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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 […]
Long-vacant Long Island City building coming back to life as ‘green’ tower
The long-vacant Apple Tag Label building in Long Island City will soon be brought back to life with retail and offices topped by a rooftop park and illuminated Apple. Alma Realty Corp. announced Wednesday that the 213,000-square-foot building located at 30-30 Northern Blvd. would be redeveloped and is expected to reopen later this year. RELATED: Baz […]
City issues RFPs for two more Hunter’s Points South parcels
City issues RFPs for two more Hunter’s Points South parcels Land could support at least 750 resi units June 03, 2016 09:01AM A rendering of Hunter’s Points South The Department of Housing Preservation and Development is seeking developers for two more land parcels at the 30-acre Hunter’s Points South site in Long Island City. The […]
Decades-old factory in Long Island City will now house tech and media companies
A Long Island City envelope factory that has been underutilized for years is in the process of becoming a “green” office and retail complex. The former Apple Tag Label building, located at 30-30 Northern Blvd., is an eight-story, 213,00-square-foot building that bares a large neon apple sign. Alma Realty, which purchased the site, redeveloped the structure […]
2 women steal over 90 shirts from GapKids store in Long Island City: NYPD – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens — Two women are wanted for shoplifting more than 96 shirts and tank tops from a GapKids store in Long Island City, police said. The shoplifters visited the GapKids store at 31-02 Steinway St. on May 14 around 11:20 a.m., according to police. They walked around the store and shoved about 96 […]
City Seeks Developer For Affordable Housing at Hunters Point South
Officials broke ground on the second phase of Hunters Point South on Nov. 23, 2015. This phase will include building infrastructures, like sidewalks and roads, on a portion of formerly industrial land in order to build affordable housing. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — The city is looking for a developer to […]
Get 23 beer deals for $25 at The Total Long Island City Immersion in June
Long Island City is the next stop in Brooklyn Based’s Immersion series with Brooklyn Brewery, and like all of their neighborhood Immersions, it will be one of the cheapest days you’ll ever spend in NYC, drinking, eating and shopping. The Immersion begins at LIC Bar (45-58 Vernon Blvd.) at noon on Saturday, June 4, where your hosts will be […]
Ridgewood and Long Island City saw biggest rent increases last month, study says
Prices for a studio in Ridgewood or two-bedroom apartment in Long Island City have jumped since March, according to a study by real estate firm MNS. The report found that studios in Ridgewood jumped 8.03 percent from $1,713 in March 2016 to $1,850 in April 2016. Meanwhile, two-bedroom apartments in Long Island City rose by 9.91 percent, from $3,697 in March 2016 […]
Shooting at Long Island City ‘ominous’ 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 […]
Birch Coffee’s Long Island City roastery is full of beans, brews and more
From the outside, it looks like your standard trendy coffeeshop, but a visit into Birch’s only Queens location reveals a lot more. The coffee mini-chain — which currently operates six stores in Manhattan in addition to the Long Island City roastery — is all about good coffee, conversation, and of course, caffeine. Jeremy Lyman and […]
Courtyard Hotel to open in Long Island City, New York
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY – Courtyard by Marriott Long Island City/New York Manhattan View opened its doors in Long Island City, New York. Featuring an innovative lobby space as well as Courtyard’s latest contemporary room design, the new hotel provides flexibility and choices that allow guests to optimize and elevate their travel experience. Located at […]
Long Island City is home to new high-rises and a thriving art scene
Young professionals are moving to Long Island City in droves to reside in the western Queens neighborhood’s new residential high-rises and to take advantage of its close proximity to midtown. They are joining the artists and other creative types who have found refuge in the waterfront area for decades. And while the nabe is known […]
Rockrose Tops Out 974-Unit Apartment Tower in Long Island City
The Hayden will feature 348 studio units, 458 one-bedroom rentals, 167-two bedroom apartments and 19,400 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. NEW YORK CITY — Rockrose Development Corp. has topped out The Hayden, a 974-unit residential tower located at 43-25 Hunter St. in Court Square in Queens’ Long Island City. As New York […]
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 […]