Museum and Gallery Listings for March 2-8
Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. Museums ★ American Folk Art Museum: ‘Jubilation | Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined’ (through Sept. 2) Having escaped the ugly, West 53rd Street tomb of a building it inhabited from 2001 to 2011, the American Folk Art Museum has […]
Bank robber sought
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man wanted for one robbery and two attempted robberies at Chase branches on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park, Long Island City and Forest Hills. The first took place at 10:15 a.m. on Feb 3 at 95-38 Queens Blvd., where the man passed a note and […]
Aereo’s Online TV Service Infringes Copyright, Networks Say
Aereo Inc.’s service that will allow subscribers in New York City to watch broadcast television programs on personal computers and smartphones violates copyright laws, television networks said. Walt Disney Co. (DIS)’s ABC and other networks said in two separate complaints filed today in federal court in Manhattan that Aereo has no right to any of […]
Borough EDC forms new tourism council
The Queens Economic Development Corporation has established a new Tourism Council to promote the borough. At their first-ever meeting on Monday, held at Long Island City’s Z Hotel, the 23-member group voted on who would form its executive committee, according to Rob MacKay, the QEDC’s tourism director. MacKay said he was hired in August in […]
Queens questions teacher data
Queens parents, educators and legislators gave mixed reviews of the controversial rankings of about 18,000 public school teachers that the city released last week, with some citing concerns about the fairness and accuracy of the numbers and others saying they’re important tools for parents. The city Department of Education released what are known as teacher […]
M. Wells Owners Plan a Steakhouse
Evan Sung for The New York Times Hugue Dufour and Sarah Obraitis, the married couple who owned M. Wells — the wildly popular diner-style restaurant in Long Island City, Queens, that lost its lease and closed last summer — plan to open a new restaurant in the same neighborhood in late fall. But it will […]
FedEx To Develop $56M Facility in Long Island City
Deutsche Bank, Guggenheim in Talks for RREEF Sale NEW YORK CITY-Discussions over a possible sale of RREEF, DB Advisors and other asset management units follow Deutsche Banks review of the business this past fall. NAR: Commercial Real Estate Has Turned the Corner Index Shows Its Déjà vu All Over Again for CRE Industry Six Questions […]
JetBlue wants to build 40-ft. sign on LIC location
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Despite some push back from Community Board 2 at its last monthly meeting, the airline JetBlue said it is confident the city will pass a zoning amendment to allow it to install a 40-foot sign at its new headquarters in Long […]
JetBlue wants to build 40-ft. sign on LIC location
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Despite some push back from Community Board 2 at its last monthly meeting, the airline JetBlue said it is confident the city will pass a zoning amendment to allow it to install a 40-foot sign at its new headquarters in Long […]
PSAL Class A&B boys basketball playoff roundup: CSI/McCown nets first playoff …
Joseph Ojo and Brandon O’Keefe each scored 15 points, Chris Frank had 11 and Schwartzen Jarmond had 10 as No. 10 CSI/McCown (16-9) topped 23rd-seeded FDA, 65-49, in the opening round of the PSAL Class A playoffs on Wednesday. It was the Dolphins’ first playoff win in program history and improved their record to 16-9. […]
Local leaders unhappy with city plan to close 8 Queens high schools
Local leaders and parents are spitting mad over the city’s plan to close eight Queens high schools at the end of the school year. The city put out proposals this week to shutter William Cullen Bryant High School, in Long Island City, and Grover Cleveland High School, in Ridgewood. Plans to turn around the rest […]