Culture town hall focuses on real estate forcing out LIC artists
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The first ever Long Island City Cultural Town Hall Meeting was expected to be a forum on the “Sunbather” sculpture, a controversial piece of publicly funded art that has roiled Community Board 2 in recent months. Instead, the […]
Q103 bus service now permanent in Astoria and Long Island City
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. Riders and elected officials in western Queens are applauding the long-awaited permanent expansion of the Q103 bus line, which connects Astoria and Long Island City along Vernon Boulevard. The MTA approved the plan that would make weekend and […]
Subways gets $56 million from Long Island City deal
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved the $56 million sale of air rights and parcels of land in Long Island City, Queens, to developers who want to build a new tower in the area, according to the Daily News. Crain’s first reported the deal last week. The MTA will transfer 42,800 square feet of air rights […]