Thanks to Broker Switch, Long Island City’s L Haus Sells Out
Wednesday, February 20, 2013, by Jessica Dailey Sales at Long Island City’s L Haus condominium got off to a slow start, despite the many attempts to lure buyers with rent-to-own deals, free rooftop cabanas, and free closets, among other things. But last January, after four years of sales, the project rebooted, got itself a new […]
LIC Bar in Queens returns the favor from The Who
Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Clear Channel Roger Daltrey (l.) and Pete Townshend of The Who performing at “12-12-12,” the Concert for Sandy Relief in December at Madison Square Garden. One rockstar favor deserves another. After The Who donated more than $3,000 worth of sound equipment to help a Queens music venue get back on its […]
Long Island City Is Having an Identity Crisis
Long Island City is confused. (photo via NY Mag) Is Long Island City the next Murray Hill? Or the next Williamburg? Or has it gone straight from being like the old, before-it-was-cool Williamsburg to the future no-longer-cool because it’s all I-bankers living in luxury towers Williamsburg? Who knows? Definitely not Long Island City. What Long […]
LIC’s New Art Gallery
Artist Eduardo Anievas amid his work, at his new studio/gallery in Long Island City. There’s a new gallery/studio in Long Island City, featuring the work of painter Eduardo Anievas, who recently relocated his studio to an accessible space at 10-15 48th Avenue, between Vernon Boulevard and 11th Street. The Anievas Studio/Gallery is open to the […]
Retail Amenities Still Sparse in LIC’s Booming Court Square
LONG ISLAND CITY — If they build it, will the amenities come? A housing boom is coming to Court Square in the next few years with thousands of luxury apartment units planned for the Queens neighborhood, which developers and real estate agencies are touting as the next big thing. Now populated primarily by office workers, […]
Change at Army Navy
This super vintage joint is a goner near VJ. Bets on what’s next? Enough medical/veterinary!
neighborhood rebrands as LIC to distance itself from LI
Originally published: February 19, 2013 9:09 PM Updated: February 19, 2013 9:21 PM By MARIA ALVAREZ. Special to Newsday Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Street scenes from Long Island City in Queens. (Feb. 19, 2013) Long Islanders snicker at Long Island City’s identity crisis. The Queens neighborhood’s inhabitants already label their diverse community LIC — […]
FBI busts threesome in bogus Long Island City taxi parts ring
Three people were arrested Tuesday in a probe of knockoff auto parts that were installed in hundreds of city taxis, federal prosecutors said. The arrests took place as agents searched a large warehouse in Long Island City belonging to EY Distributors that was filled floor to ceiling with boxes of the bogus parts. RELATED: TAXI […]