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 […]
5th streets future
The ‘wrong’ side of 5th street is under development. The side without all the government grants and love. Will be interesting to see what they achieve.
LIC Collage Art goes big time, er, well viral? Or, blogged about.
The Inside Source, Insta-Peep-O-Gram: Chaos Collage What happens…. Caris Reid, artist, painter and collagist runs a class at Oracle Club on some Tuesdays.
Two indoor climbing gyms to open in LIC
Aaron Showalter/New York Daily News Mike Wolfert is converting a former warehouse into The Cliffs at Long Island City, slated to open in May with climbing walls towering up to 60-feet high. It will be one of the largest climbing facilities in North America. A city better known for concrete canyons and climbing the corporate […]
LOL At The Plan To Officially Change Long Island City’s Name To ‘LIC’
We get it but the term ‘Long Island’ shouldn’t carry this much of a stigma. Because it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Over the weekend, the Post reported that the powers that be in Queen’s newest ‘New Williamsburg’ are a bit ticked off by the fact that Long Island City… is called Long Island City. […]
VirtualArtsTV Live-Streams Long Island City’s WiredArts Fest, Featuring 14 …
VirtualArtsTV Live-Streams Long Island City’s WiredArts Fest, Featuring 14 Shows, Beginning Feb. 19 By Michael Gioia19 Feb 2013 VirtualArtsTV presents the WiredArts Fest, a theatre festival that is simultaneously live-streamed over the Internet, beginning Feb. 19. Performances take place at The New Media Center at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City. Advertisement Here’s how […]
Queens Tourism Council: It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27)
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY NEWS RELEASES For Immediate Release: February 18, 2013 Queens Tourism Council: It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27) It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27) (Long Island, NY) The Chinese Lunar New Year and Black History Month are still alive and kicking in Queens. This upcoming week includes […]
Queens Tourism Council: It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27)
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY NEWS RELEASES For Immediate Release: February 18, 2013 Queens Tourism Council: It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27) It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27) (Long Island, NY) The Chinese Lunar New Year and Black History Month are still alive and kicking in Queens. This upcoming week includes […]
The Intersection of Coffee and Cocktails in Long Island City
The coffee and cocktail contingents of Long Island City are joining forces. Richard Boccato, a partner at the cocktail lounge Dutch Kills, will join Rich Nieto and Al Arundel, two partners of the coffee bar Sweetleaf, to create a new bar that will serve coffee during the daytime, and alcohol in the evening. The new […]
Hamill: Long Island College Hospital merged to death
Call it the Hypocritical Oath. First, with the 2011 hospital merger, they did great harm. Now, with the recent vote to close Long Island College Hospital, the State University of New York is going to kill people. Make no mistake: Close LICH, and people of Red Hook, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights […]
Cops search for teen missing from Long Island City school
LONG ISLAND CITY — Police have released a photo of a teen who disappeared in Long Island City Feb. 7. Malazaja Mack, 15, was last seen at Information Technology High School, at 21-46 44th Road in Long Island City, according to police. Mack lives within the 109th Precinct. The teen is described as being 5 […]
Court Square in Queens has become a hot market for residential development
Courtesy of Rockrose The Court Square skyline will have two new additions by 2015. A real estate explosion in Court Square has catapulted this once sleepy commercial and manufacturing zone into one of New York City’s fastest growing neighborhoods. Over 3,500 residential units are expected in the Queens enclave over the next five years with […]
Queens World Film Festival Returns for its Third Year
LONG ISLAND CITY — The Queens World Film Festival returns to the borough next month for its third year, screening over 100 independent movies in Astoria, Long Island City, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. The six-day festival kicks off March 5 and aims to showcase Queens as a premier destination for filmmakers and film lovers alike, […]
Port Jeff Brewing Co Tap Takeover
Occurs on: February 27 : 4 p.m.–11:55 p.m. Alewife Queens 5-14 51st Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 A kick ass event during NYC Craft Beer Week, featuring Port Jeff Brewing from Port Jefferson on Long Island. Another great local brewery about to take NY by storm, we hope to showcase 11 beers from these […]