Hotel boom is changing Long Island City
It’s destination Long Island City. A Queens neighborhood that went from sprawling warehouses and manufacturing plants to luxury towers is now undergoing its latest transformation: as a haven for tourists. Hotel developers are capitalizing on the area’s proximity to Manhattan — and lower nightly rates — to lure visitors to chic lodges that fight to […]
Van Bramer Tours Newest School In Long Island City
On August 28, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer and Lorraine Grillo, president of the School Construction Authority (SCA), toured one of District 26’s newest schools, Academies of Film and Television/Hunters Point South Community M.S. in Long Island City. The Long Island City school is just one of five new schools currently coming online and will be […]
Your Guide to Queens Council District 22
With Peter Vallone Jr. term-limited, three are running in the Democratic Primary. In the 22nd Council District, which encompasses Astoria, Long Island City and parts of Jackson Heights, three Democrats are running in the primary to succeed term-limted Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. Costa Constantinides, a district leader, has received a bulk of the endorsements and […]
Ricky’s opened its LIC costume store on Saturday
Sept. 3, By Christian Murray Ricky’s, the costume and cosmetic chain, opened a temporary Long Island City location on Saturday. The store, which will remain open until early November, is almost exclusively focusing on Halloween costumes. It is located at 5-27 50th Avenue (between 5th Street and Vernon Blvd) and is being operated by Long […]
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 […]
Truck fire on Queensboro Bridge brings traffic delays
From twitter (operator911@BUFF) Sept. 2, 2:00 pm A truck caught fire at around 10 am on the Queensboro Bridge this morning temporarily shutting down traffic on the lower level in both directions. The FDNY has not yet determined what caused an 18-wheel truck to catch fire on the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge. There were […]
Amazing sand restoration at Rockaways
A mere $35mm trend back the clock on the beach from 2013 to 1970. http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1428418 :end