Nun Inspires Moms in Prison
QUEENS, New York (CNN) — Kellie Phelan doesn’t mince words when she looks back at herself five years ago. “I was basically a crackhead,” Phelan said. “I literally was getting arrested every other week. I got pregnant by a drug dealer. … I was seven months pregnant, and I was still smoking crack.” When she […]
Top 10 neighborhoods for real estate investment
Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily News An aerial view of the Long Island City waterfront. It’s inched back. Now, the real estate market might be ready to roar. Last spring, the New York City luxury market made a statement with three major sales in a week: highest condo ever sold at more than $90 […]
LIC’s One Murray Park now 50 percent in contract
From left: Doron Zwickel of Core and a rendering of One Murray Park One Murray Park, a once-stalled Long Island City condominium project, is now over 50 percent in contract, according to Core, the exclusive marketers of the building. Sales launched in the building, located at 11-25 45th Avenue, in mid-April. Developed by Eyal Shuster […]
A Satellite With Great Views of Home Base
WHEN Kirsten Sharett met her husband-to-be, he was living in an industrial area in Long Island City, near a raw and rat-infested waterfront. “He worked at the United Nations, so it was really convenient,” Ms. Sharett recalled. “But I just thought it was desolate and miserable.” That was almost 17 years ago, and never in […]
LIC Real Estate Selling For Manhattan Prices
Things are booming in LIC real estate: “Since the last six months, studios have gone to $725 a foot while the one bedrooms are at $748. Just the overall increase has been about 5.8 percent since last year,” Dine says. Original article: LIC Real Estate Selling For Manhattan Prices – NY1.com.
Astoria Pool Snack Bar Looking to Operate Year Round
ASTORIA — The owners of a new snack bar that opened at Astoria Park Pool in June want to operate year-round. “At this point there is no other concession stand in the park,” said Lisa Rois, one of the owners of Surf Shack Cafe. “And we are limited to serving pool-goers only.” Rois also said […]
Staten Islanders Play Key Roles in Human Typewriter
STATEN ISLAND — A public art project on Staten Island is allowing people to really tap into their inner poet, one well-chosen letter at a time. The Staten Island Museum in St. George will give people the chance to play a one-letter key among many others in a collaborative poem written by a “human typewriter.” […]
Nun helps moms in prison move past their mistakes
Queens, New York (CNN) — Kellie Phelan doesn’t mince words when she looks back at herself five years ago. “I was basically a crackhead,” Phelan said. “I literally was getting arrested every other week. I got pregnant by a drug dealer. … I was seven months pregnant, and I was still smoking crack.” When she […]
Colin Hamell, Pat Kinevane, Ciaran O’Reilly Set for 1st Irish 2012
Ciaran O’Reilly (© Carol Rosegg) Programming has been announced for the fifth annual 1st Irish, dedicated to Irish playwrights, which will run September 3-October 1. The month-long theater festival is coordinated by the New York-based Origin Theatre Company, with mainstage shows presented at the Irish Rep, 59E59 Theaters, Irish Arts Center, The Cell and The […]
LIC Real Estate Selling For Manhattan Prices
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Jackson Ave pedestrian advisory poems
Where else in the city have these been spotted?