Melrose Ballroom in Long Island City launches rooftop music series with 18-piece Ed Palermo Big Band
The roof is on fire! The Ed Palmero Big Band will kick off the 2016 Rooftop Music Series at Melrose Ballroom in Long Island City on Thursday, May 19, at 6 p.m. Admission is free, but there is a $20 minimum cover charge per table and reservations are required. For the first hour, women drink for […]
Shooting at Long Island City ‘omnious’ gentlemen’s club spurs residents to call for a shutdown
Residents who live near ACES New York, a gentlemen’s club in Long Island City, said the club poses a great danger and needs to be shut down immediately. About a dozen residents who live near the club, located at 32-10 37th Ave., attended the monthly Community Board 1 (CB 1) meeting at Astoria World Manor on Tuesday […]
Only One Unit Remains at Long Island City’s Baker House, Now Offering Two Months Free Rent
one moment please… 41-07 Crescent Street, Long Island City, NY, United States Not all of Long Island City’s new developments are gargantuan or fully encased in glass. One such anomaly is Ranger Properties’ recently opened rental building known as the Baker House. Rising a modest nine floors within the human-scaled confines of the Dutch Kills […]
Long Island City artists use decades-old thermoforming process to create artwork
As part of Queens’ largest art festival, seven artists will explore making art with plastic. The LIC Arts Open will take over more than 60 venues in Long Island City including Plaxall, a plastics manufacturing building where real-estate developer Louis Pfohl created the thermoforming process. Seven artists will use this process – where a plastic sheet is heated to become […]
Courtyard Hotel To Open In Long Island City, New York
Innovative design and flexible space tailors to the needs of today’s travelers Long Island City, NY — Courtyard by Marriott Long Island City/New York Manhattan View is scheduled to open its doors in Long Island City, New York today. Featuring an innovative lobby space as well as Courtyard’s latest contemporary room design, the new hotel provides flexibility […]
Rockrose’s Long Island City Tower at 43-25 Hunter Street Tops Out, Gets New Renderings
Rockrose Development is taking over Long Island City, and today, YIMBY has fresh renderings for the firm’s newly topped-out 50-story tower at 43-25 Hunter Street, which has been named The Hayden. When we last checked in with the project in March, it had hit 35 stories. By mid-April, it had gained another 10 floors. Now, the building […]