News
Sep 03, 2013
Sunnyside Shines Launches New Website
Sunnyside, NY, September 3, 2013 – The Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District (BID) launched its new website this weekend at www.sunnysideshines.org. The redesigned website, funded fully by the New York City Department of Small Business Services, will allow Sunnyside... read more
Aug 23, 2013
NYC Collage Now On Display at Sunnyside Library
The collaborative NYC collage, made by participants during the August 10th Sunnyside Summer Strolls event, is now on display at the Sunnyside branch of the Queens Public Library at 43-06 Greenpoint Avenue.
This work is a collection of individual panels made by participants and facilitated by the Queens Museum of Art. Working... read more
Aug 14, 2013
Yoga, Mariachi and a Temporary Lawn Come to 46th Street
This past Saturday, 46th Street was again transformed into a pedestrian oasis for the day, this time with a temporary lawn, a free yoga class, music and art.
Sunnyside Shines volunteers laid out a pallet's worth of sod in the street, creating a new kind of recreational space in the street. The Queens Museum of Art was on hand... read more
Aug 05, 2013
Sunnyside Celebrates with Jazz
Nearly 1,000 people attended the 2013 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Concert in Sunnyside on August 3, 2013. Despite rain in the earlier part of the day, the skies cleared up and the dancers and musicians transformed 46th Street into a 1920s celebration, complete with flapper dresses, Lindy Hop dancers and crank-operated phonographs... read more
Aug 01, 2013
Children's Arts & Crafts Fair a Huge Success
The Children’s Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday, July 27, was a successful kick-off to the Sunnyside Summer Strolls event series. Held under the Sunnyside Arch on 46th Street between Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue, the Children’s Arts and Crafts Fair drew more than 500 children for a fun-filled day of arts, crafts, face... read more
Jul 26, 2013
Complete the Sunnyside Shopper Survey
The Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District is looking for local opinions on what businesses shoppers would like to see come to Sunnyside, specifically along Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue. Sunnyside Shines has begun surveying shoppers in person and online, and hopes to collect at least 400 responses over the next few... read more