New Looks at Long Island City’s Exoskeleton-Touting Condos
Tuesday, July 7, 2015, by Zoe Rosenberg A nine-story, 86-condo building is on the rise at the corner of 43rd Avenue and Hunter Street in Long Island City. Developer Ekstein tapped architecture and design firm GF55 Partners to create a building for the site that sits on top of a subway tunnel. Because of the […]
Artist paints pretty as a picture
By Allison Plitt TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. When you look at any of Sharon Florin’s oil paintings, you could easily mistake them for photographs. In fact, Florin walks through the neighborhoods of Long Island City and Manhattan taking photos of the city, using them as […]
What To Do in Long Island City This Fourth of July
American flags in Hunters Point South Park in Long Island City, where crowds are expected Friday night to celebrate the Fourth of July. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — The neighborhood is expected to get its best views in years of the Macy’s fireworks this Fourth of July, with the show set […]
Man on wheelchair robs US bank in Long Island City, makes getaway
Not the fastest getaway but a wheelchair-bound man in the US robbed a bank and rolled away with more than $1,200 in cash. Not the fastest getaway but a wheelchair-bound man in the US robbed a bank and rolled away with more than $1,200 in cash. The unidentified suspect, believed to be in his 20s, […]
Summit speakers look to the future and what Long Island City can become
The booming Long Island City real estate market could provide a template for successful urban development, according to speakers at Long Island City Partnership’s second annual LIC Summit: Priorities Plans. “In many ways, Long Island City offers a microcosm of all of the great things that are happening in New York City, as well as […]
NYPD: Man In Wheelchair Robbed Queens Bank
A man in a wheelchair is accused of robbing a Long Island City bank yesterday afternoon. According to the NYPD, the incident occurred at 2:10 p.m. at the Santander Bank, located at 37-10 Broadway: The suspect “passed a note to the teller demanding cash. The suspect removed $1,212 in cash and fled westbound on Broadway […]