai opened the doors to its newest restaurant on Sunday at 176 North 9th St. The new restaurant takes over Qi Thai Grill, which was once a… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez Sunnyside Community Services is collecting toys to give to children at local shelters this holiday season, a first for the community group. The toys will go to the hundreds of children at shelters in the neighborhood, including children at the Samaritan Village, formerly the site of the Pan American… Read more »
Dec. 7, 2017 By Christian Murray Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer plans to introduce legislation early next year that would stop non-profit organizations from receiving city funds if they have been subject to multiple sexual harassment complaints. “The #MeToo movement is about exposing systematic workplace sexual harassment and assault, but it’s up to lawmakers now to… Read more »