Crowdfunding startup to help finance LIC skyscraper
Crowdfunding startup to help finance LIC skyscraper CityFunders launched today, backed by $40M credit line June 04, 2015 06:33PM By Konrad Putzier From left: Matthew Baron, a rendering of 29-26 Northern Boulevard and David Behin Simon Baron Development is tapping into crowdfunding to finance its planned 467-unit rental tower in Long Island City. CityFunders, a […]
Man Trying To Retrieve Keys Falls Through Subway Grating In Long Island City
CBS2 Exclusive Video Shows FDNY Crews Surrounding The Grating Minutes After The Fall June 2, 2015 7:45 PM NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A man trying to retrieve his keys was injured Tuesday after he lifted a subway grating and fell inside, fire officials said. The accident happened just before 11 a.m. on Jackson Avenue near Court Square […]
Sage Music in LIC wins prestigious small business award
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. Long Island City’s Sage Music was honored by the U.S. Small Business Administration last month. The popular music school’s founder, Jason Sagebiel, received the Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year Award, from the agency’s New York District […]
5 Ways City’s School Food Director is Transforming Cafeteria Menus
School Food Director Stephen O’Brien is being honored Tuesday with a $10,000 Sloan Public Service Award. View Full Caption Sarah Shatz QUEENS — Using more locally sourced produce, cutting out artificial chemicals and getting students to be official taste-testers — these are some of the big changes in New York City public school cafeterias that […]
Man falls 20 feet into Long Island City sidewalk grate, FDNY says
A man fell 20 feet into a sidewalk grate at 24-20 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City on Tuesday morning, the FDNY said. The man was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he is in serious but stable condition, according to the FDNY. He has not yet been identified. The NYPD said the man had removed […]
Man Falls Through Grating In Long Island City
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Emergency responders are on the scene after a man fell through a grating in Long Island City. The incident took place at around 10:50 a.m. at Jackson Avenue near Court Square, according to EMS. The man was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with serious injuries to his leg and head, EMS said. […]
1 dead, 2 injured in Queensbridge Houses shooting
A 23-year-old male is dead and two people are injured after a shooting at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City early Saturday morning. Police responded to a 911 call at 40-15 12th St. just after 2:30 a.m. and found Jahhad Marshall unresponsive in the rear courtyard with a gunshot wound to the back. Marshall […]