Feb. 28, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The annual Sunnyside/Woodside St. Pat’s For All parade will take place on Sunday, March 5, with dozens of groups already signed up to march. The parade is Sunnyside’s largest event each year, and several Irish cultural groups, LGBT organizations, music groups and a multitude of marching bands are expected… Read more »
Feb, 21, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Planet Fitness, a global fitness franchise, is looking to develop a 16,000-square-foot gym inside the Big Six Towers co-operative complex in Woodside. The franchise, which operates more than 2,300 gyms worldwide, is looking to move into a second-floor space at the complex, located at 61-10 Queens Blvd. The space… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A longtime Sunnyside resident was beaten and robbed by three suspects while walking home from work early Sunday morning, Feb. 12. The 62-year-old victim, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 30 years and wishes to remain anonymous, was walking along 44th Street between Skillman and Barnett… Read more »
Jan. 23, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A Dept. of Sanitation worker was struck in the head with a pole after he chased a would-be burglar out of a DSNY facility in Woodside Saturday night. The victim, a 60-year-old superintendent, was closing the DSNY Central Repair Shop, located at 52-35 58th St., at around 11 p.m…. Read more »
Degli Martinez and Maria Martinez, who won $65m after they purchased a ticket at Sunnyside’s “Queens Mini mart” (45th and Queens Blvd), have just bought themselves a handsome home in Forest Hills. Mr. Martinez, a long-time Woodside resident, worked as a maintenance worker at a Park Ave.…
A Woodside graffiti vandal was sentenced to six months jail following a subway tagging spree, according to the Daily News April 23. The graffiti “artist” and Fashion Institute of Technology student has caused $100,000 in damage worldwide, including the tagging of the MTA subway cars.…
Two graffiti miscreants continue to plague Sunnyside by tagging stores, poles and walls in the neighborhood. On April 18, a local group of Sunnyside NY residents dedicated to graffiti removal, painted over tags on the walls of 43rd Street and 43rd Ave (by Bill’s Liquor Store). …