PS 166 Parents Feel Slighted by Proposed Gifted Program for District 30
QUEENS — Plans for a proposed new middle school program for gifted students in District 30 are drawing ire from parents who say seats should be guaranteed to kids from Long Island City’s P.S. 166, who currently have no designated placement after fifth grade. Of the district’s three gifted and talented elementary school programs, P.S. […]
Good vibes from Alobar
Bacon cocktail. Ommegang night. These guys are pretty cool. So Many Winter Events at Alobar!. View this email in your browser First of all not only is it Martin Luther King Day on Monday, but it’s also Inauguration Day! Famous Food Blog GrubStreet picked up on our Inauguration Party with this: The Long Island City […]
Prestigious Queens G&T Program to Extend to Eighth Grade, Chancellor Says
ASTORIA — The Department of Education is looking to expand Queens’ only citywide Gifted Talented program through the eighth grade, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott told parents at a town hall meeting. The STEM (Science, Technology, Enrichment and Math) Academy at Astoria’s P.S. 85 is the only citywide GT program in the borough, and one of […]
Socrates Sculpture Park’s Emerging Artist Fellowship encourages sculptors to …
Photo courtesy Socrates Sculpture Park Hugh Hayden’s 1965 Ford Mustang, with braided racing stripes, revs up the park in Long Island City. By Alex Palmer TimesLedger Newspapers A 1965 Ford Mustang with braided racing stripes. A transparent Buddha floating just off the shore in the East River. The Virgin Mary cast in bird seed. These […]
Police seek suspect in Long Island City and Astoria iPhone robbery cases
LONG ISLAND CITY — The NYPD wants to question 19-year-old Karim Morle in connection with a series of eight iPhone robberies in Long Island City and Astoria, police said. Police said in all of the robberies a young black man has approached the victim from behind and taken their iPhone before running away. No injuries […]
LIC Costco
Your source for whole lambs. Halal.
North LIC: hotel haven
Some very ugly hotels in a very bizarre part of town. Who on earth visits New York and stays here? Maybe for the subways.
Graybar site goes down
Skyscraping condo coming!
For a Father-Daughter Date, Black Truffles
Niko J. Kallianiotis for The New York Times FOOD ENTHUSIASTS Gerhard and Meredith Dobler planned future meals. In the shadow of the shimmering Citigroup tower in Long Island City, Queens, number crunchers, artists and city employees duck into LIC Market for a casual meal. Last week an exotic guest — black truffles — shared menu […]
Lost City of New York: New Sleek DOT Signs Help Pedestrians Find Their Way
Ever get lost in the city before? Of course not! You’re a real New Yorker. But according to the city’s Department of Transportation, one out of 10 of us gets lost every week based on department surveys. “And those one the ones who would admit it to us,” Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan told The Observer. […]
Some LIC Residents Fear Parking Nightmare with Street Sweeping Plan
One of the city’s street sweepers. (DNAinfo/Jill Colvin) HUNTERS POINT — A proposal to bring street sweepers to Long Island City has some residents panicked over alternate side parking, which they say would make finding a spot a nightmare in a neighborhood where it’s already difficult to park. Last year, hundreds of residents in Hunters […]
LIC crane collapse prompts investigation
The investigation continues into the 300-foot crane collapse last Wednesday at the TF Cornerstone construction site in Hunters Point where seven workers were harmed with non-life-threatening injuries. According to the Fire Department, of the seven involved, three had to be freed from under the crane itself. “I just ran; I was calling my son’s mother […]
Hampshire Properties Sells 450 KSF LIC Office Building for $85M
January 17, 2013 By Scott Baltic, Contributing Editor A venture composed of affiliates of Madison Marquette, of Washington, D.C., and certain funds within the Perella Weinberg Partners’ Asset-Based Value strategy has purchased the Center Building, an eight-story, 450,000-square-foot office building in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York, for $84.5 million. The sale […]
LIC crane picked up too large load: DOB
AP Photo/John Minchillo The city Department of Buildings said the crane that collapsed in Long Island City was trying to pick up twice the amount of weight for which it was intended. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers The crane on a construction site in Long Island City that collapsed and hurt seven workers last week […]
Coming Up at the Laughing Devil
From the PR maestro who runs LICs best comedy spot. The month ahead: Laughing Devil Comedy Club 4738 Vernon Blvd. LIC 347-91-DEVIL http://www.LaughingDevil.com ———————————- Sunday 1/13 – 8:00 PM – $15 Queens Vs. Brooklyn 3 comedians from Queens and 3 comedians from Brooklyn will perform. You vote on who is the best, and we decide […]
An Acrobatic Play Comes to LIC in March
Pretty awesome. #1, there is a circus space in LIC. How cool. #2, it is homegrown Cirque de Soleil type acrobatic theatric awesomeness. And #3 it is emerging performance art. Support it on Indiegogo! – My name is Julia Kaminsky and I am a playwright and aerialist producing an acrobatic comedy, which will be performed […]
Crane Collapse In Long Island City Construction Site Injures 7
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Construction crane collapses in Long Island City
A crane collapsed at luxury condo and rental project in Long Island City this afternoon injuring several workers, officials said. The accident, occurred around 2:30 p.m., at EastCoast, a complex of luxury residential towers overlooking the East River behind the iconic Pepsi-Cola sign. “A few people were injured, no one was hurt seriously,” a leasing […]
LIC crane operator suspended after collapse
The crane operator at the Long Island City construction site where the machinery collapsed on Wednesday, injuring seven workers, has been suspended after investigations showed he attempted to lift a load more than double the capacity of the crane, officials said. Paul Greer was temporarily banned from operations following the incident at 46-10 Center Blvd., […]