Local Business

Aug 20, 2015

Restaurants: Sign up for Sunnyside Restaurant Week 2015

Sunnyside Shines is planning our third annual local restuarant week for restaurants in Sunnyside! Participating restaurants will offer a minimum 3 course dinner for $25, consisting of an appetizer, a main dish and a dessert. Your restaurant may also participate in offering a lunch special of your choice. Restaurants may still offer... read more

Jan 15, 2015

Updated Neighborhood Map to Draw Visitors to Sunnyside

Sunnyside’s 2015 neighborhood map is updated and ready for distribution. The Sunnyside map, produced by the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce and LaGuardia Community College, features a full-color illustrated map of the neighborhood and an updated business... read more

Dec 30, 2014

Sunnyside Shines Announces Winners in Holiday Window Contest

Today, the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District announced the results of its 2014 holiday window photo contest. Three stores received winning prizes of $300, $200 and $100: Sunnyside Thrift Shop (first place), Sunnyside Florist (second place) and Pure Spa and Salon (third place). A photographer, Mehdi Smita of Woodside,... read more

Oct 13, 2014

Sunnyside Restaurant Week Doubles in Size for 2014

Sunnyside’s 2nd Annual Restaurant Week Opens October 20;

Art Installations and Opening Party Announced

Sunnyside, New York, October 13, 2014: Around the world in 32 plates! Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District is kicking off its 2nd Annual Sunnyside Restaurant Week with an opening reception on... read more

Jul 16, 2014

Graffiti removed from 250+ Sunnyside storefronts, thanks to funding from Council Member Van Bramer

The Sunnyside Shines graffiti removal program cleaned and painted over 250+ instances of graffiti from Sunnyside storefronts, security gates and even a few sidewalks last fiscal year. The monthly graffiti removal program is generously supported by Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer.

"We thank Majority Leader Van Bramer... read more

Jun 27, 2014

Sunnyside Business Upgrades Gate in Beautification Effort

Sunnyside, NY, June 27, 2014 – A local Paraguayan restaurant in Sunnyside, I Love Paraguay, is the first recipient of a gate replacement grant program offered to local businesses from the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District.

I Love Paraguay applied to the gate replacement grant program,... read more