Sunnyside pub owner opens new bar in Long Island City
Pat Burke, at the Courtyard Ale House May 17, By Christian Murray The owner of a popular Sunnyside pub is expanding his bar/restaurant business by opening a gastropub in the heart of Long Island City. Pat Burke, 39, who owns the Courtyard Ale House on Queens Blvd, is in the midst of establishing an up-market […]
LaGuardia unveils trove of City Council records online
Photo courtesy LaGuardia Community College Past and present city officials gather for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new legislative archives collection at LaGuardia Community College. Photo courtesy LaGuardia By Karen Frantz TimesLedger Newspapers Scores of legislative documents, photos and other records that recount the sometimes mundane but other times controversial history of the City Council […]
Contest to crown Queens’ funniest comedian set to reach side-splitting conclusion
Ken Murray/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Jamille Harley takes stage at The Laughing Devil Comedy Club in Long Island City. It’s Queens version of “Last Comic Standing.” Long Island City is engulfed in a winner-take-all joke joust to determine the borough’s best comedian. The multiset competition, hosted by The Laughing Devil Comedy Club on Vernon Blvd., […]
DA accuses Queens man of LIC carjacking spree
Nicolas Almonte is suspected of allegedly going on a carjacking spree armed with a BB gun, according to District Attorney Richard Brown. Photo courtesy NYPD By Karen Frantz TimesLedger Newspapers A Long Island City man who allegedly went on a carjacking and robbery spree in the borough last week is being held without bail and […]