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City plans new development for Long Island City waterfront
Photo courtesy NYCEDC The city is seeking to develop commercial space on the Long Island City waterfront for the first time since 2001. By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The city is planning to bring a massive mixed-use development to the Long Island City […]
Long Island City community fights to save historic Elks Lodge from the wrecking ball
A former Elks Lodge in Long Island City is slated for demolition and a group of neighborhood residents are trying to preserve the decades-old building for community use. Amadeo Plaza, the president and founder of the newly-formed Court Square Civic Association, recently created a petition calling on Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer to oppose the demolition plan […]
Long Island City community fights to save historic Elks Lodge from demolition
A former Elks Lodge in Long Island City is slated for demolition and a group of neighborhood residents are trying to preserve the decades-old building for community use. Amadeo Plaza, the president and founder of the newly-formed Court Square Civic Association, recently created a petition calling on Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer to oppose the demolition plan […]
National outbreak of dog flu virus hits Long Island City
An aggressive strain of dog flu has Queens canine owners worried ― especially those in Long Island City, where many dogs have been affected. Pet owners in the Facebook group DOG LIC said their dogs have been excessively coughing after visiting the dog spa Pooches Sport Spa on Center Boulevard. Several members in the group said an outbreak of kennel […]
Samuel Clarkson returns to action April 9 in Long Island City – WBN
After selling out the Five Star Banquet Hall in January, Ronson Frank’s Uprising Promotions will be returning to Long Island City for its second show of 2016 on Saturday, April 9th. Headlining the card will be Uprising Promotions light heavyweight Samuel “Main Event” Clarkson (17-3, 11 KOs), with ultra-popular middleweight Alicia “The Empress” Napoleon (5-0, […]
SAMUEL CLARKSON, ALICIA NAPOLEON HEADLINING APRIL 9th SHOW IN LONG ISLAND CITY
Brooklyn, N.Y. (Wednesday, March 2, 2016) – After selling out the Five Star Banquet Hall in January, Ronson Frank’s Uprising Promotions will be returning to Long Island City for its second show of 2016 on Saturday, April 9th. Headlining the card will be Uprising Promotions light heavyweight Samuel “Main Event” Clarkson (17-3, 11 KOs), with […]
Cops searching for suspect who shot man in Long Island City
Police are looking for a suspect who shot a man on a Long Island City street on Monday afternoon. According to authorities, the suspect approached a 32-year-old man who was walking to his car at 38th Avenue and Ninth Street at about 1:30 p.m. Monday. The perpetrator told the victim to lie on the ground before […]
Long Island City waterfront is getting more apartments and a school
Two city-owned lots on the Long Island City waterfront will be transformed into new apartment units, commercial space and a school. The Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) released on Thursday a Request for Proposal (RFP) to bring a mixed-use development to an undeveloped stretch of waterfront across the water from the new Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island. […]
Long Island City is getting a new urgent care center, Northwell Health
As part of its rebranded new image this year, Northwell Health is expanding alternative healthcare for patients. Northwell Health and ProHEALTH Urgent Care are hosting a grand opening of a brand new urgent care center located at 50-01 2nd St. in Long Island City. The opening will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 1. The […]
City to develop two LIC sites totaling 1.2M sf
City to develop two LIC sites totaling 1.2M sf EDC plans resi, office and manufacturing at the waterfront properties February 25, 2016 08:00AM Long Island City (credit: jlwelsh/Flickr) (inset: Maria Torres-Springer) UPDATED: Feb. 25, 5:20 p.m.: The city is planning a big development push in Long Island City. The Economic Development Corporation will put out […]
A Look at Long Island City’s Robust Condo Market – Multi
According to a recent study by HPDM, the average price per square foot for closed condo deals in Long Island City, N.Y., has risen steadily each of the past five years. Paragon Paint Factory Redevelopment. Credit: SHoP Architects New York—HPDM recently published a study on the Long Island City (LIC) condo market, and its findings […]
Long Island City Condo Market Robust – Multi
According to a recent study by HPDM, the average price per square foot for closed condo deals in Long Island City, N.Y., has risen steadily each of the past five years. Paragon Paint Factory Redevelopment. Credit: SHoP Architects New York—HPDM recently published a study on the Long Island City (LIC) condo market, and its findings […]
City to develop Long Island City land ‘a stone’s throw’ from Cornell Tech
In an effort to spark development along the Queens waterfront, New York City is looking for a developers to build up to 1.2 million square feet of offices, manufacturing space and apartments in Long Island City. On Thursday morning, the de Blasio administration’s economic development arm will put out to bid two city-owned sites across […]
Elizabeth McQueen, Longtime Queensbridge Park Advocate, Dies at 83
Left: Elizabeth McQueen. Right: McQueen, center, and officials cut the ribbon on the new seawall at Queensbridge Park in 2014. View Full Caption Ray Normandeau/Normandeau Newswire; DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — Elizabeth McQueen, a longtime park advocate and “force of change” in the Queensbridge community, passed away earlier this month at the age of […]
Pepsi sign in Long Island City moves closer to NYC landmark status
The most iconic symbol of Long Island City’s skyline — the Pepsi sign — is one step closer to being an official Big Apple landmark. The 80-year-old neon sign, which currently resides in Gantry Plaza Square Park, was one of 30 locations that were selected for consideration by the Landmarks Preservation Commission Tuesday from its […]
A look at Charney’s new 11-story LIC condo project
A look at Charney’s new 11-story LIC condo project The Jackson is slated to be completed spring 2017 February 23, 2016 08:30AM The Jackson in Long Island City “Luxurious affordability.” That’s how Sam Charney, one of the developers of a 11-story, 56-unit condominium building now under construction in Long Island City, deemed the pricing. Charney […]
Atlas buys FreshDirect’s LIC site for $48M
Atlas buys FreshDirect’s LIC site for $48M The 277K sf warehouse is zoned for manufacturing February 22, 2016 01:08PM 23-30 Borden Avenue in Long Island City (credit: Cushman Wakefield) Online grocer FreshDirect sold its longtime Long Island City facility for $48 million to developer Atlas Capital Group — a high price for a property that […]
In Long Island City, a Community Seeks to Reclaim an Urban Wilderness
Welcome back to Camera Obscura, Curbed’s series of photo essays by Nathan Kensinger. This week, a look at the possibilities for the Montauk Cutoff in Long Island City, Queens. Up on the old Montauk Cutoff, the last freight train has passed and nature is now having its way. Pokeweed, mugwort, and white snakeroot have sprung […]
Queens boy, 14, missing from Long Island City home since Friday
A 14-year-old boy went missing from his Queens home Friday night, police said early Monday. Tahfarie Gidarisingh was last seen at 41-06 Vernon Blvd., a stretch of apartments one block east of Queensbridge Park in Long Island City. He vanished at around 10 p.m. Friday, authorities at the 114th Precinct said. BROADWAY ACTOR FOUND FOUR […]
Long Island City gets new brokerage
Long Island City has a new brokerage firm. Dubbing itself “a modern real estate brokerage with traditional ideals of client service,ˮ MiLL RE has opened its first New York City office at 35-11 36th Street. Broker Jermain Miller decided to build his own firm from scratch after years of closing deals in Queens working for […]