Long Island City’s ‘E -Space’ Turns 3 In Style
Showcases Growing Small Business Elected officials and other distinguished guests at the Entrepreneur Space’s third birthday party in Long Island City feast their eyes on a special Belgian waffle cake cut by Mariepaule Vermersch, who worked at her family’s Belgian waffle stand during the 1964-65 World’s Fair. Shown with Vermersch are (from left to right) […]
Hundreds Of UPS Drivers Strike In Queens
TRI-STATE NEWS HEADLINES From our newsroom to your inbox weekday mornings at 9AM. Sign Up NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Hundreds of UPS delivery drivers walked off the job in Queens on Wednesday morning. The drivers from Teamsters Local 804 in Long Island City stood in the snow to protest working conditions. Some chanted, “Stop the […]
Avonte Oquendo’s Cause of Death Undetermined, Medical Examiner Says
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said the cause of Avonte Oquendo’s death cannot be determined. View Full Caption NYPD and DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly MANHATTAN — The city Medical Examiner cannot determine what killed Avonte Oquendo, the autistic Queens teen who sparked a citywide manhunt after he fled out of a city school, a spokeswoman […]
Hate crimes unit investigates assault on No. 7 train
Feb. 26, Staff Report A Hispanic man was attacked on a No. 7 train in Queens in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. Police say the 43-year-old victim was on the Queens-bound train around 4 p.m. on Sunday when he was punched in the face by the suspect, described as a black […]
Long Island City toy maker creates out of Sandy’s wrath
Long Island City business owners Milan (l.) and Jarka Uherik sell toys made from trees destroyed in Superstorm Sandy. Photo courtesy Milan Uherik By Tammy Scileppi TimesLedger Newspapers Post-Sandy fallen Shady Park trees have undergone a metamorphosis, becoming hand-carved wooden toys and puzzles that put smiles on kids’ faces. Milan Uherik is originally from Slovakia […]
‘Chop shop’ at M. Wells Steakhouse
Jesse Winter It took a team of architects, a six-figure budget and a year-and half to transform the 4,000-square-foot “chop shop” into the whimsical, Québécois restaurant. They’ve gone from motor oil to olive oil. The restaurateurs behind wildly popular three-month-old M. Wells Steakhouse have transformed a garage in an up-and-coming stretch of Long Island City […]
‘A Most Violent Year’ is filming in Long Island City this weekend
This weekend, A Most Violent Year is filming on Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, NY. The movie, which stars Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, follows an immigrant and his family who are trying to grow their heating oil business when their ambition collides with the crime element in 1981 New York […]
‘A Most Violent Year’ is filming in Long Island City this weekend
This weekend, A Most Violent Year is filming on Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, NY. The movie, which stars Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, follows an immigrant and his family who are trying to grow their heating oil business when their ambition collides with the crime element in 1981 New York […]
Lego master hones his art in Long Island City studio
Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News Artist Sean Kenney and his staff can make almost anything out of Lego in his Long Island City studio. His work has been shown throughout the country at various exhibits as well as zoos and botanical gardens. Here’s a true toy story, Long Island City-style. Lego master Sean Kenney and […]
Lego master hones his art in Long Island City studio
Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News Artist Sean Kenney and his staff can make almost anything out of Lego in his Long Island City studio. His work has been shown throughout the country at various exhibits as well as zoos and botanical gardens. Here’s a true toy story, Long Island City-style. Lego master Sean Kenney and […]
Simon Baron buys Long Island City site for $54 million
Home » Deals Dealmakers, Featured 4:10 pm, February 20, 2014 Simon Baron Development, SBD, announced it has signed a contract to purchase a Long Island City site that will be turned into a 44-story, 400-unit residential rental building. A formal closing is expected in April so no price was officially disclosed yet, although sources […]
Film and production studio opens in Court Square
Feb. 19, By Michael Florio Filmmakers and budding filmmakers. A new film and production studio rental space opened in Long Island City last month. Court Square Studio, located at 21-38 44th Road, rents studio space, cameras, lights, computers for editing, production office space and much more–for experienced film makers and novices. Mauricio Arenas, along with […]
Feng Shui-Certified Long Island City Condo Sells Out – Multi
Feb. 18, 2014 By Dees Stribling, Contributing Writer New York—The Vista, a 48-unit condo development on 44-15 Purves Street in Long Island City that began construction in 2011 and was completed last year, has completely sold out. According to the sales agent for the property, Modern Spaces, buying interest in the property was brisk. In […]
Long Island City Comedy Club Becoming a Hot Spot for Pinball Fans
The Creek and The Cave owner Rebecca Trent playing one of the bar’s seven pinball machines. View Full Caption LONG ISLAND CITY — The city’s pinball crowd is tilting toward Queens. Long Island City comedy club and restaurant The Creek and The Cave is becoming a hot spot for pinball wizards, now boasting seven pinball […]
LIC development site hits the market for $50M
LIC development site hits the market for $50M February 16, 2014 12:00PM 29-37 41st Avenue in Long Island City A V-shaped development site at 29-37 41st Avenue in Long Island City has hit the market asking $50 million. The site has a total buildable square footage of 204,938 and come with plans for a 30-story, […]
All 820 units in a 41-story tower on the Long Island City waterfront, the …
The tower at 4545 Center Blvd. is the latest addition to the growing Long Island City skyline The biggest building in Long Island City has sold out. In only eight months, developer TF Cornerstone has leased up all 820 units at its waterfront tower, 4545 Center Blvd. The benchmark is another sign of Long Island […]
Long Island City top Queens arts destination
Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News Michelle Arvin practiced her aerial fabric tricks at the Circus Warehouse. The circus arts training school is one of the many arts businesses and organizations that have moved into Long Island City in recent years. The neighborhood has become the borough’s top arts neighborhood. A formerly industrial stretch of Queens […]
Queens World Film Festival Returns for its fourth year
Audience at opening night 2013 By Michael Florio The Queens World Film Festival (QWFF), which will showcase more than 100 independent films from across the globe, is coming back for a fourth year. The film festival will open March 4 at the Museum of Moving Image in Astoria and will run until March 9. Over […]
Court Square condo hits the market for $3 million
Feb. 13, By Christian Murray A large Court Square condo was put on the market yesterday for $3 million—representing one of the highest asking prices for a condo in Long Island City. The condo, located at 26-26 Jackson Avenue, has four bedrooms, a formal dining room and plenty of storage space, according to Jermain Miller, […]
Huge sculpture is being moved to Western Queens
Feb. 12, By Michael Florio A massive sculpture of a reclining woman will be resting on the western Queens shoreline this summer. The sculpture, titled “Queen Mother of Reality”, is 50-feet long and 18-feet high and is made out of reclaimed materials, such as steel scraps. It will be on display from May 11th until […]