May 10, By Michael Florio
Get ready to rumble.
Andy Lee, the current World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight champion, will be making an appearance at Maggie Mae’s, located at 41-15 Queens Blvd, on Sunday at 5:30pm.
The bar will be offering a free meet and greet with Lee,…
May 8, By Michael Florio
Oscar-winner actress Reese Witherspoon was in Sunnyside today shooting a skit for this Saturday’s “Saturday Night Live.”
Witherspoon is hosting the show for the first time in 14 years as she aims to promote her new movie,…
May 7, By Michael Florio
A new school may soon be coming to the Woodside/Jackson Heights area.
Councilman Daniel Dromm has been in discussions with the School Construction Authority (SCA) about building a school at the old White Castle Headquarters at 69-01 34th Avenue.…
May 7, By Christian Murray
Long Island City will be getting plenty of funds for an elaborate bikeway in that neighborhood
The bikeway is one of the three projects that is going to be funded as part of a vote where residents were able to cast their ballots to determine how $1 million in city funds should be spent.…
May 6, By Christian Murray
The developer of the Queens Blvd. property where the movie theater was located has told the owner of PJ Horgan’s that he will not be renewing his lease when it ends June 2018.
PJ Horgan’s is the remaining tenant on the large Queens Blvd/43rd Street lot that is being developed.…
May 4, By Christian Murray
Despite there being little sign of progress, the owner of a new bar that is expected to open on the corner of 43rd Street and 43rd Avenue said it is still on track.
John Keogh,…
April 4, By Michael Florio
What started as a Bar Mitzvah project with the aim of helping little league kids in Detroit has two years later turned into a full-on game between two little league clubs—Detroit Police Athletic League vs.…
May 3, By Christian Murray
An Italian restaurant will be opening on Queens Blvd. this week—where the New Post Coffee Shop was located for 50 years.
The restaurant, called Soleluna, is owned by three Italians, one of whom lives on the same 40th Street block as the 40-01 Queens Blvd establishment.…
April 2, By Kim Brown
Among apples, doughnuts and pies, a 27-year-old Sunnyside Greenmarket vendor, who grew up in Kathmandu, placed a sign that read ‘Pray for Nepal’ and a collection jar.
By 2 p.m., the Breezy Hill Orchard employee raised nearly $100 for victims of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that claimed at least 6,500 lives and left more than 14,000 people injured.…
May 1, By Michael Florio
The man behind Big Bird is going to be at the Museum of the Moving Image this Sunday.
Carroll Spinney, the 80-year-old puppeteer, who is known for his roles as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch will be greeting fans at the museum prior to the screening of a film about his illustrious career.…