Superhero TV show reboot of ‘The Tick’ films in Long Island City today
The Tick, a fictional comic book character turned ’90s FOX television show, is filming in Long Island City today for its revival on Amazon. According to On Location Vacations, the series will film on Greenpoint Avenue and Railroad Avenue. Cartoonist Ben Edlund created the character in 1986 to include in a newsletter for New England Comics. The character […]
Major Streetscape Improvements Proposed for Long Island City
The ongoing transformation of Long Island City is astounding. In the decade between 2006 and 2015, more than 8,600 housing units have been completed in the area, with well over 22,000 more on the way. Between 2012 and 2015, prices for prime development sites have jumped by 269 percent. As the neighborhood rapidly transitions from commercial/industrial […]
Watch this stunning video of Long Island City from a drone’s perspective
Have you ever wondered what your neighborhood looks like from a drone’s point of view? Above New York, a series of videos produced by Viewing NYC, explored the waterfront neighborhood by drone. The video takes viewers on a tour through Silvercup Studios, the Citi Building and the surrounding developments popping up in Court Square, the […]
In Long Island City, Site Cleared at Jackson West, 27-01 Jackson Avenue; No Progress Yet at Jackson East At 26-32 …
Developer Lions Group NYC plans to erect two high-rises on either side of Jackson Avenue. The site of Jackson West at 27-01 Jackson Avenue is cleared and would be ready for excavation as soon as the material currently stored at the lot is moved out of the way. Its sibling, Jackson East across the street […]
Pulaski Bridge Bikeway finally opens connecting Long Island City with Brooklyn
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. It took the city’s Department of Transportation nearly four years but they completed the Pulaski Bridge Bikeway in time for the Five BoroBike Tour Sunday. More than 32,000 cyclists rode the dedicated and fully protected two-way bike path […]
Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Advocacy Group Names First Executive Director
A rendering of the proposed streetcar that would run along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfronts. View Full Caption Courtesy Office of the Mayor NEW YORK CITY — A nonprofit that developed the initial 2015 plan to build a streetcar system connecting Brooklyn and Queens has appointed its first executive director, the group announced Thursday. Ya-Ting […]
Revealed: 36-31 31st Street, Long Island City
By: Rebecca Baird-Remba 7:30 am on May 5, 2016 Development is booming in the borderlands between Long Island City and Astoria, and today, YIMBY has a rendering for a mixed-use apartment building planned beneath the elevated subway tracks on 31st Street, not far from Kaufman Astoria Studios and the Museum of the Moving Image. The seven-story […]
Strolling Long Island City’s Jackson Avenue, Where New Buildings Abound
In 2004, the New York Times published an article called ‘Outer Borough’ Finally Attracts the ‘In’ Crowd. They were talking about Queens where, at the time, the average price per square foot for a co-op was a mere $250 to $400. We all know how this story goes. In consequent years, the average price for […]
Curbcut Urban Partners to build office tower in Long Island City
A development partnership led by Curbcut Urban Partners will construct a new, nine-story, 146,000 s/f mixed-use office, retail and community facility property at 38-01 Queens Blvd. in Long Island City. Aaron Malinsky, president and CEO of Curbcut Urban Partners, said the new development, to be called QB38 Tower, is designed specifically for medical, community-based services […]
Queens’s first supertall skyscraper set to break ground in 2017
Queens looks to be in line for it’s first supertall skyscraper, situated on 23-15 44th Drive in Long Island City. Rising to 984 feet, the building will house 774 luxury apartment units inside 78 stories, as well as just under 20,000 square feet of retail and commercial space and 225 parking spots, located between the basement and second floor. New York […]