Paradise Park
Its ready. Sand. Lawn. Water sprays. Swings. It is just an amazing amazing park. Just a few steps from the LIC Crab House.
Garden paradise
The gated park you dreamed to join is only $50/month. A short bike ride away. Tennis, swimming, the lot.
Interracial Couple Attacked Outside Queens Bar in Possible Bias Crime
Checkey Beckford An interracial couple says they were beaten up in a crime of hate, and they’re talking about their frightening ordeal. News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports. Interracial Couple Attacked In Long Island… Copy Close Link to this video http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Interracial-Couple-Attacked-In-Long-Island-City-Say-They-Were-Victims-Of-A-Hate-Crime/220139201 Copy Close Embed this video Replay An interracial married couple says they were attacked outside […]
Interracial couple attacked in LIC
Authorities investigate at Shi, a Long Island City restaurant. Photo by Caroll Alvarado By Joe Anuta TimesLedger Newspapers Elected officials throughout the city condemned an attack in Long Island City over the weekend on an interracial couple, which sent the neighborhood into shock. Just before 2 a.m. Saturday Billie James-Vogel, who is black, and her […]
Long Island City HS parents call ‘technical’ foul
Anthony DelMundo/for New York Daily News Parents are opposing a plan to co-locate a new technical-themed high school inside Long Island City High School. The city tried to close the school last year due to the its low graduation rate and flagging student performance, but the closure was blocked by court order and a new […]
Official farewell buckets
Pretty great deal around corner from 5 Ptz. I assure you these prices will rise in 2015. :end
Interracial Couple Attacked in Long Island City Hate Crime
New York’s depressing new hate–crime trend continued early Saturday morning as an interracial couple was attacked outside a Long Island City bar. NBC New York reports that Billie (who is black) and Jacob (who is white) James-Vogel and a gay friend were leaving Billie’s 40th-birthday celebration at a place called Shi around 1:30 a.m. when […]
Long Island City Restaurant Criticized for Allegedly Not Helping Victims of …
On Saturday night, an interracial couple and their friend were attacked outside of Long Island City restaurant SHI by a group of men who bombarded them with racial and homophobic slurs. Now, the restaurant is under fire for allegedly not allowing the victims to come back inside following the attack. Billie and Jacob James-Vogel were […]
Long Island City comedy club narrowly escapes becoming bar
Nicholas Fevelo /for New York Daily News Laughing Devil Comedy Club Steve Hofstetter decided to take his club off the market after the strongest buyer wanted to turn it into a bar. Hofstetter instead took a majority stake in the club and will lead an expansion involving movie screenings. Just kidding! The Laughing Devil Comedy […]
5Pointz Closer to Being Razed as Development Plan Advances
The graffiti mecca 5Pointz in Long Island City lost another battle in its fight for preservation as plans for two luxury apartment buildings on the site moved forward this week. The City Planning Commission unanimously approved a special application to expand the square feet that can be developed there. “Long Island City is not Williamsburg. […]
Straight, Interracial Couple Victimized In Racist, Homophobic Attack
Billie and Jacob James-Vogel were with their gay friend at a Long Island City bar celebrating a birthday over the weekend. When the group went to leave the bar at approximately 1:30 AM on Saturday, they were approached by three men from a nearby automobile. The attackers began shouting homophobic slurs at the group. When […]
Big Reveal: $650000 For A 1BR In Long Island City
Thursday, August 22, 2013, by Hana R. Alberts This week’s PriceSpotter property in Long Island City (a place of, apparently, debatable value) elicited a whopping 63 reader reactions, but anonymous commenter #3 was the first to guess the asking price correctly: $650,000. The proposed prices ranged from $421K to $749K, with most arguing about the […]
5Pointz could soon meet wrecking ball
DelMundo, Anthony freelance NYDN Jerry Wolkoff and his son David Wolkoff, owners of the 5Pointz building in Long Island City, plan to tear it down and put a pair of luxury, residential towers. The days of an internationally respected graffiti mecca in Queens appear to be numbered. The City Planning Commission unanimously voted on Wednesday […]
City Planning Commission approves developer’s 5 Pointz zoning permit
August 21, By Christian Murray The 5 Pointz graffiti icon moved one step closer to meeting the wrecking ball this morning. The developer’s application to demolish the site and erect 1,000 apartment units –370 more than what is permitted under current zoning rules—was approved by the City Planning Commission. The only thing that can stop […]
M Wells Steakhouse may not open until Christmas
Location of M Wells Steakhouse (photo: Aug. 21) August 21, By Christian Murray M. Wells, the acclaimed Long Island City restaurant that closed in the summer of 2011, was supposed to open its steakhouse in July. However, there have been delays. And there are likely to be several more to come. “We are hoping to […]
Laughing Devil Comedy Club to remain in LIC
August 21, Staff Report The Laughing Devil Comedy Club, which was put on the market in July, is no longer up for sale, according to the Daily News. Steve Hofstetter, a co-owner with Jacob Morvay at the 47-38 Vernon Blvd. venue, told the Daily News that he didn’t want to sell the club– since the […]
No joke! LIC will keep comedy club.
Nicholas Fevelo /for New York Daily News Laughing Devil Comedy Club Steve Hofstetter decided to take his club off the market after the strongest buyer wanted to turn it into a bar. Hofstetter instead took a majority stake in the club and will lead an expansion involving movie screenings. Just kidding! The Laughing Devil Comedy […]