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Bareburger to open on Vernon Blvd
Sept 15, By Christian Murray Bareburger–best known for its exotic patties and organic ingredients—is opening a restaurant in Long Island City, in the location that was once Cranky’s. The restaurant is expected to open at 49-19 Vernon Boulevard in late December and is part of a major expansion the burger chain is currently undergoing, said […]
Uber drivers protest in Long Island City
About 40 drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. protested in front of the company’s Long Island City office this morning, calling for numerous changes to their arrangement with the company. The drivers, who call themselves the Uber Drivers Network, were protesting against a combination of rising commissions and cheaper prices from Uber. The drivers chanted, “Uber […]
Queens CB 2 Endorses Long Island City Pedestrian Upgrades
Image: DOT DOT has a plan to make it safer to walk near Court Square and Queens Plaza in Long Island City. Hunter and Crescent Streets between Queens Plaza South and 44th Drive form a triangle of sorts, in an area dotted with bus and train connections, including the Court Square subway station, which serves […]
Exploring an Abandoned Long Island City Chemical Complex
Welcome back to Camera Obscura, Curbed’s series of photo essays by Nathan Kensinger. This week, Kensinger explores one block-long property in Long Island City’s Court Square microhood. [The West Chemical complex in Long Island City is now being prepared for demolition, to be replaced by several new residential towers. All photos by Nathan Kensinger.] As […]
Artist hopes to provide a healing atmosphere with his new exhibit and special …
A Long Island City gallery is hosting a special event on Thursday to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Studio J is featuring works of artist and illustrator Al Johnson, titled “Visual Healing,” and designed to help ease viewers’ troubles. The exhibit is on display through Oct. 3 but visitors […]
An artistic playground lies in Long Island City
The annual Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition is back at Socrates Sculpture Park and, as usual, the 15 artists featured created pieces that are weird, thought-provoking and even a little controversial. The EAF is all about providing lesser-known artists with a platform to share their work and to build upon the park’s goal to present socially […]
Alma Realty Planning Large New Building in Long Island City
Wednesday, September 10, 2014, by Jeremiah Budin This one seems to have flown under our radar, but apparently Astoria Cove-developer Alma Realty has been planning a massive new development in Long Island City since at least 2010. Known, at least at one point, as Alma Towers, the project was delayed and resurfaced in October of […]
Special healing ceremony at Long Island City art gallery is one of several 9 …
A Long Island City gallery is hosting a special event on Thursday to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Studio J is featuring works of artist and illustrator Al Johnson, titled “Visual Healing,” and designed to help ease viewers’ troubles. The exhibit is on display through Oct. 3 but visitors […]
Special healing ceremony at Long Island City art gallery is one of several 9 …
A Long Island City gallery is hosting a special event on Thursday to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Studio J is featuring works of artist and illustrator Al Johnson, titled “Visual Healing,” and designed to help ease viewers’ troubles. The exhibit is on display through Oct. 3 but visitors […]
Long Island City Revolution!
September 10, 2014 Don’t look Brooklyn, but Long Island City may just be The Next Big Thing. On the heels of massive redevelopment, the action hasn’t stopped: Savanna has acquired the Citigroup building, Jamestown’s working on the Falchi building, and JetBlue and FreshDirect are now HQed there. That’s why we’re excited to gather top players […]
Long Island City Revolution!
September 10, 2014 Don’t look Brooklyn, but Long Island City may just be The Next Big Thing. On the heels of massive redevelopment, the action hasn’t stopped: Savanna has acquired the Citigroup building, Jamestown’s working on the Falchi building, and JetBlue and FreshDirect are now HQed there. That’s why we’re excited to gather top players […]
Atlas Capital offers stake in Long Island City property
Atlas Capital offers stake in Long Island City property Investment firm paid $82M for the property last year September 10, 2014 08:00AM 30-30 47th Street in Queens A stake in a 1 million-square-foot Long Island City office building is up for grabs. Atlas Capital has retained CBRE Group to market an ownership stake in the Factory […]
Atlas Capital offers stake in Long Island City property
Atlas Capital offers stake in Long Island City property Investment firm paid $82M for the property last year September 10, 2014 08:00AM 30-30 47th Street in Queens A stake in a 1 million-square-foot Long Island City office building is up for grabs. Atlas Capital has retained CBRE Group to market an ownership stake in the Factory […]
Bierocracy Plots a Long Island City Restaurant Followed by a Global Empire
Marek Chatrny and his partners haven’t yet opened their first beer hall and restaurant, but already they’re plotting an international chain. “We’d like to open a global chain of branded beer halls,” Chatrny, a Czech native whose professional roots are on Wall Street and in a Central European real estate fund, says. “There are chains […]
Long Island City beer garden restaurant robbed of booze – WABC
LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — Police are looking for two thieves who apparently were very thirsty when they robbed a beer garden this week. Around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, two of the three suspects climbed a fence behind the Bohemian Hall Beer Gardens at 26-19 24 Ave. in Long Island City. The third suspect stayed behind […]
Lyft signs two-year lease in Long Island City
Lyft signs two-year lease in Long Island City The ride-share app will take up 5,000 square feet on the fourth floor of the property September 04, 2014 03:40PM From left: the Lyft mustache and the Falchi building in Long Island City Ride-sharing app Lyft is moving to Queens. The start-up is leasing 5,000 square feet […]
13-11 Jackson Avenue
When a Declaration’s Text and Floor Plan Conflict, Who Gets the Toilet? By Frank Lovece Sept. 5, 2014 — Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes a superintendent’s office is a storage room that doesn’t belong to the condominium, except one document says it does and another document says it doesn’t. This is […]
Lyft hitches ride to Long Island City
Lyft, the ride-sharing app, is moving its New York City operations to Long Island City, Queens. The company just signed on for 5,000 square feet at the Falchi Building, taking a portion of the fourth floor in the six-story, roughly 570,000-square-foot property, in a lease set to run for just over two years. The company […]
Significant pedestrian improvements planned for Court Square/Queens Plaza
Jackson Avenue/44th Drive Sept. 3, By Christian Murray The Department of Transportation has plans to introduce a number of pedestrian safety changes to several Court Square/Queens Plaza streets. The department is focusing on the area that links Queens Plaza South to 44th Drive—bordered by 28th Street on the east and Crescent Street to the west. […]
Good Samaritan Saves Man Who Jumped in East River for Ice Bucket Challenge
Artur Mierzejewski said he helped a man who had jumped into the East River in Long Island City. View Full Caption Facebook LONG ISLAND CITY — A good Samaritan helped rescue a man who struggled to swim to shore after he jumped into the East River Monday to complete the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge,” aimed […]