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Hour Children, a nonprofit that aids incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their children, is asking for food donations to restock their food pantry. The nonprofit, located at 36-11 12th St. in Long Island City, was created almost 30 years ago when Sister Tesa Fitzgerald opened the convent at St. Rita’s Church to eight children whose mothers […]

Long Island City is celebrating the summer with more than a dozen music and dance performances and classes, an arts and crafts session, exotic animal shows and more. Gantry Plaza State Park and Hunters Point South Park will be more than just waterfront parks with a nice view, as several neighborhood organizations have curated 18 events […]

Photo: Katrina Samuelson The Pepsi-Cola sign was built over the soda company’s LIC bottling plant, and remained after the factory was torn down. The New York City Council has officially landmarked the neon Pepsi-Cola sign that adorns the Long Island City waterfront. City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, whose district in Queens encompasses the […]

By: Rebecca Baird-Remba 7:00 am on July 13, 2016 Most of the new construction in Long Island City dwarfs what it replaces, whether the new buildings are 50-story towers or mid-rise apartment buildings. However, every once in a while, someone tears down a wood frame house to build a slightly larger townhouse. The new three-story home at 10-27 47th Road […]

Photo: Bloomberg Bloomingdale’s will be taking space in Long Island City, Queens. Bloomingdale’s will anchor a $700 million office tower that Tishman Speyer is putting up in Long Island City. It will join co-working-space provider WeWork at the two-tower project. The high-end department store, owned by Macy’s Inc., has agreed to take about 550,000 square […]

Brooklyn and Queens may already have more hotel rooms than they need, but developers keep building hotels in Long Island City. Last week’s crop of filings brought plans for a five-story hotel at 38-23 38th Street, between 38th and 39th avenues in the Dutch Kills section of the neighborhood. The building would replace a little two-story wood-frame house […]

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Tishman Speyer’s plans to bring additional office space in Long Island City are moving forward, Curbed has learned. Partnering with global investment firm, Qatari Diar, the development firm is going ahead with its planned 1.1 million square foot office project that will be located next to the 22-story office tower, Gotham Two, that Tishman developed […]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A suspect was arrested and charged Monday in a callous attack at a subway station in in Long Island City, Queens. Jerone Blakely, 44, whose address is listed at a homeless shelter on the Bowery, was charged with second-degree assault, police said. As CBS2’s Scott Rapoport reported, police said the assailant […]

July 8, By Jackie Strawbridge The DOE has secured 40 additional pre-K spots at PS/IS 78 in the 2016/2017 school year, according to a statement from Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer. “I’m pleased that after much advocacy and pushing from parents and my office, the DOE has confirmed that they have found room for an […]