March 16, By Jackie Strawbridge
The DOT will build more than a dozen pedestrian islands and implement other safety upgrades along a 1.3-mile stretch of Northern Boulevard.
The agency presented its plan to improve the corridor from Honeywell Street to Broadway at Community Board 1’s monthly meeting Tuesday,…
March 16, By Christian Murray
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer will be voting in favor of the two zoning text amendments next week.
The zoning text amendments, called Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA), are likely to be put up for a council vote March 22.…
Massive citywide zoning changes move forward against our will
Op Ed by Patricia Dorfman
The City Council is set to approve two major zoning amendments next week after reaching a deal with the Mayor Bill de Blasio Monday.
The amendments,…
March 15, By Jackie Strawbridge
The City Council has reached a compromise with Mayor Bill de Blasio on two zoning amendments that are crucial to his affordable housing plan for the City.
The zoning amendments, called Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA),…
March 15, By Michael Florio
A Sunnyside apartment was destroyed in a blaze on Sunday and residents have started raising funds for the displaced occupants.
The fire ripped through a sixth floor apartment at 47-09 Skillman Ave on Sunday morning.…
March 15, By Christian Murray
A Woodside resident who has been working at a variety of Sunnyside and Woodside bars over the past 15 years is taking over Shelley’s.
Dympna Rogers, who said she signed a lease last month to take over the 58-15 Woodside Ave.…
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.…