Vacant Long Island City Bank-Turned Art Exhibit Debuts this Week
LONG ISLAND CITY — Staff of the art organization No Longer Empty were busy Monday putting the finishing touches on its latest exhibit, slated to open this week, in which they transformed the long-vacant Bank of Manhattan building in Long Island City into three floors of art projects. The show, “How Much Do I Owe […]
What We’ve Wanted All Along: Long Island City’s S Prime
S Prime, the steakhouse that opened this fall in Long Island City, certainly has some competition from the other side of the bridge. In 1985, Paul Castellano, boss of the Gambino crime family, was gunned down in front of Sparks at the behest of John Gotti, and it’s for this reason I’ve always had an […]
7 Train Weekend Service in Long Island City to be Suspended for Months
The Vernon Blvd.-Jackson Ave. station in Hunters Point. Service on the 7 train will be suspended on weekends between Queensboro Plaza and Times Square from the end of December 2012 to March 2013. (DNAinfo.com/Jeanmarie Evelly) LONG ISLAND CITY — Major service disruptions are coming to the 7 train line during weekends this winter. The disruptions […]