April 24, By Christian Murray
A French artist who has been pasting giant photographs of recent immigrants on New York City walls has put two up in Sunnyside.
The artist, called JR, photographed 16 immigrants and used their images to paste on walls.…
April 23, By Christian Murray
The Health Dept. doesn’t like Sunnyside’s Chinese restaurants—shutting down at least five in just the past three years.
The latest casualty is Sky Taste, located at 45-53 46 Streets, which racked up 57 points and was ordered closed Tuesday.…
April 21, By Christian Murray
They just had to leave their mark—and now they been busted.
The police arrested two men earlier this month who they believe are responsible for spray-painting the tag SBR throughout Sunnyside, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office.…
April 21, By Christian Murray
Ridership of the No. 7 train at the Vernon-Jackson and Court Square stations continues to surge and the MTA plans to alleviate the problem through the addition of two trains per hour.…
April 20, By Christian Murray
A photo was shot of a man spray-painting the exterior wall of a Sunnyside grocery store earlier this month.
The alleged vandal, who was with his girlfriend, was tagging the wall outside Sunnyside Market at 42-08 43rd Street at about 8:00 am on April 8,…
April 19, By Christian Murray
It’s time to take the foot of the gas.
The Department of Transportation has started work on a 50-block slow zone that incorporates the northern section of Sunnyside and parts of Woodside.
The zone—called the “Sunnyside Gardens-Woodside Slow Zone–is the second to come to the neighborhood in the past six months.…
April 17, Staff Report
Another large residential development is likely to come to Queens Blvd—this one near the Big Six Towers in Woodside.
A demolition permit was filed with the Department of Buildings earlier this month to raze a one-story auto parts shop located at 64-06 Queens Blvd.…
April 15, By Christian Murray
A new optical store is opening on Queens Blvd this Sunday on a block that has undergone significant change in the past 5 years.
Sunny Sight Optical, located at 44-13 Queens Blvd, takes over the space that was previously occupied by Pink Icing.…
April 14, By Christian Murray
The official ribbon cutting at the newly revamped Thomas P. Noonan Playground took place today with politicians, war veterans and children in attendance.
The playground, which reopened last week, underwent a $2 million upgrade that features new play equipment (see previous coverage)—as well as two monuments placed in honor of the men from Sunnyside who were killed in Vietnam.…
April 13, By Christian Murray
The largest residential development to come to Sunnyside in recent years is expected to be completed next month and the 38 rent units contained within it will soon be hitting the market.
The development,…