March 11, By Christian Murray
Jamaica Bay, a forgotten body of water located at the southern edge of Queens and Brooklyn, was the City’s dumping ground for most of the 20th Century where sewage, garbage and chemicals would flow.…
March 11, By Jackie Strawbridge
Neighbors are rallying to support the family left behind after a Woodside man was murdered with a pipe last weekend.
Martin Quiej, owner of Tauros Party Supplies on 54th Street, was struck in the head with a metal pipe in the early morning of March 5.…
March 10, Staff Report
Police are searching for the thief who mugged a man in the vicinity of Sunnyside Gardens last month.
On Feb. 26 at 9:05 p.m., an unidentified individual followed a 56-year-old man into a building in the vicinity of 51st Street and 39th Avenue,…
March 10, By Michael Florio
Sunnyside Shines has announced its plans for the rest of the year including the 2016 Taste of Sunnyside and new outdoor public events.
Sunnyside Shines is a Business Improvement District dedicated to promoting commercial interests along Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue.…
The 34-year-old man who was struck repeatedly in the head with a metal pipe in Woodside early Saturday has died and the police have arrested and charged the alleged perpetrator.
The incident took place at 1:45 a.m. Saturday when police received a call that men were fighting near Roosevelt Avenue and 54th Street.…
March 8, By Jackie Strawbridge
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer has released the ballot items for his district’s Participatory Budgeting session, with three of 19 projects slated for Sunnyside/Woodside.
Participatory Budgeting is a process that allows constituents to vote on how capital dollars are spent in their district.…
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As in years past, the parade drew City officials including Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito. However, this year’s parade had a different tone than previous ones, due to the acceptance of a bannered LGBT group -the Lavender and Green Alliance,…
March 5, Staff Report
A 34-year-old man was struck repeatedly in the head with a metal pipe in Woodside this morning after getting into an argument with his two attackers, police said.
The incident took place at 1:45 am Saturday when the men started fighting near Roosevelt Avenue and 54th Street,…
March 4, By Michael Florio
The two Queens Sports Authority locations are safe from closures that will hit more than 140 of the company’s stores nationwide.
Sports Authority announced this week that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be closing about a third of its stores.…
March 4, By Christian Murray
Community Board 2 unanimously rejected a developer’s plan to construct a 17-story hotel building at 32-45 Queens Blvd. that would rise significantly higher than zoning permits.
The Board’s denial, which is merely advisory, stems from the YMCA’s attempt to sell its commercial air rights to a hotel developer who owns the adjacent 10,000-square-foot lot.…