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Long Island City’s Second Flea Market Will Be Open Year-Round
Wednesday, July 24, 2013, by Nicola Fumo Image via QNS Urban Mkt/Facebook Welcome QNS Urban MKT to the neighborhood, Long Island City. Starting next month, the indoor food and crafts fair will run every Saturday in the Standard Motor Products building. The market is sponsored by the company that owns the building as well as […]
Make Our Streets Safer
State Senator Michael Gianaris, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer joined by Dutch Kills residents and community leaders, including George Stamatiades, called on the city Department of Transportation (DOT) to demand traffic safety improvements for the area.Photo Jason D. AntosState Senator Michael Gianaris, joined by Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, rallied local residents and community leaders at a […]
$3.25M Long Island City House Already Has Multiple Offers
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, by Jeremiah Budin This newly-renovated Long Island City two-family townhouse is currently listed for $3.25 million, but you’re probably already too late, as it has received multiple offers over $3 million, according to its broker. Separated into a 4BR owner’s duplex with a finished basement and a 2BR top-floor rental with […]
City sweet on FreshDirect move to the Bronx
The city has delivered a sweet deal to FreshDirect. The Industrial Development Agency voted Tuesday in favor of the online grocer’s controversial plans to relocate from Long Island City to the Bronx — thanks to $127 million in public subsidies. The company has promised to use the money to build its new facility in the […]
De Blasio fights for Long Island College Hospital, 1199
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio opposes the state’s plans to close Long Island College Hospital in brownstone Brooklyn. Very strongly. “De Blasio arrested, just as he wanted,” read the headline in the Times on July 10, after he was taken in by police at a rally co-hosted by the health care workers union protesting the […]
Youthmarket returns to Long Island City after hiatus
Photo courtesy Jimmy Van Bramer City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (c.) is joined by GrowNYC representatives on July 13 at the opening day of Long Island City’s Youthmarket. By Chris Engelhardt TimesLedger Newspapers City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) joined with nonprofit GrowNYC in Long Island City last week to celebrate the return of the […]
LIRR Cancels 5 Rush-Hour Trains Beginning Today, Shortens Others
Travel Local Attractions, Local News By Christian A. Published: July 22 2013 Several lines of the Long Island Rail Road will see rush-hour adjustments over the next few weeks. Five rush-hour trains will be cancelled for the next four weeks as summer crews work on the East Side Access Project in Sunnyside, Queens. […]
PRESS RELEASE: CBRE Arranges $2.95M Sale of Two Long Island City …
Long Island City, NY – Further demonstrating Long Island City’s tremendous growth over the past few years, CBRE has arranged the $2.95 million sale of a site currently containing two industrial properties slated to be developed into a new residential property. The CBRE team of Matthew Giordano and John Reinertsen arranged the sale on behalf […]
PRESS RELEASE: CBRE Arranges $2.95M Sale of Two Long Island City …
Long Island City, NY – Further demonstrating Long Island City’s tremendous growth over the past few years, CBRE has arranged the $2.95 million sale of a site currently containing two industrial properties slated to be developed into a new residential property. The CBRE team of Matthew Giordano and John Reinertsen arranged the sale on behalf […]
De Blasio fights for Long Island City Hospital, 1199
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio opposes the state’s plans to close Long Island College Hospital in brownstone Brooklyn. Very strongly. “De Blasio arrested, just as he wanted,” read the headline in the Times on July 10, after he was taken in by police at a rally co-hosted by the health care workers union protesting the […]
De Blasio fights for Long Island City Hospital, 1199
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio opposes the state’s plans to close Long Island College Hospital in brownstone Brooklyn. Very strongly. “De Blasio arrested, just as he wanted,” read the headline in the Times on July 10, after he was taken in by police at a rally co-hosted by the health care workers union protesting the […]
Nine miles of bike lanes coming to Long Island City and Sunnyside
July 19, Staff Report Long Island City and Sunnyside are set to receive nine extra miles of bike lanes. The Department of Transportation is set to put them down by the end of the year—taking the total number of bike lanes in the Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City neighborhoods to 21 miles. The vast […]
Long Island City’s Court Square Changes as Towers Rise
Welcome back to Camera Obscura, Curbed’s series of photo essays by Nathan Kensinger. This week, as part of a series on soon-to-change neighborhoods, Kensinger visits Long Island City’s new development hotbed Court Square. [In the Court Square area of Long Island City, older industrial warehouses and businesses are rapidly being replaced by new residential towers. […]
Long Island City’s Court Square Changes as Towers Rise
Welcome back to Camera Obscura, Curbed’s series of photo essays by Nathan Kensinger. This week, as part of a series on soon-to-change neighborhoods, Kensinger visits Long Island City’s new development hotbed Court Square. [In the Court Square area of Long Island City, older industrial warehouses and businesses are rapidly being replaced by new residential towers. […]
A Summer Love Beach Read You’ll Want to Escape With
What, forgot your beach read? Not to worry. One of our country’s top female writers, Curtis Sittenfeld, has written a short story exclusively for Glamour. Curl up…and escape. We met on a March morning in Long Island City, near the Pepsi sign. He needed publicity shots for his first album. He had bright blue eyes […]
Greenmarket opens on Vernon and 48th Avenue
Vernon and 48thSource: LIC Partnership July 17, Staff Report Long Island City, NY: The greenmarket that was once located at 48th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard made a comeback on Saturday. The new market, which is operating on the same corner, is open on Saturdays from 9:00am to 4:00pm from now through Nov. 23. It offers […]
Long Island City residents want safer streets
Residents of Long Island City will rally Wednesday to demand more stop signs, speed bumps and better enforcement of traffic laws to increase pedstrian safety in the increasingly residential Dutch Kills area. The high-traffic neighborhood near Northern Blvd. and the entrance to the Queensboro Bridge is dangerous for pedestrians and a high risk for traffic […]
LIC street-cleaning maps revealed, parking remains an issue
By Bill Parry The concept of introducing alternate side of the street parking to Long Island City proved to be contentious at a meeting held by Community Board 2 at PS 1 MOMA on Wednesday night. The Department of Sanitation presented a detailed plan to introduce alternate side of the street parking rules for LIC […]
New food & craft market to open in LIC
QNS Urban MKT to occupy 6,000 sq ft on the first floor July 16, By Bill Parry, Long Island City, NY: Yet another food craft market is about to open in Long Island City. This one will be located inside a large Northern Blvd factory and the organizers hope it will draw curiosity seekers throughout […]
Long Island City Partnership is in expansion mode
Click on Map July 15, By Christian Murray The Long Island City Partnership is likely to be bringing its marketing and beautification services to Hunters Point. The group, which currently services the Court Square/Queens Plaza district, is reaching out to property owners and businesses in the Vernon Blvd/Jackson Avenue area to see whether they would […]