Bike-Share Rides Past Neighborhood
By TED MANN On the map showing the dozens of bike-share stations that will soon freckle northwestern Brooklyn, there is just one neighborhood-size void in the network: the ultra-Orthodox Jewish enclave of South Williamsburg. It won’t be the first time religious residents in the area, many of whom are members of the Satmar Hasidic movement, […]
Famous Queensers: Jack Kerouac’s home in Queens
Dropped Pin For just a few years after Columbia. (He was an MA native.)
Great Queensers: Carolyn Farina
Carolyn Farina – the sweet heroine of the classic Whit Stillman film Metropolitan. Bayside native. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Farina#section_1
Launched! East of East is open
Open and occupied. A few units are left that you can inquire about through EastofEast.com
June 9: Obesity, D-Day and Scott Walker
Remember playing outdoors? Brooklyn: Voicer Karen Mancuso is right on the money. Growing up in Brooklyn on 61st St. in the 1950s and ’60s, all the kids were skinny. All day, every day, we were busy with street games — stickball, boxball, triangle, off the stoop, peel-away, tag, football and hockey, just to name a […]
JEREMIAH J. FINNEGAN – Times Herald
April 11, 1928 – June 6, 2012 Liberty, NY Jeremiah J. Finnegan of Liberty, NY, a retired custodian for Bio-Research Co. in Long Island, NY, and a longtime area resident, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, NY. He was 84. The son of the late Jeremiah J. and Jennie DeMattia […]
What $4200 Can Rent You Around New York City
Friday, June 8, 2012, by Jeremiah Budin Welcome back to Curbed Comparisons, a column that explores what one can rent for a set dollar amount in various New York City neighborhoods. Is one man’s studio another man’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Today’s price: $4,200/month. ↑ Based on our research for this post, $4,000 seems to […]
LIC org. gets grant to help former convicts
A Long Island City organization, dedicated to giving formerly incarcerated individuals a second chance, received some extra help from the United States Department of Labor. The Fortune Society, an LIC-based social service and advocacy organization supporting the successful re-entry of those previously in prison, received $1,212,000 in grant money to further help those re-acclimating to […]
NYC Outward Bound Schools Celebrates 25th Anniversary
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., June 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Tuesday evening, June 12, at The Plaza, NYC Outward Bound Schools (http://www.nycoutwardbound.org) will honor its Board Chairs – past and present – in celebration of its 25th Anniversary. Soledad O’Brien of CNN will serve as Master of Ceremonies during the Gala honoring the following […]
Community Board Takes Stance in Labor Dispute
LONG ISLAND CITY — In a highly unusual move, Community Board 2 adopted a resolution Thursday night supporting workers’ rights to unionize and to seek fair compensation. The vote comes about four months after one of the city’s most powerful labor unions, 32BJ, asked for the board’s support in its dispute with a developer. The […]
First Queens Tech Meetup Draws More Than 150 to Long Island City
Queens Tech Meetup Rooftop Reception Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian stood at the front of a large room at the Hunters Point Plaza Penthouse in Long Island City, and looked out over the rows of tables set up for various startups based in the borough that, let’s be honest, doesn’t always have the best rep in […]
Street art in LIC
In the hood.
Breadbox a year later – Better or Worse for Wear?
See the full gallery on Posterous
Sweet rides from Z Hotel
Stay here, get a bike. Helps with the multi-block walk to the subway. But you cannot beat the views – no question of that.
LICs Almonte is schools first ever draft pick, taken by Toronto
Josh Almonte was sitting on the subway when he received a phone call that may change his life. He was headed to his Corona home yesterday afternoon after school when his phone began buzzing. It was Toronto Blue Jays area scout Michael Pesce informing the Long Island City outfielder the club had taken him in […]
Fusing food, flare and comfort
Vietnamese wraps with grilled, marinated chicken and fresh herbs wrapped in lettuce leaves from Lounge 47. Photo by Bradley Hawks By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers Good food brings people together, and knowing how to cook well is a true talent. It turns out that cook-author Julie Powell, of Columbia Pictures’ “Julie and Julia” (2009) fame, […]
Spare Times for June 8-14
Museums and Sites American Folk Art Museum: Free Music Fridays (Friday) Craig Lawrence, Julia Barry and Jodi Shaw will perform. Visitors can also view the exhibition “Jubiliation/Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined.” Starting at 5:30 p.m., American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue, at 66th Street, (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org; free. Brooklyn Museum: In Conversation: […]
Bike Extravaganza to Roll into Long Island City This Weekend
QUEENS — Long Island City‘s on a roll. Kids from the neighborhood can have their bikes repaired and decorated during a cycling extravaganza at the Socrates Sculpture Park this weekend, capped with a parade on Vernon Boulevard. “It’s a really nice collaboration of a lot of different bike enthusiasts’ community groups,” said Ellen Staller, the […]
PS 84-Steinway’s victory ceremony
From L-R are: New York City Department of Education Division of School Facilities CEO, John Shea; Assistant Principal of PS 84 Steinway, Tony Loversso; and Executive Director, Solar One, Chris Collins.
Jamaica’s Mr. Clean gets action from DOS
Jamaica resident Joe Moretti has finally gotten his wish. After months of prodding the Department of Sanitation to pick up trash at several sites in the neighborhood, the agency has cleaned them up. Moretti moved to Jamaica in November 2008, after spending about 30 years as a resident of Long Island City. He soon began […]