Long Island City to protest No. 7 train weekend closures
Jan. 16, By Christian Murray Several Long Island City residents and business owners will be coming out Friday morning to announce that they are fed up with the patchy No. 7 train weekend service. Tomorrow, organized by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, a coalition of community leaders, elected officials and cultural groups will be holding a […]
New 10-story hotel heads to Long Island City
A 74-room hotel is slated to rise in Long Island City, one of many hospitality developments that have cropped up in the area as of late. The Department of Buildings issued a new building permit for a 10-story hotel to be built at 40-47 22nd Street, near 44th Avenue. A New Jersey hotel owner and […]
Queens’ priciest pad on sale at the View
46-30 Center Boulevard A $2.5 million penthouse in Long Island City is currently the priciest pad on the market in Queens. Located inside TF Cornerstone’s 186-unit condominium the View, the unit falls short of the borough’s largest record sale so far to date: a $3.1 million penthouse in the same building that changed hands in […]
Long Island City is a rising star in real estate
When Eric Benaim began brokering apartments in Long Island City, back in 2006, convincing people to move there required imagination. “I had to paint a picture of what this neighborhood would eventually be like,” he says, recalling how desolate it looked. “I don’t have to do that anymore,” he adds. Today, the East River waterfront […]
The Aging Ingenue of Neighborhoods: Long Island City Has Been on the Cusp …
The Next Williamsburg, Except it’s Not. Long Island City is having an identity crisis. (Amanda Lea Perez, New York Observer.) All neighborhoods are somewhat in thrall to Manhattan, but Long Island City is haunted by it. By day, it’s noisy with the squeal and clatter of elevated trains, the rumble of delivery trucks on the […]
Family reinvests in Long Island City
Two years ago, Matthew Quigley plunked down a tad under $100,000 to buy an aging Rhode Island ferry and turn it into a dockside Long Island City, Queens, hot spot offering food and drink with a stunning view of the Manhattan skyline. That project has since temporarily sailed under the radar, but for Mr. Quigley, […]
Jamestown Fills Long Island City’s Falchi Building with Diverse Tenants
The Falchi Building. When Jamestown Properties bought the Falchi Building, a 600,000 square foot former warehouse and distribution center in Long Island City, for a reported $80 million in 2012, there was much speculation that the mixed-use industrial space would become an outerborough version of Chelsea market, which Jamestown also owns. Not quite, Jamestown COO […]
PSEG Long Island Warns of Email Payment Scam
Customers receiving fraudulent emails that look like bills sent from the utility. PSEG Long Island issued a warning Friday, describing a deceptive email technique used to prey on customers. According to the utility, customers have received fraudulent emails that appear to be bills from PSEG Long Island. The emails request personal information from the customers, […]
The 10 Best Bars in Long Island City
What pops into your mind when you hear “Long Island City”? Maybe you picture less of a neighborhood, more of a character-free yuppie warehouse, where overpaid dullards stack themselves in gleaming condos, sucking the life force from yet another community’s jugular. But you’d be wrong. That nonsense is largely confined to the waterfront, which you […]
5Pointz Artists’ Work to be Featured in Long Island Gallery Show
5Pointz art at its former Long Island City headquarters at 45-46 Davis St. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska QUEENS — 5Pointz artists are taking their work indoors this month. Several members of the well-known graffiti collective will be featured in a gallery show beginning Jan. 19 at a non-profit arts center in Great Neck, LI. […]
Open House Agenda: Three Apartments to See This Weekend
Open House Agenda: Three Apartments to See This WeekendView Full Caption QUEENS — With Manhattan prices sky high and Brooklyn’s catching up, many brokers say house hunters are now eyeing Queens. Compared to Manhattan’s median sales price of $855,000 and Brooklyn’s median of $570,110, Queens appears a relative bargain. Its median price for the fourth […]
Fast-Growing Fitness Franchise Opens New Boot Camp in New York and …
Long Island City, NY (PRWEB) January 07, 2014 Fit Body Boot Camp, the popular indoor fitness boot camp franchise, announces the opening of a brand new boot camp location in New York and is excited to welcome Long Island City Personal Trainer and Body Transformation Specialist, Kate Vidulich, as owner and operator of the new […]
Former paper factory converted into LIC’s latest hotel
Paper Factory Hotel Jan. 7, By Michael Florio A new hotel has just opened in a renovated old paper factory that contains vestiges of Long Island City’s industrial history. The Paper Factory Hotel, located at 37-06 36th Street, has incorporated many old items into the design—such as an antique paper machine. “”We have preserved its […]
Fit Body Boot Camp Launches in Long Island
Fit Body Boot Camp, the popular indoor fitness boot camp franchise, announces the opening of a brand new boot camp location in New York and is excited to welcome Long Island City Personal Trainer and Body Transformation Specialist, Kate Vidulich, as owner and operator of the new Fit Body Boot Camp. “I’m totally pumped to […]
State Labor Commissioner: Finishers to Recruit Apprentices
For Immediate Release: December 19, 2013 (Long Island City, NY) The District Council #9 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund will conduct a recruitment from December 27, 2013 through January 10, 2014 for 50 drywall taper (finisher) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner Peter M. Rivera announced today. Applications must be obtained, in person only, from District […]
State Labor Commissioner: Finishers to Recruit Apprentices
For Immediate Release: December 19, 2013 (Long Island City, NY) The District Council #9 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund will conduct a recruitment from December 27, 2013 through January 10, 2014 for 50 drywall taper (finisher) apprentices, State Labor Commissioner Peter M. Rivera announced today. Applications must be obtained, in person only, from District […]
Gettry Marcus, a New York City and Long Island CPA Firm, Offers Suggestions …
Woodbury, NY (PRWEB) January 03, 2014 Gettry Marcus CPA, P.C., provides suggestions for employers that are looking for a high quality employee benefit plan audit. Employees face new realities for their future, their financial security and their retirement. They’re taking on increased financial burden in the face of equally increasing risk and exposure, and they’re […]
Gettry Marcus, a New York City and Long Island CPA Firm, Offers Suggestions …
Woodbury, NY (PRWEB) January 03, 2014 Gettry Marcus CPA, P.C., provides suggestions for employers that are looking for a high quality employee benefit plan audit. Employees face new realities for their future, their financial security and their retirement. They’re taking on increased financial burden in the face of equally increasing risk and exposure, and they’re […]
Snowstorm closes NYC schools, cancels flights, Cuomo orders highways closed
The first snowstorm of 2014 canceled hundreds of flights, caused a state of emergency and shut down the Long Island Expressway — before the first inch even fell. And after the much-hyped storm dropped more than 5 inches of snow in the metro area by Friday morning,Chancellor Carmen Fariña has announced all city schools were […]
LIVE: Northeast Blizzard Cancels Nearly 1500 Flights
By Jillian MacMath, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer January 03, 2014; 5:37 AM A major snowstorm is continuing to impact parts of the Northeast Friday morning after dumping several inches of snow in cities such as Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh since Thursday. The worst of the storm is focusing along the New England coast where […]