May 22, Staff Report
A popular Filipino restaurant located in Woodside has been temporarily shut down by the Health Department.
Kabayan, located at 69-12 Roosevelt Avenue, was shut down Thursday for racking up a whopping 117 violation points during a standard health inspection.…
May 22, By Christian Murray
Gertrude “Gert” McDonald, a long-time resident who helped pave the way for women in Queens politics, has died at the age of 100.
McDonald, who was born in Manhattan and moved to Sunnyside when she was seven, …
May 19, Staff Report
More than 1,000 people have signed up to participate in this year’s LIC Post ‘Run the Waterfront’ 5K, with organizers saying the event is on track to being a sellout.
The charity run/walk, in its second year,…
May 19, By Christian Murray
Three people have been charged for multiple burglaries that took place in several Queens neighborhoods between January and May, according to the district attorney’s office.
The defendants, all Queens residents, allegedly broke into people’s homes in the neighborhoods of Jackson Heights,…
May 16, Staff Report
The Seventh annual Taste of Sunnyside takes place next Tuesday and a number of local restaurants have already determined what they plan to serve on the day.
Arriba Arriba will be offering attendees traditional Mexican street food,…
May 15, By Jason Cohen
A passenger on a motorcycle was left critically injured on a Woodside street Saturday after the rider lost control of the bike while speeding before running on foot from the scene of the accident,…
May 12, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself to a 13-year-old girl in Sunnyside Thursday.
According to police, the man approached the girl at around 7:30 am on 48th Street, asked her for a piece of paper and then pulled down his pants to expose himself.…
May 11, Staff Report
An MTA conductor was punched in the face by an irate 7 train rider after being told that he was not permitted to smoke on the train, police said.
The conductor, 50, caught the man smoking on a Manhattan-bound train as it was approaching the Hunters Point Avenue station at 3:45 am on May 9.…
May 11, Staff Report
Riders of the 7 train experienced delays for about an hour this morning following a truck fire that broke out near the tracks by the 33rd Street/Rawson station and then, separately, a passenger falling on the tracks at the 40th Street Lowery station.…
May 9, By Christian Murray
A Sunnyside juice company is branching out and is opening a store on Skillman Avenue.
Cooldown Juice, which opened at 39-11 47th Avenue in 2015, plans to open a second store at 48-19 Skillman Avenue by June 1.…