Straphangers Pooh-Pooh Dirty Pigeons at Woodside and Sunnyside Stations
QUEENS — Woodside‘s gone to the birds. Scores of pigeons that have built nests around the 7 train elevated tracks in Woodside and Sunnyside have for years forced straphangers and pedestrians to duck and dodge as they wait for trains or walk on the street beneath the tracks, residents and elected officials say. Now, subway […]
The Toxic Avenger on The Toxic Avenger: Five Questions for French DJ …
In the most recent print issue of the Village Voice, we visit the Long Island City headquarters of Troma Entertainment, the “almost” 40-year-old Z-movie studio responsible for such unforgettable titles as Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid!! and Tales from the Crapper. But the company’s best known creation is The Toxic Avenger, an early-’80s cult classic that […]
PS1’s Warm Up series started Saturday Anna Codrea-Rado
A week and a half after the city’s schools closed up for summer, one was hopping, and on a Saturday, no less. The school, of course was MoMA PS1, and in its courtyard/playground in Long Island City, a crowd gathered for the first Warm Up event of the year. Schoolchildren have not wandered the […]
New Long Island City Condo is Rusting—Intentionally
Monday, July 9, 2012, by Dave Hogarty [Photos of East of East facade from StreetEasy and QueensCrap] The East of East condo building on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City drew inspiration from painter Piet Mondrian and sculptor Richard Serra, but some online critics sound like they wish the building’s facade would be tagged by […]
Man Arrested in Library Groping of Two Girls Has History, Police Say
Suspect in Queens Library Groping QUEENS — A 49-year-old Brooklyn man, who has a history of criminal sex abuse against young girls, was arrested in connection with two groping attacks last Saturday against a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old, police said. Joel Grubert, who has previously also been arrested under the name Marc Grubert, according to […]
The City’s Lifeblood Gets its Day in the Sun
A fireboat named John J. Harvey shows off its spray to a crowd of City of Water Day attendees. Photo by Paul Margolis City of Water Day Cost: Free Locations: Governors Island and Liberty State Park in South Field, N.J. Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. As New Yorkers shuffle through an […]