City to cut enrollment and funds at Long Island City High School
Teachers at a struggling Queens high school blasted the city’s plan to slash enrollment at Long Island City High School. Staff accused the Department of Education of attempting to starve the school of students — and about $3 million — in a bid to eventually close it down. School budgets are based on enrollment. “We’re […]
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Blackouts, Extreme Weather: Mayor Calls for Building Upgrades, Planning By Frank Lovece June 14, 2013 — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday announced a report recommending broad changes affecting co-ops, condos and all other New York City buildings that face the expected floods, destructive wind, blackouts and other extreme-weather results of […]
LIC Flea kicks off Saturday
LIC Flea Food opens this weekend on the 24,000 square foot parking lot at the corner of 46th Avenue and 5th Street. The market will bring over 90 food and goods vendors to the Long Island City from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays until October. Vendors include Sweetleaf, Manducatis Rustica ,Tastaccio. […]
Western Queens calls for Citi Bike Share now
June 13, By Christian Murray, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer held a press conference on the steps of City Hall this afternoon and demanded that the Citi Bike Share program come to Long Island City as soon as possible. Bike Share is scheduled to arrive in Long Island City between September and the end of the […]
Long Island City ice cream maker creates ‘Daily News Dads On the Go’ flavor …
If you could turn New York’s hometown newspaper into an ice cream flavor, what would it be? One answer comes from Malu, a mom-and-pop ice cream parlor in Long Island City that has teamed with the Daily News to create the ultimate Father’s Day flavor: Daily News Dads On the Go, which goes on sale […]
Hungry City: Casa Enrique in Long Island City, Queens
The first plate to land on the table at Casa Enrique is a bowl of what looks like fossilized macaroni and cheese. It turns out to be chicharrines, a Mexican street snack, squiggles of wheat flour deep-fried until they puff up like pork cracklings. The last plate might well be a dark chocolate pot de […]
Carla Hall at Nitehawk; Long Island City Gets a Food Market
Nitehawk Cinema is on a roll with their Film Feast series, which tasks a big name chef to come up with a multicourse menu inspired by a film that will screen at the venue. The Chew star choose popular noir thriller Memento, and, yes, this means that dinner will be served in reverse. It all […]
Long Island City’s Z Hotel kicks off summer concert series on its glorious rooftop
They’re trying to strike a new chord for live music in Queens. The chic Z Hotel in Long Island City is kicking off a summer concert series on its 14th floor outdoor rooftop Thursday night. “It’s always DJs and clubs,” said Lisa Gneo, sales director at the boutique hotel on 43rd Ave. “It’s time to […]
Wind – To – Hydrogen A Winner On Long Island
Distributed wind energy projects don’t always work out as planned (we present the 3-percent-capacity-factor Lordstown, Ohio, turbines). But well-planned projects can come through as advertised – even when Mother Nature throws a curve ball at ‘em – and fulfill a valuable niche function. Case in point: The Hempstead, N.Y., wind turbine. We reported on its installation […]
Edison Price Lighting
Edison Price Lighting, Inc. is a New York City-based designer and manufacturer of architectural lighting fixtures. We specialize in recessed, surface mounted, and track mounted lighting. Our products use all available lighting technologies, including LED, low voltage, compact fluorescent, metal halide, incandescent, and halogen light sources. Our fixtures are designed to produce energy efficient and […]
Wind-To-Hydrogen A Winner On Long Island
Distributed wind energy projects don’t always work out as planned (we present the 3-percent-capacity-factor Lordstown, Ohio, turbines). But well-planned projects can come through as advertised – even when Mother Nature throws a curve ball at ‘em – and fulfill a valuable niche function. Case in point: The Hempstead, N.Y., wind turbine. We reported on its installation […]
Parks Dept. to start repairing Shady Park this week
Andrews Grove/Shady Park June 10, By Christian Murray Long Island City, Queens: The Parks Department is expected to start work this week on repairing hurricane-ravaged Andrews Grove/Shady Park. Andrews Grove/Shady Park, a popular park on 49th Ave (btw. 5th Street and Vernon Blvd), was battered when eight 50 foot trees were uprooted, which led to […]
Foodcellar to open Court Square supermarket
Foodcellar in Hunters Point June 10, By Bill Parry Foodcellar, the Long Island City supermarket, is expected to be opening its second location—this one in the Court Square vicinity. The popular supermarket, which has been in Hunters Point since 2008, is in discussions to open a 24,000sq-foot retail space at Linc LIC at 43-10 Crescent […]
Plan to turn Queens graffiti mecca into luxury con . . .
DelMundo, Anthony freelance NYDN 5Pointz, the iconic graffiti-splashed old factory along the number 7 train located at Davis Street and Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, New York. A plan to turn a famed Long Island City graffiti landmark into a pair of luxury condo towers was voted down Thursday night. Members of Community Board […]
NY Hyundai Dealers Hear Announcement of Leasing Specials at Long Island … – Virtual
Long Island City Hyundai is announcing tremendous leasing specials that shoppers may take advantage of on some of the available models at the dealership. LONG ISLAND CITY, New York (PRWEB) June 09, 2013 NY Hyundai dealers like Long Island City Hyundai are announcing special pricing on leasing options. Long Island City Hyundai wants shoppers to […]
Plan to turn Long Island City graffiti mecca 5Pointz into luxury condos voted down
DelMundo, Anthony freelance NYDN 5Pointz, the iconic graffiti-splashed old factory along the number 7 train located at Davis Street and Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, New York. A plan to turn a famed Long Island City graffiti landmark into a pair of luxury condo towers was voted down Thursday night. Members of Community Board […]
Long Island City Is Getting Its Very Own Flea Market
Friday, June 7, 2013, by Tiffany Yannetta Overshadowed in terms of shopping by Brooklyn and Manhattan, Long Island City will debut its very own weekend flea market next week. The WSJ reports: “Market organizers and local business owners hope the new venture will bolster Long Island City’s appeal with offerings to compare with Brooklyn and […]
Community Board 2 rejects 5 Pointz developer’s plans
5 Pointz in Long Island City June 7, By Christian Murray Long Island City, Queens: The plan to demolish 5 Pointz and replace it with 1,000 apartments was unanimously rejected by Community Board 2 Tuesday night. The vote was focused solely on the size of the proposed building—not on whether the historic graffiti icon would […]
The Long run
What do you do when, like Patrick and Eve Carr, you want a shorter drive to work and a nice amenity-packed building, and you don’t want to give up the beach life that you had near your old house? That’s easy — you move to Long Island City. The high-rises have sand on the roof. […]
A taste of fine Long Island City cuisine
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30 am A taste of fine Long Island City cuisine by Domenick Rafter, Editor Queens Chronicle | Under a white tent on a perfect summer evening on Tuesday, more than 40 Long Island City restaurants ranging from steak houses like S Prime to LIC bar favorites like Alewife and even […]