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Queens Economic Development Corporation Partners with BlankSlate on …
Queens Economic Development Corporation Partners with BlankSlate on QueensNYC.com; New Borough-Wide Attractions Website (Long Island City, N.Y.) – The Queens Economic Development Corporation and BlankSlate — a partially Long Island City-based company that helps web publishers thrive, including Brownstoner, Brokelyn, DumboNYC, Bushwick Daily and Prince of Petworth — have formed a partnership on QueensNYC.com, a […]
Patrick Joseph Crowe
DUMONT — Patrick Joseph, 78, of Dumont died Oct. 24 after a brief illness. A native of Clohanmore, Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1960 and lived in the Bronx and Long Island City, N.Y., before settling in Dumont 36 years ago. Mr. Crowe retired in 1997 after working […]
Nor’easter slams NY and NJ areas hit by Sandy
NEW YORK — A nor’easter threatened to unravel progress made since Hurricane Sandy ravaged the New York area, delivering a second angry serving of howling wind and high water on Wednesday in places where misery and frustration had yet to recede. The storm, a chilly brew of rain and wet snow blown in by gusts […]
Queens is hit hard by shortage of gas
Photo by Christina Santucci A sign blocks off one entrance to the Mobil gas station on 21st Street in Long Island City. By Joe Anuta TimesLedger Newspapers Fuel-starved Queens residents hoarded gasoline this week, exacerbating the city’s petroleum shortage and ensuring long lines continued at the pump. “The general sense is it’s getting somewhat better. […]
New York Looks Into Craigslist Gasoline Sales at $8 a Gallon
The New York attorney general’s office is looking into whether gasoline offered through the Craigslist website for as much as $8 a gallon is legal as motorists cope with retail shortages after Hurricane Sandy. The price for fuel in New York City and Long Island by some individual sellers on Craigslist, the online-classified ad site, […]
Controversial homeless shelter planned for Carroll Gardens now hosting 120 …
A brownstone Brooklyn neighborhood is hoping Hurricane Sandy didn’t create a soft opening for an unwanted homeless shelter. With Carroll Gardens residents already fighting plans to put a homeless shelter at 165-167 W. 9th St., the city today plopped 120 male veterans displaced during Hurricane Sandy into the vacant building. The city says its temporary […]
New storm bears down on Sandy-battered NYC, NJ
A nor’easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy’s blow more than a week ago. Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort […]
Brokerage announces Manhattan expansion
Home » Brokers Weekly 3:48 pm, November 7, 2012 ERIC BENAIM Modern Spaces recently signed a five-year, 1,000-square-foot lease at 220 West 16th Street for their first office in Manhattan in keeping with the company’s expansion plans. This will be the third signature Modern Spaces office to open in less than a year for the […]
Hurricane Sandy vs. NYC Cyclists
Posted by Ray | 7 Nov 2012 | Comments (0) Photo via Jonathan Maus / BikePortland Hurricane Sandy was unimaginable in almost every way, beyond the scope of half a weekend’s worth of preparedness, and New York City is still dusting itself off from the storm even as another system dusts the city with […]
Power outages begin climbing again in NY, NJ
NEW YORK — The number of homes and businesses without electricity in the Northeast is climbing again as a wintry storm sweeps the coast. Utilities in New York City and Long Island reported that a nor’easter hitting Wednesday has knocked out power to about 48,000 customers. Some of those had just gotten it back after […]
Residents worried after Carroll Gardens vacant building houses 120 displaced …
A brownstone Brooklyn neighborhood is hoping Hurricane Sandy didn’t create a soft opening for an unwanted homeless shelter. With Carroll Gardens residents already fighting plans to put a homeless shelter at 165-167 W. 9th St., the city today plopped 120 male veterans displaced during Hurricane Sandy into the vacant building. The city says its temporary […]
Stung by Big Storm, Region Makes Way for a Smaller One
Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times At La Guardia Airport, and other airports in the New York area, flights have been canceled in anticipation of the coming northeaster. Little more than a week after Hurricane Sandy whipped the New York area with brutal winds and a record storm surge, officials mobilized for a northeaster that threatened […]
Marshall Tours Damage, Talks With Obama, Offers Support
Photo Office Of the Queens Borough President Queens Borough President Helen Marshall visited Breezy Point on November 4, where she met with the National Guard. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall toured the devastated Breezy Point and Belle Harbor areas on November 4 where she met with National Guardsmen and area residents. Marshall also toured Howard Beach and Rocky […]
Local Volunteers Race To Aid Storm Victims
Volunteers from the Dutch Kills Civic Association first gathered 31 years ago at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge on Marathon Sunday, to assist runners in the New York City Marathon – the annual 25- mile, 385-yard trek through the five boroughs. With the race cancelled for the first time this year due to Hurricane […]
Restorers Flooded With Damaged Works, Michigan Votes No on Public Art, and …
— Queens Restorers Receive Chelsea’s Sandy-Soaked Masterpieces: Over the weekend more than 300 artworks from Chelsea galleries were delivered to Long Island City’s Gloria Velandia Art Conservation — whose clients in the past have included the likes of Pace, Gagosian, Gladstone, and David Zwirner — where its staff was tasked with saving pieces by Andy Warhol, […]
Cuomo orders locals to clear debris before storm
ISLAND PARK, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ordering local governments to clean up massive debris piles caused by Superstorm Sandy before a second storm hits. Cuomo issued an executive order declaring the debris a health hazard and instructing officials in New York City, Long Island and northern suburbs to clean it […]
Utility workers have the power on Long Island – Penn Yan Chronicle
The Yates County area dodged the brunt of Superstorm Sandy last week, but utility workers and volunteers from the area have begun to respond to the New York City and Long Island areas that have sustained severe damage from the storm.Two days after the storm hit, Penn Yan Municipal Utility workers Jef Bodine, Mike Mullins […]
People wait in long lines across the country to vote
Long lines were expected at polling places in Sandy-torn areas of New York City and the Jersey Shore. But the surprise this year has been long lines across the country. Politico reported that in Miami, Fla., some voters reported waiting up to 7 hours to cast their ballots. In Pennsylvania, some voters in Allegheny and […]
Redistricting and Broken Machines Frustrate Hunters Point Voters
HUNTERS POINT — Voters waited in long lines at polling sites in Hunters Point on Tuesday, and many said they were confused about where they were supposed to cast their votes. Some residents discovered — only after waiting for a long time at one site — that they had been assigned a different polling site for […]
Frustrated Brooklynites sign petition as L and G trains remain suspended
Although the city’s subways are almost entirely back up and running and most New Yorkers have returned to their regular daily commutes, thousands of people who rely heavily on the L and G trains are still stranded without service in the wake of hurricane Sandy. Frustration among riders who live along those subway lines has […]