Sleep in a Cozy, Converted Taxi in Long Island City for Just $39 a Night
Here’s your chance to sleep in a yellow cab without worrying about the meter. A listing has popped up on Airbnb for a “cozy one-of-a-kind NYC taxi van” that’s been “renovated into swanky living quarters.” This renovation outfitted the vehicle with a full-size bed that comes with soft pillows and bright yellow sheets (how fitting), […]
Price and Proximity Draw Fashion Industry to Long Island City
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Permits Filed: 42-22 Crescent Street, Long Island City
By: Rebecca Baird-Remba 7:00 am on June 20, 2016 Another day, another new residential building planned in Long Island City. Last week we spotted plans for a nine-story development at 42-22 Crescent Street, between 42nd Road and the Queensboro Bridge approach. Flushing-based developer Jian Tian Zheng hopes to build 29 apartments and 1,400 square feet […]
Discuss the changing landscape of Long Island City at 3rd annual LIC Summit: Ideas and Impacts
Join city, state and local elected and government officials, along with business and civic leaders to discuss the changing landscape of Long Island City. For the third year in a row, hundreds of professionals are gathering together in Long Island City for the LIC Summit: Ideas and Impacts, presented by LIC Partnership. This year the event […]
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. […]
Glendale man dies after his car gets smashed by a truck in Long Island City
A 53-year-old man died on Monday after his vehicle was struck by a truck in Long Island City, police said. On June 13 at about 7:58 p.m., police responded to a call of a car crash between a four-door sedan and a truck at 37th Street and Review Avenue in Long Island City. Officers found […]
Brooklyn-Based Fishmonger Opening 48th Ave Store
June 13, By Christian Murray The owner of two Indian restaurants—and an additional eatery in the Falchi Building—has plans to open an international taco restaurant on Thomson Avenue near LaGuardia Community College. Roni Mazumdar plans to open a restaurant at 31-31 Thomson Ave.,… May 27, Staff Report After being delayed to meet certain city requirements, […]
Liv@ Murray Park South, 11-30 45th Road, Long Island City, Tops Out at Six Stories High
While the towers rising by the Hunters Point waterfront and around Queens Plaza and Court Square command attention of Long Island City real estate watchers, a number of smaller-scale, residential projects are steadily rising along the quiet, rowhouse blocks between the two development hotspots. In our April 2014 interview, Sam Charney, who is currently developing The […]
Rooftop park and LEED Gold-seeking tower coming to vacant building in Long Island City
Long Island City’s long-vacant Apple Tag Label building is about to get a bright green makeover. Alma Reality Corp recently announced that the empty 213-square-foot shell will soon be transformed into a LEED-seeking tower with retail and office space, topped by an expansive rooftop park. The five-story building, located at 30-30 Northern Blvd, will be transformed […]
LIC BID Expansion Gets Community Board 2 Approval
Elizabeth Lusskin, president of LIC Partnership (file photo) June 3, By Christian Murray The Long Island City Partnership’s quest to expand its Business Improvement District into the Hunters Point area took a significant step forward last night. Community Board 2 approved its plan that would create a new Hunters Point sub-district, stretching along Jackson Avenue, Vernon […]
See Manhattanhenge From Long Island City This Weekend
A view of Manhattan henge from Long Island City in 2011. View Full Caption Juan Monroy This weekend marks the first Manhattanhenge of the summer, the twice-a-year event where the setting sun lines up with the city’s East-West streets for a picturesque twilight. While most people will crowd Manhattan’s streets to catch the solar show, […]
Past Rezonings Shape Long Island City’s Feelings About De Blasio Plan
Adi Talwar A construction site on the south corner of 41st Avenueand 21st Street. Questions about how to balance industrial, office and residential uses are among the thorny issues in the LIC rezoning debate. Jump to chapters:Influx of residents has strained infrastructureIs there room for industry?Past inclusionary housing never took offMassive NYCHA complex looks for […]
A Rare Historic Townhouse in Long Island City Asks $2.4M
one moment please… 45-10 11th Street, Long Island City, NY, United States Long Island City is a neighborhood better known for its warehouses and new waterfront development than it is historic townhouses. But there are a few blocks of the neighborhood that look more Brooklyn than Queens, with 19th century townhouses along tree-lined streets. It’s […]
Long Island City Designer Launches Neighborhood T-Shirt Line
Stuart Lowitt operates Wear LIC and will start selling his shirts at the LIC Flea later this month. View Full Caption Cortesy Wear LIC QUEENS — A Long Island City resident is helping neighbors show off their neighborhood pride. Designer Stuart Lowitt operates Wear LIC, a line of Long Island City-focused t-shirts that he designs featuring […]
Tishman Speyer Plans Two More Center Office Towers in Long Island City
Tishman Speyer has filed plans for a two-tower commercial project in Long Island City, next to its 22-story office building known as Two Gotham Center. New building applications filed on Friday call for a million square feet of commercial and industrial space at 28-07 Jackson Avenue. The building will reach 27 stories and 396 feet into the air on […]
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Return to East River This Year
The Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks will take place on the East River in 2016. View Full Caption Shutterstock LONG ISLAND CITY — Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks will return to the East River again this year, officials announced Friday. The show — which will start at 9:25 p.m. on July 4 — will once […]
City to seek developer for two big parcels along the Long Island City, Queens, waterfront
Photo: Courtesy of NYC Economic Development Corp. A rendering of the Hunter’s Points South project. The de Blasio administration Thursday unlocked two more development sites at Hunter’s Point South, a massive city undertaking on the Long Island City, Queens, waterfront that will ultimately produce more than 5,000 units of housing. The two parcels in question […]