City Council to Decide Fate of Mecca for Graffiti Artists
The longtime owner of the warehouses, the Wolkoff family, is seeking to demolish the buildings to make way for two towers with a combined 1,000 apartments on a three-acre parcel near Citigroup Tower in Long Island City. Last week, the Wolkoffs agreed to set aside additional space for affordable housing and artists’ studios with the […]
Missing autistic Queens teenager subject of frantic search
LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — Authorities say 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teen from Queens, has been found in East Harlem. Police found Oquendo during a search near a supermarket and an apartment building along 121st Street in East Harlem on Tuesday afternoon after someone reported seeing the boy. Oquendo was found at 123rd Street […]
Much ado going on in Long Island City comedy
By Kevin Zimmerman TimesLedger Newspapers After closing out its last season with the blood and gore of “Macbeth,” the Queens Players have opted to lighten the mood with a slew of fairies and a scenery-chewing jackass in its fall opener, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The bard’s comedy incorporates three story lines set against the backdrop […]
PRESS RELEASE: Brookfield Financial Team Retained as Exclusive Sales …
NEW YORK, NY – Brookfield Financial Real Estate Group New York has been retained as the exclusive sales agent for 27-21 44th Drive in the Court Square area of Long Island City, Queens, comprised of three adjoining lots zoned R9/M1-5/LIC for as of right residential use. The current asking price for the property is $23.5 million. […]
Police Handing Out Fliers In Search For Missing Autistic Boy In Long Island City
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The search effort continues for an autistic boy missing since Friday afternoon. As WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman reported, police marshaled a small army of school safety agents to hand out fliers with Avonte Oquendo’s picture near the school on Center Boulevard in Long Island City along the East River. Fliers are […]
‘Long Island Medium’ returns: How can you win a reading?
Tonight the show “Long Island Medium” returns to TLC and they are kicking off the season with a way that you can win your own reading from Theresa Caputo. On Oct. 6, the show went to their Facebook to share the fact that you can win a reading and how to do it. Theresa will […]
‘Long Island Medium’ returns: How can you win a reading?
Tonight the show “Long Island Medium” returns to TLC and they are kicking off the season with a way that you can win your own reading from Theresa Caputo. On Oct. 6, the show went to their Facebook to share the fact that you can win a reading and how to do it. Theresa will […]
Search Continues For Missing Autistic Boy In Long Island City, Queens
Avonte Oquendo, 14, was last seen leaving school on Friday October 4. (Credit DCPI) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The search continued Sunday for a 14-year-old autistic boy who has not been seen since he left his Long Island City, Queens school two days earlier. Avonte Oquendo was last seen at 12:38 p.m. on Friday, leaving […]
Missing Teen Was Last Seen Leaving LIC School
The NYPD has asked the public for help in finding a teenager who was reported missing on Friday. Avonte Oquendo, 14, was last seen at 12:38 p.m. on Friday, October 4, leaving the Center Boulevard School on 51 Ave in Long Island City. Oquendo was wearing a grey striped shirt, black jeans, and black sneakers. […]
Police Search for Missing Queens Teen
Police released this photo of Avonte Oquendo, who is 14 and said to be mute. Officials are searching for a 14-year-old Queens boy who is mute and was reported missing Friday. Avonte Oquendo, who is 5 foot 3 and 125 pounds, was last seen leaving Center Boulevard School in Long Island City at around 12:45 […]
Honoring A Long Island City Legend
Honoring A Long Island City Legend Family, friends and politicians gathered to remember the life of Jerry Ingenito during a street co-naming ceremony meant to honor the late Long Island City resident and youth basketball coach held Saturday, Sept. 21, at the corner of 38th Street and Greenpoint Avenue. Ingenito coached basketball for St. Raphael’s […]
Honoring A Long Island City Legend
Honoring A Long Island City Legend Family, friends and politicians gathered to remember the life of Jerry Ingenito during a street co-naming ceremony meant to honor the late Long Island City resident and youth basketball coach held Saturday, Sept. 21, at the corner of 38th Street and Greenpoint Avenue. Ingenito coached basketball for St. Raphael’s […]
Queens will get its own Chelsea Market
LIC Partnership The Falchi Building will host food retailers and eateries. A former warehouse in Long Island City that’s owned by the developers of the Chelsea Market will be transformed into Queens version of the celebrated foodie paradise, the Daily News has learned. Jamestown Properties is already bringing in artisanal food makers to occupy the […]
Honoring A Long Island City Legend
Honoring A Long Island City Legend Family, friends and politicians gathered to remember the life of Jerry Ingenito during a street co-naming ceremony meant to honor the late Long Island City resident and youth basketball coach held Saturday, Sept. 21, at the corner of 38th Street and Greenpoint Avenue. Ingenito coached basketball for St. Raphael’s […]
Free Wi-Fi coming to Long Island City
Mayor Bloomberg announced on Monday that sections of Long Island City will be one of 10 neighborhoods in the city to receive free Wi-Fi service. The access area — bordered by Queens Plaza, Jackson Avenue and Vernon Boulevard — will grant businesses and residents who live and work in the area free internet connection as […]
Japanese restaurant to open next month
Habino LIC Oct. 2, By Christian Murray A new Japanese restaurant is expected to open in November at 10-70 Jackson Avenue– where Los Amigos deli used to be located. The restaurant, to be called Hibino LIC, will be run by Sooja Lee and her husband Masaru Fukuda. The couple runs a Japanese restaurant in Cobble […]
Japanese restaurant to open next month
Habino LIC Oct. 2, By Christian Murray A new Japanese restaurant is expected to open in November at 10-70 Jackson Avenue– where Los Amigos deli used to be located. The restaurant, to be called Hibino LIC, will be run by Sooja Lee and her husband Masaru Fukuda. The couple runs a Japanese restaurant in Cobble […]
Long Island City Partnership Names New President
The Long Island City Partnership has named a new president: Elizabeth Lusskin. An attorney with more than two decades of experience in economic development and government services, Lusskin will be bringing her experience to lead the Partnership and help drive its mission. Elizabeth Lusskin, whose career has navigated the public, private and academic sectors, has […]
Toddler CrossFit is now a real thing
Apparently you’re never too young to get your first “WOD Beast” T-shirt. A CrossFit affiliate in Long Island City Queens will start offering classes to toddlers, introducing soon-to-be jacked 3- to 5-year-olds to the world of air squats and bear crawls. CrossFit Gantry is adding the classes as part of their CrossFit Kids program. The kids […]
Free WiFi to come to Long Island City
Oct. 1, By Christian Murray The city has created a unique public-private partnership that will bring free WiFi to sections of Long Island City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday that Long Island City was one of a number of neighborhoods selected to receive the service by the end of the year. The free Wi-Fi service […]