Missing NYC Boy May be on Long Island, NYPD Says
By Timothy Bolger on October 14, 2013 Avonte Oquendo New York City police searching for a 14-year-old Queens boy with autism who was reported missing 10 days ago believe that the teen may have traveled to Long Island or New Jersey. Avonte Oquendo was last seen leaving the Center Boulevard School on 51st Avenue in […]
Search for Autistic Teen Missing From Long Island City School Continues
City officials are ramping up efforts to find Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old nonverbal autistic boy who went missing from his Long Island City school over a week ago. Despite a statewide missing child alert and a search spanning New Jersey to Long Island, he has yet to be found. Though the NYPD said on Friday […]
Long Island City Warehouses Used for Graffiti Art to be Knocked Down and …
Local News By Joe Randazzo Published: October 09 2013 The 5Pointz warehouses known for their graffiti art will be replaced with two luxury towers. Owners of the 5Pointz brick warehouses have allowed graffiti artists to use their Long Island City properties as a canvas for years. Art outside those buildings is quickly coming to […]
MONOLisa: A Mixing and Overdub Studio Livens Up Long Island City
Da Vinci – it’s a damn good starting point for inspiration. In Long Island City, experienced mixer and engineer Denise Barbarita is just the latest craftsman to find a connection with Leonardo’s famed painting, dubbing her studio MONOLisa. A hard-working participant in New York City’s audio scene since the late 1990s, Barbarita’s wide-ranging credits veer […]
Highlights from PS1 this year
James Turrell Meeting (that room you have never seen); the book fair; awesome setups in the courtyard; etc.
7 Train Sessions on the roof at Diego Salazar
Insane show on the roof with the LIC skyline.
MTA suspends all subway work to find missing boy
Pearl Gabel/Pearl Gabel for New York Daily N Parents of Avonte Oquendo, Daniel Oquendo (center) and Vanessa Fontaine (next to him), among dozens at vigil praying for safe return of boy who was last seen leaving his school Oct. 4 MTA officials took the unprecedented step of halting overnight track maintenance and ordered at least […]
5 Pointz is coming down, as city approves special permit
October 9, By Christian Murray It’s official: The 5 Pointz graffiti icon will be coming down. The application put forward by GM Realty to demolish the site and erect 1,000 apartment units–370 more units than what is permitted under current zoning rules—was approved by the New York City Council this afternoon. The council’s decision to […]
$70K Reward For Safe Return Of Missing Autistic Boy From Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A substantial reward is now being offered for the safe return of a 14-year-old autistic boy from Queens who has been missing for a week. A 24-hour command center has been set near the Center Boulevard School in Long Island City where Avonte Oquendo was last seen. The teen was spotted on surveillance video leaving the […]
$70K Reward For Safe Return Of Missing Autistic Boy From Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A substantial reward is now being offered for the safe return of a 14-year-old autistic boy from Queens who has been missing for a week. A 24-hour command center has been set near the Center Boulevard School in Long Island City where Avonte Oquendo was last seen. The teen was spotted on surveillance video leaving the […]
Search for Autistic Teen Missing from Long Island City School Continues
City officials are ramping up efforts to find Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old nonverbal autistic boy who went missing from his Long Island City school over a week ago. Despite a statewide missing child alert and a search spanning New Jersey to Long Island, he has yet to be found. Though the NYPD said on Friday […]
NYPD Expands Search for Missing Autistic Teen
NBC 4 New York Police have expanded the search for Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old mute autistic boy last seen skipping away from his Queens school a week ago, searching train tunnels and waterways and interviewing sex offenders in the area. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. NYPD Expands Search for Autistic… Copy Close Link to this video http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/NYPD-Expands-Search-for-Autistic-Teen,-Missing-for-1-Week/227456101 […]
Missing boy’s whereabouts still unknown
The 14-year-old boy who went missing in Long Island City on Friday has NOT been found, despite reports that he had been spotted him in Harlem this afternoon. Authorities initially said that Avonte Oquendo, the missing boy, had been found. But within minutes of the announcement, police said they had made a mistake and that […]
Volunteers Swarm NYC Neighborhoods in Search for Missing Autistic Boy
Search Intensifies for Missing Autistic Boy After False Alarm The family of a missing 14-year-old mute autistic boy is intensifying their search for him after a false alarm Tuesday when police initially reported they’d found the boy. Brynn Gingras reports. Mother Pleads for Help Finding Missing Teen A Queens teen who suffers from autism was […]
NYPD Expands Search for Autistic Teen, Missing for 1 Week
Volunteers Swarm NYC Neighborhoods in Search for Missing Autistic Boy Six days after 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo was last seen running away from his Queens school, family, friends and volunteers are ramping up their search for the missing mute autistic boy, relying on the community to mobilize and keep awareness high. Checkey Beckford reports. Search Intensifies […]
Family Pleads for Public’s Help in Search for Missing Autistic Boy in NYC
A Queens teen who suffers from autism was still missing Sunday evening and his family is desperate to find him. Brynn Gingras reports. Mother Pleads for Help Finding… Copy Close Link to this video http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Mother-Pleads-for-Help-Finding-Missing-Teen/226677461 Copy Close Embed this video Replay A 14-year-old Queens autistic boy who is mute has been missing since Friday and […]
Walcott ‘Extremely Hopeful’ For Safe Return Of Missing Autistic Teen From Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said Thursday he’s hopeful that a missing 14-year-old autistic boy from Queens will be found safe. Police and volunteers have stepped up the search for Avonte Oquendo, who has been missing for nearly a week. He was last seen Friday on surveillance video leaving the Center Boulevard School in Long […]
Lawmaker: Deal Reached On 5Pointz Redevelopment Plan
Tourists come far and wide to see the iconic “5Pointz” building in Long Island City. (Photo: CBS 2) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A lawmaker says the City Council has reached a deal on a $400 million project to redevelop several buildings in Queens recognized for their graffiti art. The owner of the brick warehouses, known […]
Police, Family Intensify Search For Missing Autistic Boy From Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – As police, family and volunteers searched for a sixth day Wednesday for a missing 14-year-old autistic boy, the teen’s relatives took the first step toward filing a lawsuit, alleging his Queens school did not do enough to prevent him from running off campus. Meanwhile, a $5,000 reward has been offered by a local […]
Police Turn Out To Be Mistaken About Finding Missing Autistic Teen
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The family of a missing autistic boy was crushed Wednesday, after police thought they had found the boy and told the family so – but later announced they had actually found a different missing child. As CBS 2’s Tracee Carrasco reported, Avonte Oquendo, 14, has been missing since Friday when he vanished […]