February 6, By Hannah Wulkan
The NYC Economic Development Corporation is entertaining the possibility of building as many as 24,000 residential units on the Sunnyside Yards, according to a feasibility study the agency released today.
The study lays out three test cases for the mega-development,…
February 2, By Hannah Wulkan
Community Board 2 delivered a huge blow to the proposed mega church project in Woodside last night, voting unanimously to oppose the rezoning application requested by the church.
The Universal Church, which has been located at 63-08 Roosevelt Avenue for more than 20 years,…
February 2, By Christian Murray
Two men have been sentenced to 13 ½ years in prison for abducting a Woodside resident and holding him hostage in a Sunnyside/LIC warehouse for more than a month in 2013.
District Attorney Richard Brown announced today that Christian Acuna,…
February 2, Staff Report
A new deli will open up next month on Greenpoint Avenue, taking the place of the former Nonna Gina Pizzeria.
The new deli, called Greenpoint Deli, will open up sometime in early March at 43-24 Greenpoint Avenue after fully renovating the space,…
February 2, By Hannah Wulkan
The owner of the Atlanta Falcons who is taking his team to the 51st Superbowl on Sunday has deep ties to Sunnyside.
Arthur Blank, who also co-founded Home Depot, grew up in Sunnyside, before moving to Flushing when he was 12 years old.…
February 1, Staff Report
The Chase Bank branch in Woodside was robbed Monday, according to police.
A man entered the 59-26 Woodside Avenue bank around 10:10 am January 30 and passed the teller a note stating that he had a loaded firearm and demanded money.…
January 31, By Hannah Wulkan
Queens residents support the placement of a toll on the Queensboro Bridge—and three other bridges—as a means to generate funding to bolster the transit system and improve roadways, according to poll data released by the activist group Transportation Alternatives.…
January 30, By Hannah Wulkan
The owner of the building containing Mexican restaurant La Adelita has filed plans for a 5-story, mixed-use building on the site.
Department of Building records show that the owner of 52-22 Roosevelt Avenue, a building containing La Adelita restaurant and two floors of apartments,…
January 27, By Hannah Wulkan
A woman was beaten and robbed in the heart of Sunnyside yesterday.
The victim, a 54-year-old woman, reported that she was walking south on 46th Street between 39th Avenue and Skillman Avenue around 6:35 a.m.…
January 26, By Christian Murray (Sunnyside/Woodside)
Social media has become the lifeblood of Jimmy Van Bramer’s office.
If you want to know where he is, there is a strong chance there is a tweet or a Facebook post in the past hour saying where he is or what he’s up to.…