A one way flow
Which of these four directions would you guess is most popular? The intersection of Jackson and 21st St. The winner is 'head down Jackson'
How to make your neighbors envy your pad for more than its space
How to make your neighbors envy your pad for more than its space Photo credit: Use color to designate an area of a loft, like here on Hope Street in Williamsburg. (Betsey Helmuth) In a city of 8 million people seemingly living on top of each other, it’s hard to believe that anyone has more […]
LIC/Astoria Chamber Sets Schedule, Hears Halloran
The Long Island City/Astoria Chamber of Commerce, in operation for more than a year, took another step toward becoming an official organization when at the August 16 luncheon meeting at the Waterfront Crabhouse, President Arthur Rosenfield announced the official filing of the chamber’s certificate of incorporation and insurance. At the same meeting, members discussed a […]
LIC Partnership Exec Director Gayle Baron To Be Honored
On September 13 at Anable Basin Bar and Grill, Gayle Baron will be presented an award and honored at Long Island City YMCA’s annual Frank Tempone Service Leader Award. Baron is the executive director of the Long Island City Business Improvement District, and the President of the Long Island City Business Development Corporation (LICBDC). She […]
LIC Pathmark Shutters; 130 Jobs Affected
With Pathmark in Long Island City due to close on Saturday, August 25, parent company Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (AP) has offered coupons to shoppers in an effort to induce them to try another AP store. AP has sent coupons valued at $5 off on a $50 or more purchase and several single-item […]
Long Island City Pet Photographers Make Canines Shine
LONG ISLAND CITY — Strike a paws! Long Island City dogs — who already have plenty of canine day care centers and dog-friendly restaurants — now have their very own photographers. Two animal lovers, Junenoire Mitchell, 32, and Arianys Wilson, 27, founded KiKi LIC Photography, which specializes in pet photography (Kiki was the name of […]
New York Premiere of Multilingual Musical Rent A White Guy Will Feature Holly …
New York Premiere of Multilingual Musical Rent A White Guy Will Feature Holly Chou, Mara Measor and More By Michael Gioia22 Aug 2012 Fish Out of Water Productions, which features works from Americans living abroad, will present the New York premiere of Rent A White Guy, a multilingual musical fable about the life of foreigners […]
Union Leaders Unite to Help Wantagh Girl’s Battle with Terminal Disease
Sophia’s Cure Foundation, a local charity dedicated to finding a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a terminal and aggressive disease that affects young children, raised nearly $100,000 at a fundraiser in Long Island City last Thursday. The event, which was attended by many from the area’s real estate industry, was the latest by the […]
Astoria Residents To Try Out Pedestrian Plaza For One Day
ASTORIA — A Department of Transportation plan to build a pedestrian plaza on busy strip of Newtown Avenue in Astoria has been drawing both fierce opposition from local business owners and praise from residents. So this Saturday, DOT wants Astorians to see what it would be like if the plaza – designed in part to […]
Pet Photographers Make LIC Canines Shine
LONG ISLAND CITY — Strike a paws! Long Island City dogs — who already have plenty of canine day care centers and dog-friendly restaurants — now have their very own photographers. Two animal lovers, Junenoire Mitchell, 32, and Arianys Wilson, 27, founded KiKi LIC Photography, which specializes in pet photography (Kiki was the name of […]
‘Floating Garden’ Coming to Long Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY — Corn stalks and pear trees growing in the middle of the East River? One New Yorker says it’s possible — and he is building what he calls a “floating garden” off Long Island City to prove it. This weekend, Karim Ahmed, 22, an architecture student at The Cooper Union, will plant sunflowers, kale […]
Tesla LIC
Super cool electric sportscar pioneer has set up its NYC service center. In LIC on Van Dam. A few yards from the “last” exit on the LIE from Long Island and Queens before Manhattan. Or if you are in Manhattan, very close to the Queensborough Bridge outlet. Staten Island goombas apparently won’t be driving Teslas […]
New York graffiti haven braces for gentrification
by Sebastian Smith NEW YORK, Aug 22, 2012 (AFP) – Graffiti artists are used to escaping cops, jumping from roofs, and dodging trains, but New York painters who turned an abandoned factory into a street art legend now face their real nemesis: gentrification. 5Pointz in the borough of Queens is one of the city’s most […]