Long Island City won’t be retail ghost town forever, panel says
Long Island City won’t be retail ghost town forever, panel says All the ingredients for an awakening are there, but progress has been slow, say speakers at LIC Summit Long Island City, Queens (Credit: Getty Images) Long Island City’s notorious lack of retail was one of the main points at this year’s LIC Summit, with […]
Van Bramer & Nolan Announce All-Way Stop Sign At Dangerous LIC Intersection
City Council Majority Leader Van Bramer announces a stop sign at 51st Avenue and 5th Street in Long Island City with Assembly Member Cathy Nolan, DOT Queens Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia, Principal of Hunter’s Point Community Middle School Sarah Goodman, President of the PTA of Hunter’s Point Community Middle School Paul Cynamon, students from Hunter’s […]
Long Island City-based Real Estate Agent Jermain Miller Joins the Exclusive Haute Residence Real Estate Network
Jermain Miller New York (PRWEB) June 20, 2017 Haute Residence welcomes successful Long Island City-based realtor Jermain Miller to its exclusive network of real estate professionals. With just 93 cents to his name and homeless but full of sheer determination, Miller has carved his way to being one of the top real estate professionals in […]
Employee slugged as man steals tip jar at Long Island City bagel store: NYPD
►Video NYPD Police from the 114th Precinct are looking for this suspect who allegedly punched a bagel store employee while taking the tip jar at a Long Island City bagel shop. By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The NYPD released surveillance video of a […]
Three Workers Hurt, Rescued In Astoria Construction Accident
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Three workers were seriously injured and rescued Tuesday afternoon in a construction accident in Astoria, Queens. As CBS2’s Alice Gainer reported, the FDNY said the workers became trapped when the upper portion of a house under construction collapsed at 31-25 28th Rd. in Queens, causing the roof to collapse. The workers […]
LIC won’t be retail ghost town forever, panel says
LIC won’t be retail ghost town forever, panel says All the ingredients for an awakening are there, but progress has been slow, say speakers at LIC Summit Long Island City, Queens (Credit: Getty Images) Long Island City’s notorious lack of retail was one of the main points at this year’s LIC Summit, with developers and […]
Long Island City’s FXFOWLE-designed rental, The Forge, launches leasing from $2485
Long Island City’s new 38-story luxury rental building, The Forge, has launched leasing on its 272 apartments. The FXFOWLE-designed building, located at 44-28 Purves Street, offers a mix of studios, one-, and two-bedroom apartments, and just like anything with “luxury” in its description, they don’t come cheap. Rent prices within the Brause Realty and Gotham […]
Telecom giant Altice to relocate Long Island HQ to One Court Square: report
Telecom giant Altice to relocate Long Island HQ to One Court Square: report Company could be taking more than 100K sf in LIC tower Altice CEO Dexter Goei and One Court Square Telecom and cable giant Altice USA is negotiating to relocate its headquarters from Long Island to One Court Square in Long Island City. […]
How a Former Industrial Wasteland Became One of New York’s Hottest Luxury Markets
Growing up in Frederick, MD, Meg Puglisi dreamed of living in New York City—which to her meant Manhattan, pure and simple. The Bronx? Staten Island? Queens? Just names on a city subway map. So when she graduated from college, she moved there to pursue a media career. In the following six years, Puglisi enjoyed all Manhattan had to offer, […]
From Industrial Wasteland to Hot Luxury Market in New York City …
Growing up in Frederick, MD, Meg Puglisi dreamed of living in New York City—which to her meant Manhattan, pure and simple. The Bronx? Staten Island? Queens? Just names on a city subway map. So when she graduated from college, she moved there to pursue a media career. In the following six years, Puglisi enjoyed all Manhattan had to offer, […]
One Court Square | Altice USA | Savanna – The Real Deal
Telecom giant Altice to relocate Long Island HQ to One Court Square: report Company could be taking more than 100K sf in LIC tower Altice CEO Dexter Goei and One Court Square Telecom and cable giant Altice USA is negotiating to relocate its headquarters from Long Island to One Court Square in Long Island City. […]
Manhattan landlord expands Long Island City portfolio
Himmel Meringoff Properties is expanding its Long Island City office portfolio. The firm, which owns roughly 2 million square feet of commercial space in the city, acquired a six-story, 127,000-square-foot office and warehouse building at 21-07 41st Ave. for $25 million. Long Island City, Queens, has grown in popularity as an office market in recent […]
Williamsburg-based cafe to open Long Island City location
Black Star Bakery location June 14, Staff Report A cafe/bakery based in Williamsburg is opening a location in Hunters Point. Black Star Bakery, located at 595 Metropolitan Avenue, is opening a cafe at 2-14 50th Avenue, in the space that was formerly occupied by Beans, Grapes and Leaves. LICtalk was first to report the story. […]
MUNDO in Long Island City Shares The Pachamama Cocktail Recipe
Stop by Long Island City’s Mundo at the Paper Factory Hotel to enjoy their festive summer margarita, “The Pachamama.” The drink is finished with a spicy salt-cayenne rim that will provide just the right amount of kick. Pair with Mundo’s eclectic menu items that includes their Red and Golden Beet Salad or Jumbo Lump Crab […]
Fourth Annual LIC Summit to Take Place Next Week
LIC Partnership event last year June 12, By Jason Cohen More than 300 leaders who work in the tech, real estate or corporate sector will join civic leaders for the fourth annual LIC Summit hosted by the Long Island City Partnership and Modern Spaces on June 20. The program will take place from 8 a.m. […]
Macy’s July 4th Fireworks Heading Back to East River This Summer
The Macy’s Fireworks display in 2013. View Full Caption DNAinfo /Jesse Ward LONG ISLAND CITY — Macy’s annual Fourth of July fireworks will return with a bang over the East River this summer for the fourth year in a row, officials announced Monday. The 25-minute pyrotechnic display will kick off at 9:25 p.m. on […]
Bomb threats hit two Queens schools, prompts evacuation
A Queens school was evacuated Wednesday amid fears that a bomb had been hidden inside the building, ready to explode, officials said. Administrators at Public School 164 on 77th Ave. near 138th St. in Flushing pulled all the students out of the school about 11 a.m. after staffers received a threatening call that a bomb […]
Inked Out: Coffey Shop Tattoos – Long Island City, NY
After a Yankees game one Saturday in April with my cousin and his girlfriend, my wife and I went back to see his new apartment in Long Island City. First of all, have any of you been to Long Island City in a while? Holy smokes! Hoboken where? This was the new trendy hot spot […]
Summer movie lineup announced for Hunters Point South Park
Source: HPPC June 6, By Christian Murray The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy has released its outdoor movie schedule that will be screened at LIC Landing this summer. The first movie will be Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory that will be played at sunset on Friday, June 23. The movie series, titled CinemaLIC, is in […]
Another tall office and retail development planned for Jackson Avenue in Long Island City
A new eight-story building planned for Long Island City will seek to attract retail and commercial tenants in a neighborhood that has seen a residential complex boom in the last few years. Jackson Square, a development that will be built at 23-20 Jackson Ave., includes three floors dedicated to retail and five floors of space for commercial […]