In Rooftop Farming, New York City Emerges as a Leader – NYTimes.com
LIC. FARMING LEADER. Remember PS1’s installation last year for Warm Up? Trendsetting. Oh and there is the Queens Brooklyn Grange. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/nyregion/in-rooftop-farming-new-york-city-e…
Watch the waterfront at 8:24pm!
Reminder: full-sun Manhattanhenge at 8:24pm tonight, so good views of start about 30 minutes earlier bit.ly/x8PCJy
Despite Obesity Concerns, Gym Classes Are Cut
More than a half-century ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower formed the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, and today Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Michelle Obama are among those making childhood obesity a public cause. But even as virtually every state has undertaken significant school reforms, many American students are being granted little or no time […]
Despite Obesity Concerns, Gym Classes Are Cut
More than a half-century ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower formed the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, and today Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Michelle Obama are among those making childhood obesity a public cause. But even as virtually every state has undertaken significant school reforms, many American students are being granted little or no time […]
Registration for the 2012 She-Devil Comedy Festival is almost closed
The She-Devil Comedy Festival, which takes place from October 24-28, 2012, in New York City, seeks to honor and reward the artists that most personify The Art of Comedy, while celebrating and helping further the long tradition of women in comedy. Created by the same people behind Laughing Skull and Laughing Devil festivals, the She-Devil […]
Registration for the 2012 She-Devil Comedy Festival is almost closed
The She-Devil Comedy Festival, which takes place from October 24-28, 2012, in New York City, seeks to honor and reward the artists that most personify The Art of Comedy, while celebrating and helping further the long tradition of women in comedy. Created by the same people behind Laughing Skull and Laughing Devil festivals, the She-Devil […]
Astoria Parents Steamed About Broken Playground Sprinkler
ASTORIA — Three separate heat waves have already struck New York City this summer. But the balmy temps don’t compare to how steamed parents are that the sprinkler has not been working properly at Astoria’s Hoyt Playground. The mercury has climbed into the 90s several times over the past few weeks, but the dragon-shaped sprinkler […]
Astoria Parents Steamed About Broken Playground Sprinkler
ASTORIA — Three separate heat waves have already struck New York City this summer. But the balmy temps don’t compare to how steamed parents are that the sprinkler has not been working properly at Astoria’s Hoyt Playground. The mercury has climbed into the 90s several times over the past few weeks, but the dragon-shaped sprinkler […]
In NYC and beyond, new life for shuttered gas stations
BP station on Houston Street More than 50,000 gas stations have closed across the country since 1991. And while rural communities have problems filling the spaces with new tenants, due to potential petroleum contamination, New York City has the opposite problem. The New York Times reported that due to the city’s high property values, gas stations are frequently being converted […]
In NYC and beyond, new life for shuttered gas stations
BP station on Houston Street More than 50,000 gas stations have closed across the country since 1991. And while rural communities have problems filling the spaces with new tenants, due to potential petroleum contamination, New York City has the opposite problem. The New York Times reported that due to the city’s high property values, gas stations are frequently being converted […]
Buyers in a hurray to buy at One Murray
One Murray Park By Liana Grey Last week, just after the Fourth of July, several prospective buyers toured One Murray Park, the first condo project to open in Long Island City in over a year.“We’ve been very busy,” said Shaun Osher, founder of CORE, which is marketing the six-story glass and brick development. Sales launched […]
Buyers in a hurray to buy at One Murray
One Murray Park By Liana Grey Last week, just after the Fourth of July, several prospective buyers toured One Murray Park, the first condo project to open in Long Island City in over a year.“We’ve been very busy,” said Shaun Osher, founder of CORE, which is marketing the six-story glass and brick development. Sales launched […]
Summer Cinema in the City
by Kathleen Lees Queens Ledger Perhaps it’s the silver screen. Or, perhaps it’s the hero and his trusty sidekick. Whatever it is, Brooklyn and Queens are cramming your summer schedule with lots of movies, and they’re free. Parks and museums have picked some of the classic cult favorites down to the latest documentaries to fill […]
Queens-Themed Ice Cream Shop Sweet on Naming Flavors After Locals
LONG ISLAND CITY — It’s like the Carnegie Deli for ice cream. A Long Island City sweets shop founded by a banker and his yoga instructor wife has added some local flavor, naming its frozen goodies after all things Queens. Among the sweet treats at Malu are Jimmy Van Berry, created by local City Councilman […]
LIC Food Trucks around town
Export industry? Seen at Union Square.
Teens arrested after early morning break-in attempt at Union City auto repair … – The Jersey Journal
Two teenagers were arrested in Union City early this morning after their attempt to break into an auto repair shop was thwarted by a neighbor who saw them jump into the shop’s fenced-in yard, police said today. Union City Police Chief Brian Barrett said 19-year-old Sumon Hossain of Long Island City, N.Y., and 18-year-old Richard […]