Long Island City/Hunters Point Street Reconstruction Open House
The DOT is proposing to enhance safety and streetscape design in Long Island City/Hunters Point by reconstructing the streets from 44th Drive to Jackson Avenue and Borden Avenue to 5th Street. Please join us to learn more about DOT’s Street Safety and Design Proposal for the area.
A $10 Art & Music Festival Series Joins Long Island City
Francesca Capossela — Jun 17 2016 Images courtesy the artist, unless otherwise noted For three summer Saturdays of experimental music and art, Long Island City is the place to be. Tomorrow is the second installment of HOLDING SPACE, the outdoor event series which is one of the many facets of SculptureCenter’s 2016 summer program. The concerts are […]
Kids commission the darnedest things: New York high-schoolers choose public art for Long Island City
Like it or not, most public art is chosen by people in suits. (Think real estate executives, architects and local officials.) But a funky outdoor sculpture unveiled on 9 June in Long Island City, New York, was selected by a very different panel of judges: high school students. For the project, more than three years […]
EDC brings BQX to Long Island City
Supporters of the proposed 17-mile streetcar route between Astoria and Sunset park in Brooklyn admit they have challenges ahead of them. One they don’t have is generating interest among residents, business owners and civic leaders in the Queens side of Newtown Creek. More than 40 attended an informational session in Long Island City Tuesday night. […]