The bodega located at 46th and Queens Blvd (on the northern side) is in the process of being shut down by the landlord. Marshalls were sent last week to close the business but the owner was given a brief reprieve to sell what he could in a last minute hope to save it.…
Tag: Sunnyside
Who is Deirdre Feerick?
I have started to see posters endorsing Deirdre Feerick as the best Democrat candidate for the District 26 New York City council seat. This seat is being vacated by Eric Gioia who is seeking higher office as New York’s public advocate.…
Mexican Restaurant to Open on 44th Street
A Mexican restaurant/takeout store is expected to go in on 44th Street (btw. 43rd Ave. and Queens Blv.), next door to “acupuncture.” A fortune teller was the last business owner to rent the space. The fortune tellers, primarily women, would sit outside,…
Indian Restaurant to Open on Queens Boulevard
This retail/restaurant space (on Queens Blvd/btw 44 and 45th) has been vacant for at least nine months. However, in the past two weeks contractors have been working inside. Based on a series of conversations with workers – and one with the owner of the Fish Shop next door – an Indian restaurant is moving in.…
Sunnyside Local Seeks Borough President Job
Marc Leavitt, a Sunnyside local, has lofty plans to wrest the Queens Borough Council presidency away from Helen Marshall (D) this year. Leavitt (D), an attorney who has just set up his campaign office in Woodside, has to collect about 15,000 signatures before he can get on the ballot and force Marshall into a Sept.…
Claret Gets Approval for Outdoor Seating
Claret, the newly established popular wine bar on Skillman Ave., has been given the thumbs up by the Community Board for side-walk seating. The seating will not be on Skillman Ave. but on the 46th Street corner. There are expected to be as many as a dozen tables and 24 seats.…
Korean Church Building for Sale, Asking $6.8 million
The Korean Church on Queens Blvd (next to Dunkin Donuts) between 41st and 42st is on the market for a cool $6.8million. It is located next door to the new condos that were built a couple of years ago with the CVS store at the bottom.…
Sunnysiders Remove Graffitti
More than 100 local residents turned out with paint brushes and rollers today to join Sunnyside United’s graffitti removal event. Volunteers arrived at the Sunnyside Reform Church on Skillman Ave. at 10:00 am. The organizers split the volunteers into groups of five to seven people and sent them out to trouble spots throughout the northern section of Sunnyside. …
One Mile of Queens Blvd is Renamed
Twenty blocks along Queens Boulevard that run through Sunnyside and Woodside have been renamed after the late Congressman Thomas J. Manton Boulevard. Local officials have renamed the blocks between 38th Street through 58th Street for Manton. Manton represented parts of Queens in Congress from 1986 to 1998 and served as head of the Queens Democratic Organization from 1986 through to his death in 2006.…
Gioia to Set Fast Food Boundaries
Councilman Eric Gioia (Sunnyside) announced last week a proposal to ban fast food restaurants within 0.1 miles, or about 500 feet, of schools. The move is yet another indication of his disire to be New York City public advocate. A study released by the University of California and Columbia University,…