Dec. 20, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez A bill authored by Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) requiring parks to be wiped down after pesticides are sprayed passed City Council yesterday. The bill, known as Intro 1466, mandates that the Department of Parks and Recreation clean playground equipment in city parks within 24 hours after pesticides have… Read more »
Dec. 20, 2017 By Tara Law Police are looking for two masked men who allegedly robbed a Woodside 7-Eleven at gunpoint on Sunday. The two men went inside the 61-19 Northern Boulevard store at 11:40 p.m. before one of them pointed a gun at a 46 year-old male employee and ordered him to get on… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2017 By Tara Law A bill requiring the MTA and the New York City Transit Authority to study lead levels on aboveground subway stations whenever renovations are made was signed into law Monday. The new law requires the MTA to assess the lead paint levels whenever it renovates or repaints an elevated station… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2017 by Nathaly Pesantez The city has announced plans to expand public bike sharing to areas not serviced by Citi Bike, like Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, and Forest Hills in Queens, by way of a “dockless” system. The New York City Department of Transportation released a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) on Dec…. Read more »
Dec. 18, 2017 By Christian Murray A 23-year-old Corona man is dead after being struck by a truck in a hit-and-run incident while riding his bicycle near the Woodside/Maspeth border this morning, police said. Hugo Ramirez was struck near the intersection of 48th Street and the Long Island Expressway at around 7:48 a.m., when a… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez The highly anticipated town hall expected to take place tomorrow on the city’s project for Skillman and 43rd Avenues has been postponed to January. The announcement was made at around 4:30 p.m. by Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, who organized the town hall along with Community Board 2 and the… Read more »
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 »