Fresh Direct Set To Move To South Bronx From Long Island City
Fresh Direct Set To Move To South Bronx From Long Island City nline grocery service Fresh Direct is set to move from the Long Island City headquarters it has occupied since 2002 to Mott Haven, The Bronx, having outgrown the space it presently occupies. In February 2012, the company settled on the site in The […]
Home-related topics for safety, bed bugs, green, and other stuff for LICers
Your friendly NYC housing department rep has an update for LICNYC readers. // Good afternoon! My name is Molly Miller and I work for the NYC HPD Public Outreach and Education (POE) Unit. I would like to make you aware of our website, http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/buyers/courses.shtml, that includes free educational information regarding home-related topics such as housing lotteries, residential safety, bed […]
Drop Box Laundry Has 24-Hour Wash-and-Fold Without Human …
YORKVILLE — A 24 hour drop-box is letting Upper East Siders wash their laundry without ever visiting the laundromat. DashLocker, a new dry cleaning, wash-and-fold laundry and shoe shine service on Second Avenue, lets users in any time of the day or night with a swipe of a credit card. The revolutionary new service industry […]
Eats Beat: New York restaurant news for June 20, 2012
New to the scene… Diners can now sample chef Frank Prisinzano’s flavorful Italian fare on-the-go. His lower East Side restaurant Sauce (saucerestaurant.com) just launched a year-round to-go window with offerings of Raguboys (meatball sandwiches on brioche) and build-your-own pastas. Le Pain Quotidien (lepainquotidien.com) debuts their second New York location at the Chelsea Triangle Plaza. On […]
Long Island team beats City team, 31-7, in annual Empire Challenge …
The New York City team (in red) narrowly avoids being shut out by Long Island in the annual Empire Challenge game on Tuesday at Hofstra. Before the start of Tuesday’s Empire Challenge football game, Tottenville’s Alvin Cornelius and Lincoln’s Jessel Jones discussed the possibility of combining for a number of touchdowns with Jones throwing them […]
Check out The Oracle Club free tonight
Subject: The Oracle Club Playwright Reading Series Begins Tonight at 7pm Dear Members, Tonight at The Oracle Club is the first in a series of readings from new and talented playwrights. In our first event of this kind, actors will read two plays by Camilo Almonacid: "Viable Options" and "Two Lives Diverged". This is a […]
Rockrose Supports Queens Art Express 2012
More Topics: Choose a SectorAccounting FirmsAdvertising/Media/CommunicationsCapitalCEO/BoardGeneral BusinessHealth/BiotechInternet/TechnologyInvestment FirmsLaw FirmsMergers AcquisitionsMoney ManagersPeoplePrivate CompaniesPublic CompaniesVenture Capital Posted June 19, 2012 Real Estate Developer Provides Long Island City Venue for QAX Live Event New York – Rockrose Development has provided the Queens Council on the Arts with a featured venue for the Queens Art Express 2012, a spring […]
Feast for Foodies during Dine Astoria week
ASTORIA — Greek and Italian food will be on the menu, but foodies will also get a taste of the Afghani, Czech, Lebanese, Thai, Japanese and other worldly cuisines that flourish in Astoria. Dozens of restaurants, bakeries, cafes and ethnic fast-food outlets will participate in the first-ever Dine Astoria, a weeklong event that starts Sunday […]
Noise from Idling LIRR Trains is Off the Rails in LIC, Residents Say
HUNTERS POINT — Noise from trains idling in the Hunters Point train yard is destroying the quality of life in the increasingly residential area, which is dotted with $1 million apartments, neighbors say. Despite the Long Island Rail Road’s promises to alleviate the problem, the disruptive noise continues to be an issue, especially for people […]
Queens Beachgoers Can Sip Suds from New Long Island City …
HUNTERS POINT — Life’s a beach in Long Island City. Just in time for the start of summer, a new microbrewery is opening in the neighborhood with plans to pour its beers there and at a seaside bar in Rockaway Beach, the owners said. The opening of the suds factory comes on the heels of […]
Lightstone Group Sets Its Sights on NYC
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JetBlue Getaways Mustache You a Question: Do You Have What it …
NEW YORK, June 18, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways’ (Nasdaq: JBLU) mustache you a question: do you have what it takes to Get Away With It? Starting today, JetBlue Getaways, the airline’s vacation program, is launching Get Away With It, the world’s first-ever live, online game show hosted by mustache-adorned Mark Hammerberg and the […]
Aiming for School Diversity in Williamsburg, With Little Progress
June 18, 2012, 8:18 a.m. Magnet schools, a principal under fire, sexual misconduct, teacher evaluations and Pearson were among the education topics in the news this weekend. How difficult is it to integrate a city school? Pretty tough, according to the latest article in The New York Times’s “A System Divided” series, which has been […]
New Songza iPad app curates music to suit your mood
By Natasha Baker TORONTO | Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:38pm IST TORONTO (Reuters) – Need an energizing playlist of songs for your morning workout or perhaps one that will improve your focus at the office later in the day? A new iPad app streams music tailored to your current situation and mood. Songza, a Internet […]
The Post’s All-Queens baseball honors
Queens had one of its best baseball years in a long time. John Adams advanced to the PSAL Class A semifinals for the first time in seven seasons and Cardozo, despite a quarterfinals exit, was the top seed in the playoffs. Bryant and Newtown had solid campaigns, Long Island City had its first draftee ever […]
Free & Cheap New York for week of June 17, 2012
Susana Bates for New York Daily News A summer solstice celebration will take place Wednesday at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City. JAM SESSION. Rock out to a 12-hour-plus festival of music from around the world at the Bang on a Can Marathon. Noon-midnight. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St., between […]
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Staten Island Advance High School All Stars: Girls’ fencing
Michelle Potestio, the driving force behind the Tottenville foil team’s perfect regular season, has been named an Advance All Star to cap the 2012 girls’ fencing campaign. Thanks to Potestio, the Pirates went 8-0 in foil and were seeded second in the PSAL’s one-day city postseason tournament. There, the Tots knocked off LaGuardia HS in […]
TF Cornerstone-Sponsored Celebration of Long Island City’s …
More Topics: Choose a SectorAccounting FirmsAdvertising/Media/CommunicationsCapitalCEO/BoardGeneral BusinessHealth/BiotechInternet/TechnologyInvestment FirmsLaw FirmsMergers AcquisitionsMoney ManagersPeoplePrivate CompaniesPublic CompaniesVenture Capital Posted June 17, 2012 Seventh Annual Taste of LIC Raises over $100,000 for Chocolate Factory Theater NEW YORK, NY – Over 1,000 neighbors, visitors and local dignitaries gathered at Gantry State Park last week to celebrate Long Island City’s culinary culture […]