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More Fun Facts About Queens!
We’ve got more fun facts from the forthcoming book The Neighborhoods of Queens: Stockholm Street in Ridgewood is the only brick road in Queens. Woodside and Sunnyside host New York City’s only St....
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Your Open House: Sunnyside Thanks New York Mag
Fall in love, start a family, buy a two-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside, Queens—not necessarily in that order. “We’re getting married this year!” said Claudia Salazer, when asked why she was looking at...
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Sunnyside Down: City Shrinking (or Saving?) Queens' Most Popular Nabe
Last year, New York magazine, via the magic of stats wizard Nate Silver, declared Sunnyside, Queens, the third best neighboirhood in the city. The first two were obvious–Park Slope and the Lower East...
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Sunnyside Won’t Rise! City Council Passes Rezoning
Too much? (Forgotten New York) Yesterday, the City Council voted to suburbanize another piece of Queens. This time it was the neighborhoods of Sunnyside and Woodside getting rezoned. The plan helps...
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Councilman Who? Covering Up a Name From the Not-So Distant Past
Garbage cans along Queens Blvd have stickers covering up the name of the former Councilman who purchased them. (photo credit: azi paybarah) Remember those expensive taxpayer funded garbage cans that...
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Lights Dimming On Sunnyside Movie Theater’s Run
Will Sunnyside residents be left with only Netflix and tears? (flickr) Despite the prevalence of iphones and macbook pros and the endless stream of streaming devices, the retro-loving hipsters of Kings...
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Who Cares if the Rent Guidelines Board Doesn’t Meet in the Outer Boroughs?
Apartment buildings on the Grand Concourse are typical of New York City’s rent-stabilized housing stock: not actually all that rent-stabilized. Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio is...
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De Blasio Weighs In on ‘Deeply Troubling’ Ukraine Situation
Bill de Blasio speaking to reporters at today’s parade. (Photo: Official Photo/New York City Mayor’s Office.) Mayor Bill de Blasio today weighed in on the escalating tensions in the Ukraine, where a...
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Mayor de Blasio Attends ‘St. Pat’s for All’ Parade After Skipping Rockaways...
Bill de Blasio marching today in the St. Pat’s for All Parade. In an apparent slip of the tongue, Mayor Bill de Blasio today said he had skipped yesterday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the Rockaways...
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‘The Mayor Eats Food': Bill de Blasio’s Job, According to Schoolchildren
Bill de Blasio at the schoolchildren earlier today. (Photo: Twitter/@BilldeBlasio) Mayor Bill de Blasio visited a prekindergarten program in Sunnyside, Queen today, where he learned all kinds of...
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Not Really the Next Brooklyn: Queens Has Its Own Identity and Growing Appeal
They first hit the shores of Long Island City over a decade ago, newcomers to the area who eventually put Queens on the map as a refuge from the real estate frenzy in Manhattan and Brooklyn. When their...
View ArticleThe 10 Must-Watch New Series Coming to Small Screens This Fall
From the 'Black-ish' spinoff 'Mixed-ish' to the long-awaited debut of 'Raising Dion,' here are the 10 shows we can't wait to watch this fall.
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