Long Island City’s apartment boom continues with the Decker, launching sales from $685K
Recently, the Long Island City Partnership—a new economic development organization serving the waterfront area—announced that the Queens neighborhood is due to have 9,000 new apartments come on to the market in 2017. That’s a lot, and in the first quarter we’ve already seen a few of these developments appear, including 1 QPS Tower and The […]
Long-time owner of LIC dental office joins forces with Long Island company, merged firm to open at 1 Vernon Jackson
March 31, By Hannah Wulkan A longtime dentist office in Long Island City will be moving about a block up Vernon Boulevard and expanding its services. Hunters Point Dental Services, a 35 year institution in the area, will be moving to new offices this summer on the first floor of the residential building One Vernon Jackson […]
LargaVista Companies Acquires Office Building In Long Island City, Queens
NEW YORK, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — LargaVista Companies is pleased to announce the purchase of 30-10 41st Avenue, Long Island City, an existing 65,000 sf office building adjacent to Sunnyside Yards at the intersection of Northern Blvd. and 41st Avenue. As a long-time owner in Long Island City, LargaVista is excited to play a part […]
Take a look inside this million dollar apartment that’s for sale in Long Island City
If you’re looking for a captivating apartment that will make you the envy of all of your friends, you have to see this one that’s for sale in Long Island City. Built in 2014, this apartment sits in The Vista and offers an elegance that can’t be matched. Once you step inside, you’ll never want to […]
LinkNYC kiosks, offering wifi and phone charging, about to go live in Long Island City
NYCLink in Sunnyside March 20, By Hannah Wulkan Kiosks providing free Wi-Fi and cellphone charging will soon be live in Long Island City. As part of a program replacing old payphones, new LinkNYC kiosks have started going up in LIC, and will be activated in the coming weeks, according to a spokesperson for the program. […]
Get a Taste of Korea — and Egypt — at Long Island City’s Green Street
EXPAND A BBQ Set at the Green Street Bradley Hawks The city lost a piece of its raw creative soul when the spray-painted buildings that made up Long Island City graffiti haven 5Pointz were surreptitiously whitewashed overnight in November 2013, a precursor to their demolition almost a year later. (A pair of mega rental towers […]
More Citi Bike Stations Coming to LIC This Summer, Rest of Queens Gets None
The first Citi Bike station in Hunters Point opened in 2015 at Center Boulevard between Borden and 54th avenues. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — More Citi Bike stations are headed to the neighborhood this summer. The Department of Transportation is planning to install between five to 10 additional Citi Bike docks […]
Long Island City Housing Inventory Will Double This Year
Construction of housing in Long Island City, Queens, is happening at such a rapid pace that housing stock is set to increase by 9,000 units in 2017, according to a new report by the Long Island City Partnership. The number represents the largest increase in a single year in the neighborhood’s history, and almost doubles Long […]
Long Island City Residents Call For Crosswalks, Additional Signage At Deadly Intersection
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Residents are calling on the Department of Transportation to install more crosswalks at a deadly intersection in Queens. The intersection at 49th Street and Eleventh Avenue in Long Island City has been the scene of numerous accidents involving pedestrians, CBS 2 reported. The DOT did a study on the roadway between […]
Man who threw dog out of third-story window in Long Island City is locked up for a year
A Long Island City man is going to jail for tossing a dog out of a third-story apartment window in August 2016, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced. According to the charges, a witness was walking along 43rd Street in Long Island City when he saw something fall from the sky and land on […]
Long Island City Man Who Threw His Dog Out Window Sentenced To One Year In Jail
QUEENS, NY — Long Island City resident Dorian Quezada, 21, was sentenced to one year in jail for animal abuse after throwing his mixed-breed chihuahua out of a third-floor window in August 2016. The man pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty last month and was sentenced by acting Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Melendez on Wednesday. […]
DOT looking to add as many as 10 Citi Bike stations in Long Island …
March 16, By Hannah Wulkan As the Citi Bike program prepares to expand in western Queens, the Department of Transportation is looking for community input where to place the bike stations. The DOT and Community Board 2 will host two community workshops next Thursday, March 23 to give community members a chance to offer input […]
Man who threw dog out of third-story window in Long Island City is …
A Long Island City man is going to jail for tossing a dog out of a third-story apartment window in August 2016, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced. According to the charges, a witness was walking along 43rd Street in Long Island City when he saw something fall from the sky and land on […]
Karson, Kleinberg and Klapper of CBRE appointed exclusive agent Long Island City land parcel
Queens, NY The CBRE team of Richard Karson, Joshua Kleinberg and Elli Klapper has been appointed the exclusive agent for a 90-year net lease/joint venture opportunity in Long Island City at 9-03 44th Rd. The well-located land parcel boasts water views and is ideally zoned for M1-4 redevelopment, ideal for the creation of up to […]
Breakfast forum focuses on Long Island City’s business and real …
During Thursday’s 12th annual Long Island City Partnership Real Estate Breakfast, leaders in real estate discussed the exploding growth of the neighborhood and some challenges it needs to overcome. Hosted at The Learning Center on Vernon Boulevard, four panelists discussed their upcoming projects and the real estate market in the waterfront neighborhood. The panelists included […]
DOT looking to add as many as 10 Citi Bike stations in Long Island City this summer, seeks feedback
March 16, By Hannah Wulkan As the Citi Bike program prepares to expand in western Queens, the Department of Transportation is looking for community input where to place the bike stations. The DOT and Community Board 2 will host two community workshops next Thursday, March 23 to give community members a chance to offer input […]
LIC man who threw dog out of window sentenced to a year in prison …
Quezada’s dog (Facebook) March 16, By Hannah Wulkan A man who lives on the border of Long Island City and Astoria was sentenced to a year in prison for dropping his dog out of a third story window last summer, announced Queens District Attorney Richard Brown today. According to Brown, 21-year-old Dorian Quezada of 43rd […]
LargaVista picks up LIC warehouse for $27M
LargaVista picks up LIC warehouse for $27M Property sits a short walk from Tishman Speyer’s planned 1.1M sf office complex By Rich Bockmann | March 16, 2017 11:35AM Marcello Porcelli and 30-12 41st Avenue (Credit: Google Maps) UPDATED, March 16, 2017, 3:42 p.m.: Marcello Porcelli’s LargaVista Companies bought a 50,000-square-foot warehouse in the Queens Plaza North […]
Breakfast forum focuses on Long Island City’s business and real estate boom
During Thursday’s 12th annual Long Island City Partnership Real Estate Breakfast, leaders in real estate discussed the exploding growth of the neighborhood and some challenges it needs to overcome. Hosted at The Learning Center on Vernon Boulevard, four panelists discussed their upcoming projects and the real estate market in the waterfront neighborhood. The panelists included […]
Long Island City family-sized units to go for $7,000 per month | Long …
Rendering by Newman Design Architects via YIMBY March 14, By Hannah Wulkan A developer is building townhouses in Long Island City with units large enough for families. Developer GDC Properties is in the process of building a 76-unit complex that consists of 38 four-story town houses with two duplexes in each. The development will take up half […]