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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 […]
Coffeed about to break into the coffee wholesale business
The future roasting area Feb. 10, By Michael Florio A popular Long Island City café is getting into the wholesale coffee business. Coffeed, located on the first floor of the iconic Standard Motors Building (37-18 Northern Blvd), is in the process of doubling the size of its store –from 1,500 square feet to 3,000 square […]
One snapshot in a tragic national picture: Long Island sees exploding heroin use
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Heroin has killed a record number on Long Island in the last two years Drug counselor: A decade ago 2-3 bags of heroin a day was “a heavy user” He adds: “For kids these days, that’s breakfast” CDC says nationwide heroin deaths up 45% from 2006 to 2010 New York (CNN) — The […]
MTA Says It Will Promote Long Island City During 7 Train Shutdowns
The MTA says it’s willing to develop an advertising campaign to market Long Island City, to help offset weekend service cuts scheduled to take place on the neighborhood’s 7 train line over the next several months. View Full Caption David Goldman/Getty Images HUNTERS POINT — The MTA says it’s willing to develop an advertising campaign […]
State unveils latest plans for Center Blvd dog run
Click on Map (for closer view) Feb. 7, By Christian Murray State officials presented the design plans for a proposed dog run that would be located next to Center Boulevard, sandwiched between the new P.S./I.S. 78Q building and the Queens West Sports Field. The design, if approved, would result in a 3,000 sqf. dog run, […]
Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst become more desirable neighborhoods
Call it Long Island City East. As city housing prices soar higher than the waterfront towers rising in Long Island City, more young professionals and families are moving into nearby Woodside, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, real estate experts told The News. “People are following the subway lines,” said Michael Tortorici, vice president of the brokerage […]
Film Studio and Production House Opens in Court Square
The new Court Square Studios includes 3,500-square-feet of rental space. View Full Caption Court Square Studios COURT SQUARE — Action. A film production house and studio rental space opened last month in rapidly developing Court Square. Court Square Studios offers video production and post-production services and studio space rentals inside a building at 21-38 44th […]
Queens Officials Want MTA To Help Long Island City During 7 Line Shutdowns
Get Breaking News First Receive News, Politics, and Entertainment Headlines Each Morning. Sign Up NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Officials in Queens have called on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to do more to help Long Island City businesses in the face of planned weekend shutdowns on the 7 line this year. The MTA announced last month that […]
Big box retail coming to Northern Blvd
Rendering Feb. 4, By Michael Florio Construction is expected to start on a large retail and office complex this year that is likely to turn 30-30 Northern Blvd into a destination for big box stores, rooftop restaurants and lounges. The development will be connected to the neighborhood’s iconic 7-story Apple Building (see photo below). The […]
Health commish: No bailout for Long Island City Hospital
The New York state health commissioner said Monday that Long Island College Hospital would not be eligible for federal funding from the state’s Medicaid waiver request. Testifying at a joint legislative budget hearing, Dr. Nirav Shah said that only hospitals with a plan to reduce inpatient admissions 25% would be eligible for federal funds. “That […]