Man Leaps to Death From 40th Sreet Train Station After Killing Wife Updated 3 …
August 30, 2012 11:29am | By DNAinfo Staff SUNNYSIDE — A Sunnyside man fatally stabbed his wife in their home Thursday and then leaped to his death from an elevated train platform nearby during rush hour, the NYPD said. The murder-suicide started in a third-floor apartment at 45-21 39th Pl., where Amis Cale, 41, allegedly […]
New York’s Hometown Airline™ JetBlue Airways Lights Up New York City Skyline
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) tonight flipped the switch on a newly constructed sign atop its headquarters in Long Island City, illuminating the newest addition to New York City’s iconic skyline. The sign, composed of individual letters spelling the airline’s name and positioned atop the roof of the historic […]
A Neighborhood Built From Scratch
TO most Manhattanites, Long Island City brings to mind a waterfront with soaring glass towers, reclaimed gantries and a neon-infused Pepsi sign. But farther inland, in another section surrounding a neo-Classical-style courthouse, a residential neighborhood is being created. A 2001 rezoning of Long Island City planted the seeds for a residential transformation of the nearly […]
DOE offers centers for new registrations
Parents still trying to enroll their children in city public schools this coming year will have the opportunity Over the next two weeks at two registration centers in the borough opening the week before school starts. The centers, which will be located at Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical High School, 165-65 84th Ave. in […]
Seventh Annual Competition Helps Queens Businesses StartUP!
The Queens Economic Development Corporation, the Queens Library, the Citi Foundation and Queens College officially kicked off the Seventh Annual Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition at a networking party at the Z Hotel in Long Island City on Aug. 27. The competition will award three businesses $10,000 each, while providing technical assistance and training on […]
Photos show Steinway and views of LIC
When visitors step off the elevator onto the fourth floor of the Quinn building for the Greater Astoria Historical Society, the exhibits begin before they even enter the showroom. The photos that line the walls in the hallway are large and inviting, encouraging passersby to stop to take a closer look. One exhibit that deserves […]
Giant JetBlue Sign Lights Up Long Island City Skyline
LONG ISLAND CITY — The Long Island City skyline just got brighter. The massive JetBlue sign atop the building’s headquarters was lit during a ceremony Wednesday evening, joining other iconic signs on the Queens waterfront, including a bright red Pepsi-Cola sign at Gantry Plaza State Park. Several elected officials turned out for the ceremony, including […]
Jackson Heights to get orchestra
A retired music educator is hoping to hit the right note with a community orchestra in Queens. Long-time Jackson Heights resident and violinist Patricia Glunt, 58, is launching the Jackson Heights Orchestra, comprised of more than two-dozen local musicians. Auditions are slated for Sept. 11, 12 and 18. “Jackson Heights is growing as a cultural […]
Tiny Tots Learn to Whip Up Gourmet Fare in Long Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY — It’s never too early to start cooking. Even a 2 year old can do it, says Stacey Ornstein, founder of the Astoria-based Allergic To Salad, a non-profit organization focused on food education. This Saturday, she will hold a free workshop for 2- and 3-year-olds at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island […]
Nicholas Gaitanis, 75
NICHOLAS GAITANIS Nicholas Gaitanis, 75, of Ringwood, formerly of Montclair, died on Monday, Aug. 20. Born on Christmas day in the small village of Kefalas, Crete, Mr. Gaitanis survived the Nazi occupation of the island, and moved to New York with his parents and six siblings; they lived in Sunnyside, Queens. In 1972, Mr. Gaitanis […]