{"id":331512,"date":"2025-10-25T12:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/331512\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:17:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:17:34","slug":"east-end-studios-film-and-tv-facility-officially-opens-sunnyside-campus-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/331512\/","title":{"rendered":"East End Studios film and TV facility officially opens Sunnyside campus \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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East End Studios officially opened its Sunnyside campus, providing a new studio to film movies and TV shows in the borough.<\/p>\n

Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the opening of the Sunnyside<\/a> campus of East End Studios<\/a>, a new film and television studio, on Thursday, Oct. 23.<\/p>\n

\"\"East End Studios leadership joined State and local leaders in the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the East End Studios Sunnyside campus. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

Located at 48-37 48th St., this campus facility<\/a> spans 350,000 square feet, with 91,000 square feet accounting for four full-service sound stages. The three primary stages each make up between 19,000 and 29,000 square feet, with clear heights of 37 feet. There is also a rooftop flex-stage spanning 15,000 square feet and a clear height of 26 feet. Outdoor terraces on the property provide sweeping views of the skylines in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\"\"One of the stages inside the East End Studios Sunnyside facility. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

Among those on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony were Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, East End Studios Principal Jonathon Yormak, New York City Economic Development Corporation<\/a>\u00a0CEO Andrew Kimball and COO Melissa Roman Burch, the Mayor\u2019s Office of Media and Entertainment Commissioner Pat Kaufman and Deputy Commissioner Kwame Amoaku and the New York State Governor\u2019s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development\/New Media Executive Director and Vice President Yoni Bokser.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Left to right) Yoni Bokser, Jonathon Yormak, Pat Kaufman, Melissa Roman Burch and Donovan Richards. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everybody who\u2019s here today to support all of the development and all the things\u00a0that have happened to get such a spectacular facility built and out of the ground. We at East End Capital and East End Studios have been working tirelessly and couldn\u2019t be more proud of our\u00a0ability to be standing here today in this spectacular facility,\u201d Yormak said. \u201cIt\u2019s also amazing to bring something\u00a0like this to New York City\u2019s landscape, which has a long history of amazing film and television\u00a0production facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Attendees of the opening ceremony explore the East End Studios Sunnyside facility. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

The facility will be equipped with XR\/VR infrastructure, allowing for shooting to be done on a virtual stage. There will also be high-speed fiber connectivity with scalable production-level internet.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a best-in-class film and TV production studio in the heart of Queens. There\u2019s so much energy in Queens\u00a0right now. we are feeling it all over, a lot of economic vitality, and this is a really important part of\u00a0that story,\u201d Burch said. \u201cThe Sunnyside campus is an important part of really cementing and securing New York\u00a0City\u2019s status as the premier destination for film and TV production industry around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The facility also offers skyline views of New York City. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

In addition to the stages, the facility also features production, office and mill spaces, as well as 225 below-grade parking spaces and eight enclosed loading bays. This all accounts for a combined 125,000 square feet of the property.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe wholeheartedly when audiences around the world see the content filmed on the streets and iconic locations of New York City, that makes them want to work here, visit here and live here,\u201d Kaufman said. \u201cThat is so much of the energy and excitement of New York City, the New York we all know and love. We believe the future of film and television production in New York City is bright.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

The Sunnyside campus of East End Studios will be managed by CEO Craig Chapman. Michael Manas will be the Vice President and General Manager of Operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is truly a historic day for the World\u2019s borough. From \u201cSesame Street\u201d to \u201cGoodfellas,\u201d Queens has been where so much TV and movie magic has been made over the years,\u201d Richards said. \u201cWe want to be the biggest and brightest star in the red carpet that is New York City. And over the last few years, we\u2019ve made some incredible strides in transforming Queens into the Hollywood of the East Coast, into a place where every film studio, every director and every actor wants to be, and part of that has to do with our diversity. Every morning, I wake up and I\u2019m so proud to represent the most diverse county in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richards added that the facility will create approximately 750 permanent full-time jobs in the borough. \u201cThrough the opening of East End, we\u2019re creating pathways for our kids to go directly from school to the studio, from the classroom to their career,\u201d Richards added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"East End Studios officially opened its Sunnyside campus, providing a new studio to film movies and TV shows…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":331513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[164538,5229,164539,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,47582,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-331512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-48-37-48th-street","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-east-end-studios","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-ribbon-cutting-ceremony","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115434766391789550","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}