Long Island City Girl Scout troop that serves homeless girls will …
Girl Scout Troop 6000, the first troop to serve homeless girls and women, was awarded $1 million to expand its services to homeless shelters across the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday. The troop, which is made up of girls currently living in the Sleep Inn in Long Island City, serves 21 children living […]
Yet another huge Long Island City rental gears up to launch leasing …
The amenity-packed rental building right next to the 39th Avenue subway station in Long Island City is now just a month away from launching leasing. Developed by the Lightstone Group, ARC, as is this rental building is known, comprises of 428 apartments that come in studio through two-bedroom variants, and is located at 30-02 39th […]
Tishman Speyer’s 1800-unit Long Island City rental, Jackson Park, will debut this fall
Tishman Speyer’s massive three-building rental development in Long Island City is gearing up for its launch this fall, and with that the developer has released a teaser site for the development, and unveiled a new rendering of the large amenity center that will accompany this overall development. The three buildings together will now be known […]
Long Island City art gallery illegally sold sculpture made of elephant ivory, which was banned in 2014
A Long Island City art gallery illegally sold a sculpture made with elephant ivory, even though the sale of the material was banned by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014. According to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, Ro Gallery at 47-15 36th St. sold a ballerina sculpture made of elephant ivory to undercover investigators for more than […]
No Joke: Josh Fadem Takes Comedy to the Extreme at Long Island City Space REMAINS
Fadem during the early stages of his performance. ARTNEWS The blurring of lines between stand-up comedy and performance art is not a new phenomenon, but over 90 wordless minutes in late June at the outdoor portion of the Long Island City space REMAINS (run by the artist Matthew Barney and the writer and curator Brandon […]
Watch the sun align with the city’s grid from Long Island City tonight and tomorrow evening
BY KIARA THOMAS The sun will be positioned perfectly on Manhattan’s grid tonight, July 12, and tomorrow, July 13, and you can see it happen from the Long Island City waterfront. “Manhattanhenge” occurs every year in late May and mid-July when the setting sun lines up with the Manhattan grid. On two of these nights — […]
Court battle looms for owners of former Queens graffiti mecca 5 Pointz – WABC
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) — For 7 train riders, 5 Pointz, the mecca of graffiti art in Queens might as well have been a stop in the area. “It was the only legal outlet that allowed everybody to paint,” said graffiti artist Meres One. Meres One is the artist who ran 5 Pointz, but […]
Long Island City Girl Scout troop that serves homeless girls will receive $1M to expand
Girl Scout Troop 6000, the first troop to serve homeless girls and women, was awarded $1 million to expand its services to homeless shelters across the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday. The troop, which is made up of girls currently living in the Sleep Inn in Long Island City, serves 21 children living […]
Yet another huge Long Island City rental gears up to launch leasing this summer
The amenity-packed rental building right next to the 39th Avenue subway station in Long Island City is now just a month away from launching leasing. Developed by the Lightstone Group, ARC, as is this rental building is known, comprises of 428 apartments that come in studio through two-bedroom variants, and is located at 30-02 39th […]