3 men wanted in possible hate crime attack in Astoria: police – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX
Please enable Javascript to watch this video ASTORIA, Queens — Police are looking for three men wanted in a possible hate crime. On Wednesday at 1:20 p.m., a 19-year-old man was walking south on 10th street when three men started following him from behind. Outside 33-55 10th Street, the victim heard suspects quickly approaching. He turned […]
At Flux Factory Fundraiser, Rove Long Island City Streets Dressed as an Art Spectacle
Flux Factory is one of NYC’s oldest and most affordable collectively run art spaces. Flux Factory supports and promotes emerging artists through residencies, exhibitions, and collaborative opportunities. On Saturday, May 7, they’re holding the 1st Annual “Flux-a-Thon” — a spectacularly jubilant, semi-absurd twist on a traditional walk-a-thon — all to raise money for another year of Flux Factory’s […]
City View Tower in Long Island City Set to Become Queens’s First Supertall
By: Rebecca Baird-Remba 8:00 am on April 28, 2016 The 79-story tower headed for 23-15 44th Drive in Long Island City will likely become the first supertall building in Queens. The developer, United Construction and Development, has filed a request with the Federal Aviation Administration to erect a 984-foot-tall high-rise. Known as City View Tower, the residential project […]
Foundations Nearing Completion at 42-43 27th Street, Long Island City
The mid-rise interior of Long Island City’s skyscraper district at Queens Plaza/Court Square is about to get another addition in the form of a six-story, eight-unit building at 42-43 27th Street. The builder, New York Fast General Construction, lives up to their name as construction is moving at a rapid pace. When we last checked […]
Long Island City restaurant owners say lack of parking is hurting business
Two chefs who own restaurants on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City claim that the insufficient amount of parking in the area is making it harder for customers and employees to dine and work. Gianna Cerbone-Teoli, owner of popular Italian restaurant Mandicatis Rustica on Vernon Boulevard and 46th Road, said that she tries to offer valet parking […]
Tishman seeks tax incentives for $700M LIC office project
Tishman seeks tax incentives for $700M LIC office project Developer looking for $65M worth of benefits for 1.1M sf development April 27, 2016 12:00PM A rendering of 28-10 Jackson Avenue and Rob Speyer Tishman Speyer is pursuing $65 million worth of tax benefits for its 1.1 million-square-foot office development in Long Island City, which will […]
Film studio in NYC located in Long Island City attracts A-listers and high-end brands alike
At age 29, Carrie White sold her home in Atlanta, Georgia, and moved to Brooklyn with no job to live in a “tiny bedroom with no closet.” Now, 11 years later, White is the founder of GUM Studios, a film studio in Long Island City which she says is the only woman-owned film studio in the New […]
Long Island City groper on E train sought by NYPD
Police are searching for a man who groped a 38-year-old woman on an E train in Long Island City. The man, described as in his 50s with glasses, approached her on the eastbound train as it pulled into the Queens Plaza station at about 4:40 p.m. on March 22. He then put his hand on […]
Permits Filed: 41-41 24th Street, Long Island City
By: Rebecca Baird-Remba 7:00 am on April 26, 2016 The blocks around the Queensboro Bridge have seen some of the most dramatic development in Long Island City. Last week, we spotted plans for yet another new project in the works there at 41-41 24th Street, between the bridge and 41st Avenue. Developer Louis Evangelista hopes […]
Fashion & Style|Proof & Gauge, a Long Island City Bar, Makes Its Own Gin
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Queens Week 2016: Meet Frank Carrado, The Mayor of Long Island City
Every neighborhood has one, and even many blocks. Some call them the real mayors of New York. All this week Borough Reporter Ruschell Boone is introducing us to the unique characters who seem to know everyone and everything going on in their sections of Queens. She kicks off our Queens Week coverage with the mayor […]
Yet Another Condo Coming to Long Island City’s Jackson Ave.
A single story building in Long Island City, just a block from the former 5Pointz building, will soon make way for a 10 or 11-story condo building with a retail component, The Real Deal reports. Development firm, Circle F Capital purchased the site, located at 22-43 Jackson Avenue, from an affiliate of the International Brotherhood […]
Residential Conversion Underway at 33-01 38th Avenue, Long Island City
Northern Long Island City is on its way to getting a new residential building, made out of an old commercial one. We have photos of the work underway at 33-01 38th Avenue, courtesy of an alert reader. The two-story, 22,280-square-foot commercial building, located between 33rd and 34th streets, was purchased by the Hakimian Organization for […]
Tenants Snatch Up ODA New York’s Long Island City Rentals
Several rentals are already in contract at ODA New York’s Long Island City building just two weeks after leasing launched in the building. Of the 25 units listed on StreetEasy, 11 have already gone into contract. The Court Square Blog was the first to report on the building’s rental offering. The 11-story building at 22-22 […]
Proof & Gauge, a Long Island City Bar, Makes Its Own Gin
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TV on the Radio performs at Bernie Sanders rally in Long Island City
In his latest New York rally featuring acclaimed indie musicians, Bernie Sanders hosted TV on the Radio during a rally in Long Island City on Monday night. The band played a short set in Hunter’s Point performing “Wolf Like Me,” “Could You” and “Ambulance.” “New York. It’s one hell of a town,” band members wrote on Instagram. […]
TF Cornerstone, Durst among possible contenders for city’s LIC development
TF Cornerstone, Durst among possible contenders for city’s LIC development EDC put out requests for proposals in February to develop 1.4M sf April 19, 2016 12:18PM Long Island City (Credit: Joe Mabel via Wikipedia) The city is looking to reshape its waterfront and has a test case in mind: Long Island City. In February, the […]
Bernie Sanders Makes His Last Pitch Ahead of New York Primary
Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally on the eve of the New York primary, April 18, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City. On the eve of New York’s primary elections, Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders made his pitch to New Yorkers—and exhorted them to get out and vote […]
Bernie Sanders rallies at LIC’s Hunter’s Point South Park; TV on the Radio performs
Bernie Sanders supporters packed a Queens park on Monday night for the Democratic presidential candidate’s final New York City rally before Tuesday’s primary. “You all look beautiful, and you all look like you want a political revolution,” Sanders said to a cheering crowd at Hunter’s Point South Park along Long Island City’s waterfront. Sanders told the audience […]
TV on the Radio played Bernie Sanders’ rally in Long Island City (video)
“We’re taught from childhood that our freedom as Americans is inextricably linked to our living in a democracy,” said TV on the Radio’s Malone. “Yet in our lifetime, we’ve seen democratic ideals weakened and the rise of oligarchy. Bernie Sanders is the candidate least beholden to corporate interests, least beholden to the 1 percent, least […]