Rockrose at Court Square
It isn’t stopping. Heading for 40 stories. At least.
This Is How We Ride
THIS summer the city’s Department of Transportation inaugurates a new bike-share program. People who live and work in New York will be able to travel quickly and cheaply between many neighborhoods. This is major. It will make New Yorkers rethink their city and rewrite the mental maps we use to decide what is convenient, what […]
East River Ferry is a hit
Only $4. Leaves from LIC and takes you all over the East River — Williamsburg or FiDi. “’You’re going to need a bigger boat’ isn’t just a memorable quote from the movie ‘Jaws,’” the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said. “It’s what we’ve been hearing from New Yorkers due to the overwhelming popularity of […]
Woodside Residents Rallies for After-School Programs
WOODSIDE — Woodside on the Move’s after-school programs have been helping local families for many years. Now, activities run by the non-profit group at P.S. 11 and P.S. 152 are in jeopardy, after losing close to $1 million in city funding. Dozens of parents, children and elected officials rallied with Woodside on the Move Wednesday […]
Taste Of Long Island City 2012
The Taste of Long Island City is an event that allows its visitors to taste a variety of different foods from local restaurants. The event will be held at Gantry Plaza State Park and will benefit the Chocolate Factory Theatre. There will also be a performance by Doll Parts. Admission price ranges from $60-$400.
Lazy, Hazy Summer Days: A Guide
New York can be a sweltering concrete jungle in the summer. But the city is also a huge, beautiful playground. And if ever there was a year to schedule a summer “staycation,” 2012 might be it. With food festivals, free concerts and a safe and sanctioned dip into the East River, there is more than […]
Your Guide to Memorial Day Weekend In NYC
Hamptons schmamptons. We’re planning on staying in town for this upcoming glorious three-day weekend, and have put together a little guide for our fellow staycationers. Here are a bunch of things to do this weekend that we think sound like a real fun time. Luna Park Opens: Head over to Coney Island, grab a Nathan’s […]
How would you fix: the Hungarian Chimney Cake shop?
At Vernon Jackson. Discuss. Open comments.
LIC strip club to open minus liquor, clothes
Photo by Christina Santucci State Sen. Michael Gianaris (l.-r.), Community Board 2 Chairman Joseph Conley, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Jerry Walsh and George Stamatiades rally outside the club earlier this year. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers A long-contentious Long Island City strip club is planning to open with a new name, no booze and […]
Google to donate space for Roosevelt Island tech campus
Photo courtesy Michael Bloomberg Mayor Michael Bloomberg (c.) announced with Google Inc. CEO Larry Page (third from l.) that the Internet company would be loaning office space to the new technology campus at Roosevelt Island. Cornell President David Skorton (second from l.) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (r.) also attended. Photo courtesy mayor’s office By Rebecca […]
Long Island City charter school teachers bid to unionize
Teachers at another charter school in Queens have voted to unionize, the teachers union announced today. The school, the Academy of the City Charter School in Long Island City, joins 16 other schools that have moved to unionize since 2007, when the union began its campaign to unionize the charter teaching force. The school is a an […]
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 […]