September 28, By Hannah Wulkan
A fireball explosion is set to go off today on 37th Avenue as part of a film production, according to an alert the city sent out to residents in the area yesterday.
The alert read,…
September 26, Staff Report
Spider-Man:Homecoming
will be filming in Sunnyside Tuesday and many residents throughout the neighborhood will have to move their vehicles.
The filming will primarily take place on 43rd Street (between Queens Blvd and 43rd Avenue) and a production crew has been working on the creation of an exterior set at the corner of Queens Blvd/43rd Street for the past week.…
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By wielding the power of “no” more befitting a small child than an elected official, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer has stopped a worthy plan for affordable housing dead in its tracks.…
September 23, Staff Report
The property that was the short-lived home of a Queens Boulevard lounge/club is for sale listed at $4.9 million and marketed as a “prime development site.”
The site, located at 39-31 Queens Blvd, had been occupied by OT Lounge,…
September 21, Staff Report
A 30-year-old woman who was walking along 69th Street in the early hours Tuesday was sexually attacked by a 23-year-old man, according to police.
The victim had exited the 65th Street train station and was walking along 69th Street when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her neck.…
September 21, By Hannah Wulkan
A popular ride sharing service will now also deliver food directly to your doorstep.
Uber announced this morning that it has expanded its UberEATS app in to Queens for the first time, covering Astoria,…
September 21, By Hannah Wulkan
Woodside on the Move is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month, and will be reflecting on its growth from a small civic association to a large service organization at Claret Wine Bar on Skillman Avenue next week.…
September 21, By Hannah Wulkan
A longstanding Woodside bar has undergone a makeover, and reopened under a new name as the Beerkeeper this week.
The bar, formerly known as Shelley’s at 58-15 Woodside Avenue, opened on Friday after a complete revamp,…
September 20, By Hannah Wulkan
Local politicians and community members gathered yesterday to officially announce plans to build a middle school on the corner of 48th Street and Barnett Avenue.
The new school, which comes as a product of over two years of community activism,…
September 19, By Christian Murray
Phipps Houses has withdrawn its Barnett Avenue development proposal and the 10-story, 209-unit affordable housing complex that many Sunnyside residents feared is now dead.
Phipps was expected to go before the City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises tomorrow as part of the process of getting the property rezoned from manufacturing to residential.…