Staten Island Becoming Skateboard Central With Third Park
STATEN ISLAND — Staten Island is fast becoming the city’s center for skating. The New York City Parks Department plans to build a new public skate park inside of Faber Park, Port Richmond — just weeks after the city’s only indoor park opened in the borough. The nearly 10,000 square foot Faber Park facility will […]
Staten Island Becoming Skateboard Central With Third Park
STATEN ISLAND — Staten Island is fast becoming the city’s center for skating. The New York City Parks Department plans to build a new public skate park inside of Faber Park, Port Richmond — just weeks after the city’s only indoor park opened in the borough. The nearly 10,000 square foot Faber Park facility will […]
Spurned Olympic Cities Wonder, ‘What If?"
Hey, New Yorkers, cheer up: Imagine if instead of going to your usual local bar after work tonight, you were planning to fight your way through packed subways to get to a billion-dollar stadium on the West Side of Manhattan for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 New York Olympics! That was almost the reality, […]
Roosevelt Island Gets Waterfront Cafe With Expansive Skyline Views
The exotic East River oasis that is Roosevelt Island is now home to a seasonal, outdoor café called Pier NYC. But it’s not just for the lucky locals—the F train goes right there, or you can take the scenic route on the four-minute tram above the East River (swimmings always an option, too). It’s worth […]
LIC Comedy Club Holding Fundraiser for Aurora Shooting Victim
LONG ISLAND CITY — Caleb Medley, an aspiring comedian from Aurora, Colo., is clinging to life after being shot in the face during the last week’s shooting rampage during the first showing of “The Dark Knight Rises”. On Monday, July 30, his fellow comedians from New York will try to help him and his family […]
King of Queens has his eye on new turf
By Sarah Trefethen Eric Benaim is a home-borough boy. ERIC BENAIM “I was born and raised in Queens my whole life, and I really wouldn’t live anywhere else,” said the entrepreneurial Long Island City resident, who has turned familiarity with his home turf into business success. In 2008, Benaim and Ted Kokkoris co-founded Modern Spaces, a […]
Strong storms pummel Long Island Thursday
Severe storms trudged across the Northeast Thursday, leaving a swath of damage in its wake. Though the storms weakened as they approached Long Island, residents saw their fair share of fierce weather. An area of thunderstorms gained strength from around Erie, PA, into Ohio by midday Thursday. As it traveled east into NY and PA, […]
Best Water Activities in and around New York City
Now is the time to seize the day for fun in the water before summer passes you by. With 500 miles of shoreline and plenty of water oases in parks, the city has been offering more and more places to test your paddling skills before heading into the wilds beyond — but nearby — New […]
Songza music service streams for success
Jeanne Noonan/for New York Daily News The staff of Songza (l. to r.), Brad Hayward, Jordan Agusti, Eric Davich, Michael Henson, Peter Asbill, Elliah Breece, and Elias Roman enjoy a great views atop their Long Island City headquarters. A trio of college friends are betting that they have created a soundtrack for success. The Long […]
Molina, a 200-Ton Machine, Completes a Journey Under the City
In September 2011, “Adi,” a tunnel-boring machine, broke through at East 63rd Street, completing the Second Avenue subway tunnel. Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick had HAL 9000. NASA named a treadmill for Stephen Colbert. And over nearly five years, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has had its fleet of 200-ton tunnel-boring machines, plowing beneath the […]