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2-alarm fire burns through home in Long Island City, Queens; 3 injured – WABC
LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — Firefighters and MTA Bridge and Tunnel officers rescued more than a dozen people from a fire in Long Island City, Queens Wednesday morning. The fire broke out in the basement and first floor of a four-story apartment building on 51st Avenue between 10th and 11th Street just after 6:30 a.m. […]
Doe Fund Workers to Clean More Streets in Long Island City
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Long Island City residents and workers from The Doe Fund announced that more street cleaning teams will be coming to the neighborhood. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly HUNTERS POINT — Street cleaning teams from The Doe Fund will be hitting more streets in Long Island City, expanding their reach in […]
Uber offers one free ride during G-Train closures
July 27, By Christian Murray It sure beats a shuttle bus. Uber, the cab service company known best for its app, is running a promotion during the five weeks that G train service is down between Greenpoint and Long Island City. The company is providing one-free trip between the two neighborhoods from now until August […]
‘Backyard Pool’ to open in Long Island City
Backyard Pool July 25, By Christian Murray Socrates Sculpture Park is about to convert a small lot in Court Square into a life-sized, non-functioning swimming pool. The new installation will be located on ‘The Lot’ (43-29 Crescent Street) and will consist of a concrete swimming pool filled with grass—instead of water. Rockrose Development Corp., which […]
Flea Market Rummaging and Contemporary Art in Long Island City
Friday, July 25, 2014, by Courtney Iseman Welcome to Perfect Saturday, a weekly Racked feature in which we outline the best places to shop and spend the afternoon in a particular neighborhood, starting with brunch and ending—who knows! Welcome to Long Island City, where artists and investment bankers sweat side-by-side at PS1’s Warm Up dance […]
LIC residents launch hyperlocal site called ‘Tenant King’
July 23, By Michael Florio There is a new way for Long Island City residents to meet their neighbors. Tenant King, a website that launched earlier this year, provides residents with the opportunity to connect online with fellow tenants/property owners through a private network of verified users. The website, co-founded by three LIC residents, allows […]
LIC residents launch hyperlocal site called ‘Tenant King’
July 23, By Michael Florio There is a new way for Long Island City residents to meet their neighbors. Tenant King, a website that launched earlier this year, provides residents with the opportunity to connect online with fellow tenants/property owners through a private network of verified users. The website, co-founded by three LIC residents, allows […]
United Ambulette Relocates to Bushwick from LIC
144 Pilling Street. (CoStar) Medical transport service United Ambulette has expanded its business with a move to larger digs in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. The company, which also has a school division, was based at 3131 Greenpoint Avenue in Long Island City prior to the June 1 move to 144 Pilling Street, off Central Avenue. Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates brokers […]
Even More Long Island City Condos Debut, Get Snapped Up
Tuesday, July 22, 2014, by Hana R. Alberts A finger building on Hunter Street in Long Island Citywhich is positively teeming with new residential developmentlaunched condo sales a month ago… and already, 30 percent of the units are in contract. With a very Manhattan-y name, The Madison hit the market in late June, offering apartments […]
NY Foundling finds new space in LIC
The New York Foundling, a nonprofit support-services group for children that has called Manhattan home for 145 years, is bringing a big part of its operations to Long Island City, Queens. The group, which put a West Village building it has occupied since 2002 on the market in March for $47.5 million, has signed a […]
90-year-old man in Long Island City forced to withdraw money at ATMs by robber – WABC
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. (WABC) — Police are looking for a man responsible for robbing a 90-year-old man by forcing him to withdraw money from two ATMS. At 10:45 a.m. July 18, at the store at 34-51 48 St. in Long Island City, the victim was walking to his car when the suspect approached him, […]
Long Island City strip club loses latest bid for a liquor license but is …
This Long Island City strip club refuses to be dry. Lawyers for 21 Group Inc., which currently operates Show Palace, are moving ahead with another appeal after their latest effort to get a liquor license was knocked down last week. The nude bar had taken the New York State Liquor Authority to court in 2012 […]
Newmark Holdings picks up LIC property for $17M
Newmark Holdings picks up LIC property for $17M Lot near Court Square area holds 54,000 buildable square feet July 18, 2014 05:45PM By Claire Moses 11-05 44th Drive in Long Island City Newmark Holdings bought a Long Island City property for $17.1 million, Friday’s city records indicate. Arnold Weiss and Gerald Weiss are the sellers of […]
5Pointz to be completely demolished by October
5Pointz to be completely demolished by October Developer Jerry Wolkoff to replace graffiti mecca with 1,000 apartments in two towers July 17, 2014 04:50PM 5Pointz before and after the building was whitewashed in November Long Island City’s 5Pointz graffiti mecca will be flattened by the end of October. Developer and GM Realty owner Jerry Wolkoff, […]
Long Island City and Astoria Grow Up Alongside Film Industry
NEW YORK—Western Queens has recently—and finally—found its moment after decades of fallen expectations. With its proximity to Midtown and access to transportation it had always seemed to be the next neighborhood as people increasingly took to the outer boroughs, but the neighborhoods never quite made it. Now with nearly 10,000 residential units in the pipeline, […]
Eat Your Way Through Long Island City’s History With New Walking Food Tour
The Scotch Egg at Woodbines, one of six restaurant stops included in Local Finds Food Tours’ tasting tour of Long Island City. View Full Caption Courtesy of Woodbines QUEENS — A new walking tour is looking to serve up a taste of Long Island City, along with a slice of its past. Local Finds Queens […]
Greenmarket returns to Vernon Blvd on Saturday
Youthmarket July 10, By Christian Murray The GrowNYC Youthmarket located at the corner of 48th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard will be up and running for the season starting this Saturday. The market, run by teenagers, will be open every Saturday through Nov. 22, from 10 am to 2 pm. The market will offer the same […]
LIC Warehouse Sells for $6.5M
Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of the 18,000-square-foot industrial warehouse at 37-10 Crescent Street in Long Island City, Queens, Commercial Observer has learned. Ranger Properties partnered with Sagamore Crescent LLC to buy to the property from GMS Seashore Investments LLC for $6.5 million, according to property records. 37-10 Crescent Street. (PropertyShark) The site is zoned for residential, […]
It’s Getting Cheaper to Live in Queens, Report Says
A new residential rental development — Pearson Court Square — at 45-50 Pearson Street in Long Island City. For a 1-bedroom apartment, renters have to pay $2,850. View Full Caption Courtesy of Douglas Elliman QUEENS — Rents in Western Queens — fueled by a move to cheaper, smaller apartments — and sales prices throughout the […]
Mr. Met dishes out snacks to straphangers at Long Island City subway station
Queens’ most recognizable face showed up at the Court Square subway station in Long Island City on Thursday, greeting straphangers and handing out snacks as part of a joint promotional effort by the Mets and online grocer FreshDirect. Reactions to the subpar squad’s top cheerleader were mixed. “I used to be a Mr. Met fan […]