Follow a Hungry Chef and See Where It Takes You
DANIEL BOULUD is inevitably drawn to an intense but basic roast chicken in the West Village. Missy Robbins craves East Village ramen. And for Hugue Dufour, only those pristine oysters in Grand Central Terminal will do. At their stoves, New York’s starred chefs are very different from you and me. But when they’re ready to […]
Guiding Hundreds of Trains, a Junction Named Harold
For decades, a standard response to delays and disruptions on passenger trains in New York City has been to blame it on Harold. That would be the Harold Interlocking, a century-old intersection of 14 train tracks in Queens, where hundreds of trains traveling between Pennsylvania Station and points east and north are sorted out each […]
Queens comedian competes for comedy crown
Comedian Andrew Hendrickson took second place in the final round at the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival. Comedian Andrew Hendrickson stepped into the spotlight on the makeshift stage at The Bread Box, a Long Island City eatery just off hip, bustling Vernon Boulevard. The restaurant was packed with locals and comedy junkies looking for a laugh […]
Do You Refer To Manhattan As "The City"?
Photo via RBudhu’s Flickr Recently a friend residing in Williamsburg said he was going to “the city” for the evening—meaning, of course, Manhattan—which raised some eyebrows when the terminology was brought to the table at Gothamist HQ. According to some fast and loose corners of The Internet, the reason that some people call it “the […]
Class: LIC Life Drawing
Life Drawing in Long Island City at M55 Art Great Models/nice atmosphere/all are welcome Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm; $10.00 per session M55 Art 44-02 23rd Street Long Island City, NY 11101 (718) 729-2988 Subway to M55 Art: E or M to 23rd Street/Court Square 7 to 45th Road/Court House Square G to Long Island City/Court Square […]
Portraits of all the LIC Artists
By photographer Orestes Gonzales
City Islanders-Long Island to collide in second round of Lamar Hunt US Open Cup
ON DECK FOR THE CITY ISLANDERS WHO: Long Island Rough Riders. WHERE: Skyline Sports Complex, City Island. WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday. THE LOWDOWN After failing to qualify for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup each of its first three seasons, the City Islanders Tuesday night will begin play in American soccer’s national tournament for the sixth […]
Hi-tech manufacturing plant coming to Queens
Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily News Kegan Fisher, director of industrial engineering for Shapeways, which makes products using 3D printing technology and is opening a plant in Long Island City this summer. The golden age of New York City manufacturing may long be over, but that isn’t stopping one enterprising company from setting up […]
MTA: ‘Fastrack’ maintenance is coming to Brooklyn and Queens in 2013
5/21/12 news By Marc Beja MTA: ‘Fastrack’ maintenance is coming to Brooklyn and Queens in 2013 Photo credit: Atlantic Terminal Pavilion in Brooklyn. (Getty Images) Weeknight subway shutdowns are coming to the outer boroughs. MTA officials said Monday that they would bring the “Fastrack” maintenance program, which cancels large chunks of service overnight for four […]