114th Precinct Expected to Get More Cops Amid Crime Spike
ASTORIA — More police officers may be soon patrolling the streets of the 114th Precinct, which has lost half of its cops since 2001 and has been experiencing an uptick in crime in recent months, police officials said. Through September, crime in the area was up 11 percent compared to the same period last year. […]
LIC becoming attractive place for small start-ups
Is Long Island City becoming the city’s newest and hottest spot for start-ups? The western Queens neighborhood received a lot of attention last week for its burgeoning culture of small tech start-up companies, which are attracted to the neighborhood’s accessibility and cheap space. On Wednesday evening, the Coalition for Queens, a nonprofit organization dedicated to […]
Prime Number Productions To Present Tragicomedy, THE SUICIDE OF MARK …
Prime Number Productions is pleased to announce THE SUICIDE OF Mark Twain, a new tragicomedy written by Sean David DeMers, is being presented as part of Variations Theater Group’s Harvest Theater Festival. The production opens Friday November 7th at 7:00 pm, with additional performances Saturday, November 10th at 3pm, and Monday, November 12th at 9pm. […]
Shapeways’s New 3D-Printing Factory Brings Manufacturing Jobs Into The Tech …
“I used to think CEOs who didn’t know how many people worked for them were full of it,” says Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen when asked to name the number of people he employees. He thinks about it a second longer, adding up the employees in Shapeways’ Netherlands and New York City offices. “57.” If all […]
Is This Glassy 15-Story Tower Coming to Long Island City?
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, by Jessica Dailey Here’s something interesting: New York YIMBY spotted this somewhat mindboggling rendering for a 15-story glass tower that is supposedly destined for Queens Plaza South in Long Island City. Created by Raymond Chan Architects, the 415,400-square-foot project has a giant retail podium splattered with rectangular LED signs, and although […]
Nacho and Craft Beer Festival On Tap for Long Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY — If you think the only thing that can make craft beer taste better is a plate of nachos, then the first Nacho and Craft Beer Festival — which will be held this Saturday in Hunters Points — is the place to be. “We love nachos and we love beer. So we […]
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Support the Chocolate Factory. text for your event images. Make sure you add the proper URL to the “big brown button” for tickets. If you find a need for additional styles, let me know. –> Big Dance Theater opens TOMORROW. I cannot even believe that this is happening and we […]
Courtney Love Hosts PS1 Costume Contest, Picasso Vandal Gets Solo Show …
– Klaus and Courtney to Judge PS1 Halloween Costume Competition: MoMA PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach and former Hole frontwoman Courtney Love will share MC duties at Sunday’s inaugural Artist’s Halloween Carnival and Parade at the Long Island City contemporary art center. The celebrations will begin with an artists’ costume workshop at 3pm in the Performance Dome — with aesthetic inspiration provided by creepy videos from Ryan […]
Top-Ranked CUNY Law School Opens In LIC
The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law held a ribbon-cutting celebration on October 22, to mark the opening of the law school’s new home at 2 Court Square in Long Island City. New York state Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman delivered the keynote address. Chief Judge Lippman was confirmed as chief judge in […]
Funny Ladies to Take the Stage for LIC ‘She-Devil’ Comedy Festival
HUNTERS POINT — Move over, guys. Girls are in town to bust your gut. From Tina Fey to Sarah Silverman, comediennes are taking center stage. To acknowledge their growing popularity, a Long Island City club is organizing its first festival for funny ladies, the She-Devil Comedy Festival. Some 250 comedians from the U.S. and abroad, […]
Maloney Speaks At LIC/Astoria Chamber Luncheon
Congressmember Carolyn Maloney., running for her 11th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, was the speaker at the October luncheon meeting of the Long Island City/Astoria Chamber of Commerce, held at the Waterfront Crabhouse. She started off by praising Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as a man of vision and imagination and gave evidence to […]
Floating Hospital’s Community Health Center Officially Opens
(L. to r.); The Floating Hospital President and General Counsel Sean Granahan, Assemblymember Catherine Nolan, Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer and residents of Queensbridge helped officially open The Floating Hospital situated on the city housing complex in Long Island City. Photo Jason D. Antos At a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Congressmember Carolyn B. Maloney announced […]
Shapeways’s New 3-D-Printing Factory Brings Manufacturing Jobs Into The Tech …
“I used to think CEOs who didn’t know how many people worked for them were full of it,” says Shapeways CEO Peter Weijmarshausen when asked to name the number of people he employees. He thinks about it a second longer, adding up the employees in Shapeways’ Netherlands and New York City offices. “57.” If all […]
The Fate of 5 Pointz: Why One Man May Demolish New York’s Graffiti Mecca
5 Pointz is hard to miss. As the 7 train rises out of the depths of the East River into Long Island City, Queens, the five-story graffiti-covered warehouse slowly comes into focus. Passengers crane their heads to glimpse a peek at the murals of rappers, hip hop artists, and cartoons that burst to life from […]