Astoria Coalition Supports Power Company’s Bid to Install Clean Generators
ASTORIA — Residents and officials usually oppose bids by power plants in this Queens neighborhood, which they say has suffered from pollution and high asthma rates for years. But this time they have thrown their support behind NRG‘s move to replace its generators to cut peak emissions by 98 percent. Smart Power NY, a coalition […]
Cops Shut Down LIC Brothel
Police officials last week shut down a massage parlor in Long Island City where prostitutes did more than smile at their customers.Cops said the establishment operating as the Smile Dawn Spa was a house of prostitution – located in a storefront attached to an apartment building with 30-plus residential units.The spa is located at 34-05 […]
New Queens Comedy Champ Crowned
BY JASON PAFUNDI After eight days of comedy, the inaugural Laughing Devil Comedy Festival came to a close on Saturday, May 19, with Michael Lawrence being crowned the champion at the Laughing Devil Comedy Club in Long Island City. With the victory, in which he proved to be funnier than more than 100 other […]
More details shared about bike program
Residents young and old from several neighborhoods in Western Queens met in Long Island City Monday to gather more information about the bike share program slated to hit the neighborhood in late July. The banking giant Citi will roll out the $40 million program, which places 10,000 bikes and 600 dock stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn […]
Long Island City Industrial Sells For $3M
Nzdckns LLC sold the industrial building at 27-55 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City, NY to a private investor for $2.95 million, or about $149 per square foot. The 19,760-square-foot property was built in 1931. At the time of sale the property was partically leased. Zion Segev of DY Realty Services LLC represented the buyer. […]
Denied liquor license, Long Island City strip club goes ‘Full Monty’
Show Palace, formerly known as Gypsy Rose, is slated to open on May 31 at 42-50 21st Street in L.I.C. — despite strong community opposition and having its request for a liquor license rejected twice. A controversial Long Island City strip club is refusing to have its last dance — despite losing its fight for […]
Long Island City honors Bishop Taylor
The intersection of 40th Avenue between 12th and 13th streets will read ‘Bishop Moses Taylor Way’ as a symbol of his more than 60 years of service to the community. Many Queens leaders and residents gathered on Sunday for the ceremony, which took place during the East River Development Alliance Federal Credit Union’s second anniversary […]
Panelists Assess Long Island City Real Estate Ventures
A six-member panel consisting of Amanda Fung of Crain’s New York Business, restaurateur Sara Obraitis, developer Doug Partrick of Heatherwood Communities, Bill Connor of FedEx, Flint McNaughton of Sun Cap Property and Amy Scherber, head of Amy’s Bread, spoke to a capacity crowd on the ground floor of the United Nations Federal Credit Union building […]
Urban design elements could fight obesity epidemic
By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers In the midst of widespread infectious disease, New York City implemented numerous design changes more than 100 years ago that drastically improved its residents’ wellbeing. Now the city hopes to do the same for obesity. “Relatively minor significant changes in people’s activity can create significant differences in their health,” said […]
New company holds contractors accountable
The dishwasher is backing up into the sink, the kitchen light is making a weird buzzing noise and the A/C went bust on the hottest day of the year. What’s a single gal with limited home improvement skills to do? Gladys Ahrens, who suspects some contractors will take advantage of her sans a husband, says […]
Does using an EZ-Pass save you money?
Eyewitness News LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — Most people use EZ-Pass to help save time and money. However, it turns out that the only people who are getting the EZ-Pass discount at the Queens Midtown Tunnel tolls are the ones who got their EZ-Pass transponders from a New York agency. Everyone else is paying the […]