Vacant Lot Theatre Co. Debuts A CHILD’S DRAWING OF A MONSTER
A troupe of actors with a penchant for creating unexpected performances on stage will collaborate with an organization devoted to creating theater in unexpected locales as The Vacant Lot Theatre Company debuts, A Child’s Drawing of a Monster, in a garage space re-imagined as a performance space by the nonprofit arts advocate, chashama. A selection […]
JetBlue Airways and KaBOOM! to Build Additional Playground …
BOSTON, June 15, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) is pleased to announce that it’s once again teaming up with KaBOOM! as well as The Neighborhood Developers and the City of Revere to build its 14th playground on Wednesday, June 20 at Costa Park in Revere, Massachusetts. The playground build begins with a kickoff […]
Some Queens Residents Angry with Train Noise
Some lawmakers and Queens residents say they’re fed up with the loud noise from idle Long Island Railroad trains. Locomotives between 12 and 4 PM sit with their engines on near Borden Avenue in Long Island City, and residents say the trains create a lot of racket. State Senator Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) wants the LIRR […]
The Next Startup Destination: Queens
BY COUNCILMEMBER MARK WEPRIN With the new technology campus coming to Roosevelt Island, Queens is poised to become a destination for startups. Startups are newly created companies, often technology oriented, with the potential to be the next big Facebook, Twitter, or Foursquare. Why will Queens be the new place for startups? Queens sits adjacent to […]
Illegally Parked Cars from Auto Shops Are Eyesore for LIC …
LONG ISLAND CITY — Banged up cars awaiting body work and other repairs are littering a stretch of streets of Hunters Point — and fed up residents of the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood are looking to put the brakes on the longtime practice. Auto body shops on 44th Avenue, between 11th and 21st streets, in Hunters […]
Long Island City reaches neighborhood nirvana
Courtesy of TF Cornerstone TF Cornerstone’s LIC master plan in from Arquitectonica. The great 1960s New York City neighborhood activist Jane Jacobs called the movement on city sidewalks a “symphony.” She described a dance of people coming and going and waving and smiling. Children, adults and elderly were one for all. The sidewalks in her […]
Astoria, LIC need another hospital
As an Astoria resident, I have often walked along 30th Avenue, passing by Mt. Sinai Astoria Hospital. I have watched as senior citizens enter the outpatient area arriving for scheduled appointments. Often an ambulance will arrive, with flashing lights and sirens blaring. When I observe these events, it dawns on me that Mt. Sinai is […]
Man Stole Pocketbook from Queens Design Store, Police Said
LONG ISLAND CITY — A man walked into a design store in Long Island City and swiped a pocketbook with credit cards and cash, cops said. According to police, the theft happened Sunday, May 13 around 4 p.m. The suspect walked into F.L. Young LLC design store, at 39-24 24 St., grabbed the pocketbook and […]
Queens Library installs snack and soda vending machines
A cash-strapped Queens library has found an unusual way to raise revenue: selling soda, chips and candy. The Queens Library recently installed two vending machines stocked with unhealthy snacks near the entrance of its Long Island City branch. But after calls from the Daily News, library President Thomas Galante reached out to Sterling Vending on […]