Storage Post Self Storage Initiates Free Shuttle Service for Long Island Customers – Inside Self
Storage Post Self Storage has initiated a complimentary shuttle service at its Long Island City location, providing customers with one free trip per month to and from the facility in lieu of taking cabs or other public transportation. This service, available to tenants who rent space at 30-28 Star Ave., includes roundtrip transportation in the […]
LIC Woman Jailed In Ponzi Scheme
A 66-year-old Long Island City woman will be spending the next three-to-nine years behind bars for her part in a scheme that swindled more than $1.3 million from victims who believed they were investing in money-making real estate deals.Ibis Febles admitted at her sentencing at Queens Criminal Court that she swindled 50 unsuspecting victims out […]
World War II Comes Home To Queens
Welcome to September 1944! It had been three months since Allied troops set foot on mainland Europe, the first waves of men wading ashore at Normandy under murderous Nazi gunfire. Slowly but relentlessly, they gained a beachhead and pushed inland at a heavy price. By September, American and British troops had crossed into Luxembourg and […]
Luxury Long Island City Waterfront High-Rise Nears Completion
HUNTERS POINT — It’s the height of luxury. The sprawling TF Cornerstone complex on the Hunters Point waterfront, which offers sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline, has just topped out at 41 stories — the latest in a series of high-rise developments in the area, the developer announced. The skyscraper, at 4545 Center Blvd., is […]
Ethiopian Food and Boozy Cupcakes Coming to LIC Pop-Up Market
HUNTERS POINT — Long Island City foodies are getting a taste of Ethiopia in their neighborhood for the first time, if only for a few hours. Bunna Café, a vegan Ethiopian eatery without a permanent home, has been hosting a “secret dinner series” in different Bushwick lofts. But it’s about to take a stand in […]
Seven Queens schools slated for closure re-open this week
Anthony DelMundo/for New York Daily News Most staff members at Long Island City High School will return to work this week after a court ruled the city could not shut it down along with six other Queens high schools. The staff include (l. to r., back row) social worker Sandra Neznamy, paraprofessional Dana Shearn, teacher […]
State puts 16 borough schools on new poor-performing list
Photo by Christina Santucci The state recently named 16 borough schools, including Flushing High School, to its list of poor-performing schools. By Rich Bockmann TimesLedger Newspapers Under a new assessment system, the state Education Department last week identified 16 Queens schools that were failing to help disadvantaged students make progress on state exams. The schools […]
Lunch Trays Got Too Lean in City’s Fight Against Fat
Worried that children were losing the war on obesity, New York City began to slim down its school lunch offerings several years ago, replacing fries with baked potato strips and introducing nonfat chocolate milk, whole grain pasta and salad bars, among other tweaks. In the process, the city also cut calories. So much so, city […]