City Council releases draft district lines
The New York City Council redistricting commission released its proposed new district lines on Tuesday, but the changes made to the previous lines are small. The biggest change to the map in Queens is in the neighborhood of Richmond Hill, which is would be drawn into two districts instead of the previous four. The districts […]
LIC Welcomes Farm Fresh Food Program
By MEGAN MONTALVO At a time when junk food has become more affordable than the organic alternatives, it is no wonder that obesity and diabetes is on the rise, especially for low-income communities like the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. In an effort to combat the obesity epidemic on a local level, Councilman […]
Queens gas station attendant beats drunk man to death for vandalizing cash …
Michael Ip for New York Daily News A gas station attendent killed a man Thursday at a Gulf gas station at 53-26 Van Dam St. in Long Island City, Queens after the man went wild when an ATM would not give him cash. There was another killing at a New York City gas station on […]
Long Island City’s SculptureCenter Throwing Huge Art Block Party Saturday
September 6, 2012, 1:51 pm On Saturday the venerable Queens contemporary art institution SculptureCenter will throw what might just be the artsiest block party this city has ever seen, featuring a series of activity tents manned by artists who have shown at the space. The LIC Block Party, which runs from noon to 5pm on […]
Hunter Street, with a slick new facade
It’s tile! Looks cool. Just south of the Plaza where builders are building round the clock. Good bye industrial past, LIC.
Be first to open your preschool at Queens Plaza
Opportunity knocks. Good bye strip clubs apparently. Time to teach kiddies.
500 more residents at Queens Plaza
The OTHER tower finishing soon near Court Square and Queens Plaza. Not just Rockrose. Now for the local businesses to get to work evicting the greasy spoons and bodegas and making more room for bike shops and indie cafe owners. Come on property owners! Call in those leases.
Rockrose tower and Pearlys
Chashama program is so great. Fun stuff at their properties here at glammo Court Square (everybody saw the NYT piece this weekend) Plus 750 upper middle class renters coming soon. Party on!
The Boulevard of Death Needs New Life
Manhattan is known for its neon lights on Broadway and the stately residential Park Avenue, Paris is home to the fashionable tree-lined Beaux Arts Champs-Elysees, and the Bronx offers the Art Deco Grand Concourse. These are among many major thoroughfares that give a distinctive sense of place to communities, and enhance quality of life. On […]
Lunar Energy Presents BY RIGHTS WE SHOULD BE GIANTS World Premiere …
Lunar Energy Productions will present the World Premiere of By Rights We Should Be Giants, created and written by Lunar Energy ensemble members Nadia Sepsenwol and Tim Van Dyck, October 18-November 3 at The Secret Theatre (4402 23rd Street between 44th Avenue and 44th Road, Long Island City). The production will be directed by Christopher […]
LIC airline snubs Marshall
Elected officials and employees of JetBlue flip a switch that lit the airline company’s new 40-foot sign on the top of the Brewster Building in Long Island City. Photo by Christina Santucci By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers As JetBlue lit its new, 40-foot sign at its headquarters at Queens Plaza last week, Borough President Helen […]
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 […]
NYC Cab Riders Upset Over 17 Percent Fare Hike, But Are They Justified?
A taxi cab SUV (credit: Philip J. Victor, CBSNewYork.com) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Commuters are saying, “hail no!” to a fare increase for New York City’s yellow cabs that went up 17 percent at noon Tuesday. CBS 2’s Don Dahler found out more on where the money is going, and why. WCBS 880′s Mike Xirinachs reports […]