Dec. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres A Sunnyside store gave one lucky customer a nice Thanksgiving gift, selling a top-prize winning ticket in the New York Lottery’s TAKE 5 Evening drawing on Friday, Nov. 28, the day after the holiday. The winning ticket, valued at $24,884, was sold at Jolly 100 Corp, dba the Smoke… Read more »
Dec. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry A 13-year-old girl was groped by a stranger while riding an E train as it approached the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike subway station during the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 18. Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are still looking for a suspect who…
Nov. 26, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Santathon, a popular neighborhood Santa-themed bar crawl, will return to Sunnyside and Woodside next month after a three-year hiatus, raising money to buy toys for children this Christmas. Santathon will return to the neighborhood on Saturday, Dec. 14, with 14 participating bars offering a variety of drink specials, including… Read more »
Nov. 12, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Department of Transportation representatives and elected officials gathered in Sunnyside Tuesday afternoon to announce the completion of the sixth and final phase of the Queens Boulevard Redesign, which has resulted in a 68% decline in fatalities along the boulevard since work began in 2015. NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez,… Read more »
Nov. 12, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The Department of Transportation has indefinitely postponed a virtual workshop for the planned 16-mile Queens Waterfront Greenway in order to establish a code of conduct after an in-person workshop in Douglaston last month was disrupted by a clash between Council Member Vickie Paladino and a number of greenway…
Oct. 28, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Burger King is set to reopen on Queens Boulevard on the same block where it was located before closing last year. The fast-food joint is moving into the space on Queens Boulevard, between 40th and 41st streets, that is currently being used by the Irish supermarket Butcher Block. The… Read more »
Oct. 14, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A record crowd of 1,200 people lined the streets of Sunnyside on Sunday afternoon for the 14th annual Taste of Sunnyside restaurant crawl. Participants reveled in the fall sunshine as they moved between the 65 participating restaurants, bars, and coffee shops, which ranged from Latin American eateries to Irish… Read more »
May. 7, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Police in Queens are investigating a deadly stabbing at a bodega early on Tuesday morning. Law enforcement sources said the bloodshed occurred at about 12:30 a.m. on May 7 at the Sinal Mini Mart located at 97-02 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Members of the 112th Precinct, in…
Dec. 22, 2023 By Anthony Medina Queens Boulevard in Woodside is about to undergo a $23.75 million overhaul thanks to a federal grant that Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. The hefty grant will primarily go toward safety improvements along the boulevard from Roosevelt Avenue to 73rd Street. The project will include the construction of new… Read more »
Aug. 30, 2023 By Dean Moses An off-duty NYPD officer is hospitalized, and two brothers are under arrest, Wednesday after an apparent road rage dispute in Queens led to the cop being shot, police said. According to Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, the unnamed officer was driving a Kia eastbound on Queens Boulevard at…