Train-themed restaurant to open next month
Station LIC June 17, By Christian Murray The train is about to pull into the station. Station LIC, a restaurant to be located at 10-37 Jackson Avenue, will be opening in about four weeks, according to co-owner Gregory Okshteyn. Okshteyn, a Long Island City resident who designs restaurants for a living, said he is putting […]
Eastern Consolidated Markets LIC Properties for $10.35M
Eastern Consolidated will market the sale of a block-through, Long Island City development site at 37-29 31st Street and 37-26 32nd Street, Commercial Observer has learned. Asking price for the separate, contiguous properties is $10.35 million. The site is zoned for a mixed-use, seven-story residential apartment building with ground floor retail, Eastern Consolidated told CO. 37-21 […]
NYC Looks to Long Island City As Model
NEW YORK—The transportation hub of Long Island City has been growing at a rapid pace in recent years, attracting businesses from a variety of sectors and a large overflow of residents from Brooklyn. On Tuesday, the neighborhood—really more of a city—held its first summit where elected officials and industry leaders discussed opportunities for growth. Despite […]
H&R REIT Partners With Tishman On $875M Long Island City Project
1.2 Million-Sq-Foot, Three-Building Mixed-Use Property Will Include High-Rise Residential and Retail HR Real Estate Investment Trust announced it has agreed to a joint venture with Tishman Speyer to develop a massive 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use project in Long Island City, NY. Tishman Speyer will act as the developer and manager of the 50/50 JV accommodating up […]
Long Island City Megaproject Could House 1600 New Rentals
[An aerial shot of the site where a $875 million mixed-use complex is slated to rise; as a reference point, 28th Street and Queens Plaza is office building Gotham Center.] A giant new megaproject is coming to Queens Plaza in Long Island City. HR Real Estate Investment Trust has teamed up with developer Tishman Speyer […]
Mapping Long Island City’s Insane Number of New Apartments
Once upon a time, Long Island City was a hotbed of industry, but over the last decade, it’s become a hotbed for residential development thanks to a 2001 rezoning. Since then, roughly 5,000 units have been added to a 37 block area that encompasses the LIC microhoods of Court Square and Queens Plaza. Many more […]
OPINION: Is Community Board 2 transparent?
OPINIONJune 15, By John O’Reilly During recent Community Board 2 meetings, the term “transparency” has been used with greater frequency to describe the Board and its various committees’ actions and functions. Is this description accurate? No. Community Board 2 fails to make important community information easily accessible and does not provide details about who sits […]
Third Worker Hurt in Fall at Northern Blvd Site
Three workers have fallen and been hurt at the construction site at 30-46 Northern Boulevard, which is run by KSK Construction Group. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — A worker was seriously hurt Friday morning when he fell about 12 feet at a Northern Boulevard construction site, the third such incident in […]
EXCLUSIVE: Shooting threat scrawled on desk causes alarm in Queens high …
This would send shivers down any spine. A student’s threat to shoot up Long Island City High School with an assault rifle prompted tightened security after a teacher discovered a chilling message etched on a classroom desk Wednesday. “Tomorrow, June 12, there will be a shooting in the school with an AK-47 and a 9-mm,” […]
LIC condo sells for $3.35 million, breaks record
The View June 12, By Christian Murray A three-bedroom, ground-floor apartment unit at The View sold for $3,350,000, according to city records. The Real Deal, which broke the story, reported that the price set the record for the most expensive condo sale in Queens. The 1,842-square-foot-apartment at 46-30 Center Boulevard — features three bedrooms, three baths […]
Long Island City condo sets Queens record at $3.35M
Long Island City condo sets Queens record at $3.35M Apartment breaks previous record of $3.15M June 11, 2014 03:10PM By Rich Bockmann From left: The View at 46-30 Center Boulevard and Silvette Julian A Colombian buyer set a new record for the most expensive condo in Queens’ when she paid $3.35 million last month for […]
Long Island City’s Newest Mural To Be Unveiled
Join Recycle-A-Bicycle and P.S. 993 Friday, June 13 at 4 p.m. to celebrate Long Island City’s newest mural and to hear the story behind the art. The ceremony will honor the work of muralists Alex Cook, Pasqualina Azzarello and Sunny Hossain, a student at P.S. 993 at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. The […]
Something new for the Long Island City art world
The newest up-and-coming artists could be discovered in Long Island City as Conception Events introduces New York City to dozens of artists during the first Emerging Artists Festival weekend. The event being brought to Long Island City is part of a growing trend of galleries, arts festivals and installments popping up in the neighborhood, something […]
Long Island City Holiday Inn hits the market for nearly $60M
Long Island City Holiday Inn hits the market for nearly $60M Buyer could revamp property as luxury hotel when franchise deal ends in five years June 05, 2014 04:20PM From left: Eastern Consolidated’s Marion Jones, Adelaide Polsinelli, 39-05 29th Street, Gary Meese and Jason Marin Holiday Inn Manhattan View, a 136-room hotel in Long Island […]
Long Island City sure is tasty!
Long Island City sure is tasty! – Queens Chronicle: Western Queens News One Tuesday, more than 50 restaurants and food distributors were represented at the 9th Annual Taste of LIC sponsored by the Chocolate Factory. Though rain clouds hung low, spirits were high as hundreds of Long Island City residents, business owners and visitors crammed […]
Queens Arts Festival to Feature Live Body-Painting
Danny Quirk is one of several artists participating in the Emerging Artists Festival in Long Island City on Friday. He is known for his anatomical body paintings. View Full Caption Courtesy Conception Events LONG ISLAND CITY — An arts festival taking place in Queens this weekend will make use of some unusual canvases — such […]
Eco-friendly Rental Building Now Leasing in Long Island City – Multi
Jun. 4, 2014 By Joshua Ayers, Senior Editor Long Island City, N.Y.—Douglas Elliman Development Marketing has announced that the L+M Development project, The Pearson Court Square, which transformed a vacant Long Island City lot at 45-50 Pearson Street into a 197-unit eco-friendly luxury rental building, has launched leasing efforts. “Long Island City is exploding with […]
Hunters Point group celebrates its beginning with park event
Source: Hunters Point Parks Conservancy June 3, By Christian Murray, More than 120 people attended a party at Hunters Point South Park on Saturday to celebrate the formation of a new group that aims to improve all the parks in the neighborhood—as well as to pay tribute to the organizers who paved the way for […]
Where Freelancers Can Find Office Space in Western Queens
Co-Working Spaces in Western QueensView Full Caption LONG ISLAND CITY — In western Queens, a growing number of shared and co-working spaces are giving solo and freelance workers a place to break out of their work-from-home ruts or escape the crowded neighborhood coffee shop. From an open loft inside an art gallery to a members-only […]
Queens foods fest bringing fifty plus big apple eateries to Long Island City
The Taste of LIC will simmer under 900-square-foot tents in Gantry Plaza State Park on Tuesday, and the 52 restaurants, bars and cafes that signed on to show off their signature offerings marked an all-time high. Three other eateries are even on a waiting list, said Sheila Lewandowski, executive director of the local arts hub […]