Mike Bloomberg: Libraries Aren’t Just About Books, They’re Places to Find Jobs!
Sam LevinMayor Mike Bloomberg announces library partnership, alongside Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, left.Yes, books and reading and anything that involves words on actual paper are totally screwed. But that doesn’t mean New York City libraries aren’t valuable! That was kind of the message behind Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s announcement this morning that he is expanding […]
JetBlue Seeking OK for Huge Sign at New Long Island City Headquarters
NYPOST.COM | NEWSCORE – JetBlue wants to light up the New York skyline with its iconic blue logo — but it must first clear layers of city red tape before taking off. The airline, which will next month move its corporate headquarters to Long Island City, an up-and-coming Queens neighborhood, plans to erect a 40-foot […]
Knife terror aboard N train
Knife terror aboard N train A crazed subway panhandler pulled a knife and threatened a straphanger on a crowded train yesterday before being subdued by a good Samaritan and held until cops arrived, authorities and witnesses said. The 35-year-old woman boarded the Manhattan-bound N train at around 6:40 p.m. at Queensboro Plaza and began asking for […]
Brooklyn Grange To Build A Rooftop Farm at the Brooklyn Navy Yards
World’s Largest Rooftop Farm To Add Second, Larger Location in Spring 2012 (PRWEB) February 21, 2012 Brooklyn Grange, New York City’s first commercial rooftop farm, will be expanding their operations in the spring of 2012 to the roof of Building No. 3 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Funded in large part by a Green Infrastructure […]
Writer Bobby Cassidy Special Guest Speaker At Tuesday’s Ring 8 Meeting
NEW YORK, NY (February 19, 2012) – Veteran boxing writer Bobby Cassidy will be the special guest speaker for Ring 8’s monthly meeting this Tuesday evening (Feb. 21 @ 7 PM/ET at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City. Cassidy is a well-known reporter for Newsday, as well as a playwright for the popular off-Broadway play, Kid […]
Mar 17, 2012: The 9th Annual “Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art” at Queens Crossing Art Gallery
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Plane in the neck
JetBlue wants to light up the New York skyline with its iconic blue logo — but it must first clear layers of city red tape before taking off. The airline, which will move its corporate headquarters to Long Island City next month, plans to erect a 40-foot lighted sign on the rooftop of its new […]