Sept. 17, By Christian Murray
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign today issued its 17th annual “State of the Subways” Report Card, and rated the 7 as the best of 19 subway lines.
The 7 was ranked number one for the eighth time that Straphangers has been putting out the reports.…
Sept. 16, By Jackie Strawbridge
Back to school means back to the store, for hours-long trips in search of folders, glue sticks, marble notebooks and everything else on parents’ annual classroom supply lists.
For many parents and educators, lengthy school supply lists have long represented a necessary evil in resource-strapped schools.…
Sept. 16, Staff Report
A man broke into Woodside Laundromat Tuesday, grabbed $20 cash and then brandished a knife when the owner went to confront him, police said.
The suspect pried open the front door at Lung Fai Laundromat,…
Sept. 16, By Christian Murray
Vintage cartoons and live jazz will be on display at Sunnyside Gardens Park this Saturday.
The 5th Annual Flicks & Jazz festival, which will feature several 1930s cartoons as well as performances from Sunnyside jazz musicians,…
Sept. 15, By Christian Murray
Shelley’s, a long-time Woodside bar that suddenly closed in April, is likely to reopen in coming months by its former owners.
Deborah Strack Cregan, who owned the 58-15 Woodside Ave. establishment with her husband from 1986 through 1999,…
By Columnist John O’Reilly
City Comptroller Scott Stringer issued two scathing reports on the operations of the Queens Borough Public Library in July that uncovered, what he characterized, a “sickening track record of waste, fraud and abuse” engaged by library executives. …
Sept. 12, Staff Report
A small Korean restaurant will be opening in Sunnyside next month across the street from the Butcher Block.
The restaurant, to be called Mamma Casa, will be located at 43-43 41 Street, where Anise Fusion,…
Sept. 11, By Christian Murray
Residents of Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City will soon have a direct say on how $1 million in city funds will be spent in the district.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who each year allocates city funds toward local parks,…
Sept. 11, By Christian Murray
Ciaran Staunton, a well-known civic leader and owner of the gastropub Molly Blooms, is selling the establishment to two experienced operators who have no plans to make any changes.
Staunton, who opened the bar in 2011,…
Sept. 10, By Jackie Strawbridge
The first day of public school yesterday marked the opening of a new elementary school in Woodside.
P.S. 361, or the Woodside Community School, is located at 39-07 57th St. About 100 Kindergarten and pre-K students started class yesterday,…