Empowerment For Young Women
Christina Exantus of Queensbridge and Eleanor Rose of Elmhurst visited the Time Warner Cable office in Manhattan for the New York Urban League’s Third Annual Girls’ Empowerment Day. Both attend the Academy of Finance Enterprise in Long Island City. Seen here are (L. to r.); Breaker, Exantus, Rose with Ciliberti. Photo Time Warner Cable On […]
School ‘Turnaround’ Will Result In Chaos
Eight Queens high schools identified by New York state as “persistently low-achieving”— Flushing, William Cullen Bryant, Long Island City, Newtown, Grover Cleveland, August Martin, Richmond Hill and John Adams — in September 2011 were given three years under city Department of Education restart and transformation models to raise graduation rates and test scores. These goals […]
Distribution International Announces the Acquisition of IDC Corporation
BOSTON — Distribution International, an Audax Group portfolio company, announced it has completed the acquisition of IDC Corporation (“IDC”). Headquartered in Long Island City, New York, IDC is a distributor of mechanical insulation, abatement, fire stopping, and safety products for commercial and industrial applications, serving customers in the New York Metro area and surrounding region. […]
PDE opens office in long Island City
Prudential Douglas Elliman has become the first major residential firm to open a Long Island City office. Located at 4737 Vernon Boulevard, the new office will open its doors in early April. “We’re very excited to be the first major residential brokerage in Long Island City,” said Dottie Herman, President and CEO of Prudential Douglas […]
PDE opens office in long Island City
Prudential Douglas Elliman has become the first major residential firm to open a Long Island City office. Located at 4737 Vernon Boulevard, the new office will open its doors in early April. “We’re very excited to be the first major residential brokerage in Long Island City,” said Dottie Herman, President and CEO of Prudential Douglas […]
News: Darley Perez; Santander Silgado; Joe DeGuardia
ORANGE, CA – The return of undefeated Colombian slugger Darley Perez takes place on Thompson Boxing Promotions “PATH TO GLORY” card at Doubletree Hotel in Ontario on Friday, April 6. After taking down two opponents in nearby Santa Ynez Valley the Colombian lightweight assassin Darley Perez (24-0, 18 KOs) takes on Tijuana’s Alain “Konan” Hernandez […]
Tricks of the Bee Trade Being Taught at Inner City Rooftop Farm
Tim O’Neal, in the straw hat, tends to hives at the Added Value Farm in Red Hook. (Borough Bees/Tim O’Neal) MANHATTAN — Budding urban beekeepers will be taught the tricks of the honey trade with apprenticeships offered at an inner-city farm. The Big Apple Apiary, a project of Brooklyn Grange Farm, is offering 12 beekeeping traineeships that […]
High Schools Scramble to Use Credit Recovery Before Policy Ends
One of the creative accommodations that has developed in this era of data-driven education is about to come to an end, and some city high schools and their students are making a last-ditch effort to take advantage of it. The accommodation is known as “credit recovery” — described in earlier times as “make-up work” — […]
LIC welcomes JetBlue
Their shuttle from Court Square. (And did you know that the Gotham Ctr Tower is occupied right now. By city employees. They have lunch!)
Promoter Joe DeGuardia speaks at Ring 8
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With stricter credit recovery policy comes a push to do more
An impending crackdown on how students can make up failed classes has some schools scurrying to help students rack up missing credits this spring. Many schools allow students who are missing credits—either because they failed a class, or because circumstances kept them from attending or completing required work—to receiving course credit for completing extra assignments […]
Burger Legend Corner Bistro Debuts in Long Island City
The resurrection of Team M. Wells isn’t the only red hot restaurant excitement going down in Long Island City, Queens. Tipsters report and a visit today confirms that Corner Bistro, the West Village burger legend and late night destination, has opened its promised LIC outpost. It opened just over a week ago and already one […]
Closing today: Winter Exhibitions at SculptureCenter
FINAL WEEK: WINTER EXHIBITIONS CLOSE MONDAY, MARCH 19TH Image: Installation view Scene, Hold, Ballast. Winter Exhibitions at SculptureCenter: Scene, Hold, Ballast David Maljkovic and Lucy Skaer In Practice: You never look at me from the place from which I see you A.K. Burns, Yve Laris Cohen, Michael DeLucia, Aleksandra Domanović, Takashi Horisaki, Sean Raspet, Christine […]
Joe DeGuardia Special Guest Speaker At Tuesday’s Ring 8 Meeting
Veteran boxing promoter Joe DeGuardia, founder and CEO of the Bronx-based Star Boxing, will be the special guest speaker for Ring 8’s monthly meeting this Tuesday evening (Mar. 21 @ 7 PM/ET) at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City. Ring 8 will also be holding a clothing drive at this meeting. Coats are […]
Condos condos coming to graffiti world capital
You may not have heard yet but CB2 OKed this plan to build big. PS1 seemed to be okay with it too. Onward and upward. Goodbye beautiful walls.
Now showing at Space Womb
You may never have popped in burnout have seen the little purple-painted ad gallery on Jackson Ave across from PS1. We took a look at their newly opened show and there is some neat stuff. Had the feel of a jampacked student opening, but nice. Good for them.
Cool old school ironwork
At Court Square Park
A second dose of green projects for concrete-heavy western Queens
Healthy food options are few and far between for residents of the sprawling Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. But a new grant designed to help its fledgling community garden could help locals grow more fresh veggies in between the imposing public housing towers. The garden is one of 16 environmentally friendly projects sharing $2 […]
‘Uncanny’ space brings menagerie of arts themes
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Vaudeville shows, craft nights and electronic music concerts. Not a bad lineup for what was a vacant wood-flooring showroom just a couple months ago. Uncanny Valley, a new art and performance space, officially opened to the public on Feb. 24, bringing […]
Police: 12 Victims Bilked In Long Island City Apartment Scheme
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD is looking for a suspect wanted in an alleged apartment scheme in Queens. Authorities are asking for the public’s help in tracking down Peter Kim, also known as Michael Hong. He allegedly tried to rent an apartment at 43-01 46th St. in Long Island City to 12 people, but […]