Outdoor pool & movie screen featured in Long Island City’s newest, eco-friendly luxury rental building
A 38-story tower featuring studio and one- and two-bedroom apartments for rent is the latest luxury tower to grow in Long Island City. The 272-unit building, dubbed The Forge, is located on a cul-de-sac at 44-28 Purves St. and features an “environmentally-conscious building design.” Materials used to build the structure were chosen to attain LEED® Silver certification. […]
Long Island City outpaces the rest of the US in new apartment construction
A new study conducted by RENTCafé has revealed that since 2010, Long Island City has seen the most new apartments built among neighborhoods across the country, 6sqft first reported. LIC has seen construction on 12,533 apartments spread out over 41 new developments, which far outpaces Downtown’s Los Angeles’ 7,551 apartments, which came in second on […]
Firefighters and elected officials call for reopening of Long Island …
Long Island City officials and residents are arguing that a Fire Department unit which previously served the area until it was closed in 2003 should be reopened. Engine Company 261, along with five other FDNY units, was shuttered in May 2003 under the Bloomberg administration as a cost-cutting measure. At the time, Bloomberg argued that the closings would […]
New outdoor pool and beer garden at Long Island City hotel are …
The expansion of the Ravel Hotel in Long Island City also brings a new member to the neighborhood’s restaurant scene with the addition of Estate Garden Grill, a beer garden and restaurant. Located at 8-08 Queens Plaza South, the hotel recently opened a 10-story tower which includes amenities that hotel guests and residents can enjoy. In addition to a 17,000 […]
Leaders, Residents Call For Reopening Of Long Island City Firehouse
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Queens community wants its neighborhood firehouse back. Residents are fighting to get it reopened after it closed 14 years ago, saying it will make them feel safer at night. “Time is now to reopen Engine Company 261, once and for all,” City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer said Thursday. Those words […]
Man Killed, Teen Seriously Hurt In Crash In Long Island City, Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A man is dead and a teenager is fighting for her life after the car they were riding in collided with a tractor-trailer Saturday morning in Long Island City, Queens. Police said the car was traveling on Skillman Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. when the driver is believed to have run a red […]
‘Elevated Beer Garden’ and Outdoor Eatery Opens at New Hotel Tower in LIC
Estate Garden Grill debuted June 14 on the third floor of the hotel’s newly constructed Estate Tower. View Full Caption Courtesy Ravel Hotel LONG ISLAND CITY — An outdoor “elevated beer garden” and restaurant opened its doors last week, located within the Ravel Hotel’s new 10-story tower expansion, which also includes a ballroom event space […]
Queens’ Only Sensory Deprivation Spa Launches ‘Float Club’
A person inside the float room at Sacred Waters. View Full Caption Screenshot Courtesy Sacred Waters HUNTERS POINT — The first rule of Float Club is: you can talk about Float Club. A wellness center in Long Island City that’s home to the only sensory deprivation spa in Queens has launched a membership club for […]
New outdoor pool and beer garden at Long Island City hotel are open to the public
The expansion of the Ravel Hotel in Long Island City also brings a new member to the neighborhood’s restaurant scene with the addition of Estate Garden Grill, a beer garden and restaurant. Located at 8-08 Queens Plaza South, the hotel recently opened a 10-story tower which includes amenities that hotel guests and residents can enjoy. In addition to a 17,000 […]
Queens Leaders, Residents Call For Reopening Of Long Island City Firehouse
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Queens community wants its neighborhood firehouse back. Residents are fighting to get it reopened after it closed 14 years ago, saying it will make them feel safer at night. “Time is now to reopen Engine Company 261, once and for all,” City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer said Thursday. Those words […]
‘Elevated Beer Garden’ and Outdoor Eatery Opens at New Hotel …
Estate Garden Grill debuted June 14 on the third floor of the hotel’s newly constructed Estate Tower. View Full Caption Courtesy Ravel Hotel LONG ISLAND CITY — An outdoor “elevated beer garden” and restaurant opened its doors last week, located within the Ravel Hotel’s new 10-story tower expansion, which also includes a ballroom event space […]
‘Elevated Beer Garden’ and Outdoor Eatery Opens at New Hotel …
Estate Garden Grill debuted June 14 on the third floor of the hotel’s newly constructed Estate Tower. View Full Caption Courtesy Ravel Hotel LONG ISLAND CITY — An outdoor “elevated beer garden” and restaurant opened its doors last week, located within the Ravel Hotel’s new 10-story tower expansion, which also includes a ballroom event space […]
Himmel + Meringoff makes move into Long Island City
By REW • June 22, 2017 Himmel + Meringoff has expanded its footprint into the Long Island City market with a $25 million purchase. The announced the acquisition of 21-07 41st Avenue, a 127,000 s/f warehouse and office building n at the F train subway station, two stops from midtown Manhattan and one stop […]
Himmel + Meringoff makes move into Long Island City
By REW • June 22, 2017 Himmel + Meringoff has expanded its footprint into the Long Island City market with a $25 million purchase. The announced the acquisition of 21-07 41st Avenue, a 127,000 s/f warehouse and office building n at the F train subway station, two stops from midtown Manhattan and one stop […]
Industrial Turns Residential in Long Island City, and Jewish Life …
Not long ago, Long Island City was one of those places in New York where nobody but residents chose to hang out. As the westernmost section of Queens, connected to Manhattan by the Queensboro/59th Street Bridge, it resembled other industrialized urban neighborhoods—in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia—where the working class lived because of lower […]
Sustainable Queens Development Begins Leasing – Multi
Gotham Organization Inc. and Brause Realty Inc. have begun leasing on The Forge, a 272-unit, sustainable development in Long Island City, N.Y. “We have spent a lot of time and effort over the last five years planning this residential building out to be environmentally friendly, incredibly luxurious, filled with amenities, and we do feel like […]
Altice USA Moving its Headquarters to Long Island City
Details Written by Hadassa Kalatizadeh Created: June 21, 2017 Altice USA, one of the largest broadband communications and video service providers in America, announced that it will be moving its headquarters to Long Island City in Queens. The company, which purchased Cablevision Systems just over a year ago, plans to consolidate its local New York […]
About 50 percent of all condos in LIC sold for more than $1 million in 2016, according to report
Future development June 21, By Christian Murray Nearly 50 percent of all condos sold in Long Island City last year went for more than $1 million, according to a report released this month by the Manhattan-based real estate firm Stribling Associates. The report, titled The Long Island City Condominium Report 2006-2016, noted that there were […]
Industrial Turns Residential in Long Island City, and Jewish Life Thrives
Not long ago, Long Island City was one of those places in New York where nobody but residents chose to hang out. As the westernmost section of Queens, connected to Manhattan by the Queensboro/59th Street Bridge, it resembled other industrialized urban neighborhoods—in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia—where the working class lived because of lower […]
Make Long Island City’s rooftop beer garden your new backyard
Now that summer has finally decided to grace us with her presence, you’re probably thinking, “What we need is a rooftop beer garden.” Good news — Long Island City has your beer in the sky needs covered. Don’t be put off by the Hamptons-sounding name. Estate Garden Grill is a totally casual new rooftop hang, […]