Weekend Subway Service Changes Affect 12 Lines
Service on the 7 train will be suspended between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza this weekend. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly NEW YORK CITY — Subway riders should plan for additional travel time this weekend because of construction, the MTA said. Service changes will hit 12 lines, as workers repair tracks and signals. Here is […]
Long Island City getting 13-story hotel on warehouse site
Long Island City getting 13-story hotel on warehouse site The 188-foot-tall property will hold 122 rooms, restaurant and bar June 20, 2014 12:35PM 37-10 24th Street in Queens Ozone Park, Queens-based developer New Generation Development filed plans yesterday to bring a 13-story hotel to Long Island City. The 188-foot-tall property at 37-10 24th Street would […]
Inside a To-Be-Converted Long Island City Warehouse
Welcome back to Camera Obscura, Curbed’s series of photo essays by Nathan Kensinger. This week, Kensinger explores the past, present, and future of a Long Island City warehouse. [Built in 1920 for the Anchor Cap Closure Corporation, this former Eagle Electric warehouse will soon be transformed into luxury loft apartments by Rockrose Development. All photos […]
City Halts Film Shoots in Hunters Point After Complaints
A film shoot on Vernon Boulevard in March. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly HUNTERS POINT — The neighborhood is getting a break from the spotlight. The city has issued a temporary moratorium on filming in Hunters Point after complaints from local leaders that the neighborhood was being “inundated” with movie and TV shoots in recent […]