Book store coming to Long Island City, to be located next to 50-story tower
26-09 Jackson Avenue May 9, By Jason Cohen A book store is opening in the Court Square section of Long Island City, an area where developers have struggled to find retail tenants. Book Culture, which has three stores on the Upper West Side, will be opening a Long Island City location at 26-09 Jackson Avenue in […]
MTA conductor punched on 7 train in Long Island City after telling rider to put out his cigarette
Cops are still looking for the passenger who slugged a 50-year-old train conductor in Long Island City after the conductor told him he could not smoke on the train, police said. The assault happened on May 9 at about 3:45 a.m. as the 7 train was pulling into the Hunters Point Avenue station near 21st Street […]
Long Island City’s Time As A Cheap Alternative Is Long Gone
For renters looking for a room in New York City, the most expensive neighborhood, according to a recent study, is not Greenwich Village or even Williamsburg. It is Long Island City, the once-industrial boomtown on the Queens side of the East River. Long Island City, Queens It is just one metric — Manhattan and Brooklyn […]