Banning Food on Subway Wouldn’t be Fair to Riders, Mayor Says
Mayor Bill de Blasio riding the subway in 2014. View Full Caption Mayoral Photography Office NEW YORK — Hizzoner doesn’t mind a little subway snacking. Mayor Bill de Blasio said he isn’t in favor of banning food on the city’s transit system — something the MTA is considering as a means to prevent fires caused […]
Tishman Speyer’s mega development to bring 1800 apartments to Queens Plaza starting this fall
July 19, By Jason Cohen A trio of high-rise luxury rental towers with more than 1,800 apartments and 120,000-square-feet of indoor and outdoor amenities including a private, 1.6-acre park are opening in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City this fall. The development, called Jackson Park, is located along Queens Plaza South and Jackson […]
Staff Diversity Will Be Factor in How City Funds Arts Groups, Mayor Says
Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray at a press conference announcing “Create NYC” at Materials for the Arts in Long Island City on July 19, 2017. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — The city will begin considering the demographic makeup of arts organizations when deciding which groups it will fund, […]
Free Shakespeare to come to LIC waterfront next month
Source: hunterspointsouth.com July 19, By Nathaly Pesantez The Long Island City waterfront will be the site of four free Shakespeare performances next month. The Hip to Hip Theatre Company will be performing on select evenings in Gantry Plaza State Park and Socrates Sculpture Park as part of the 11th season of its Shakespeare in the […]
Upcoming LIC Luxury Towers to Offer Rooftop Pool, Bocce Court, Greenhouse
Tishman Speyer’s Jackson Park project will include three towers and a private park along Queens Plaza South and Jackson Avenue. View Full Caption Tishman Speyer LONG ISLAND CITY — More than 2,000 new luxury apartments will open near Queens Plaza in the coming months — part of two large projects currently being built that will […]
Thief riding Citi Bike in Long Island City swipes iPhone from woman, NYPD says
A teenager riding a Citi Bike stole an iPhone from a woman in Long Island City earlier this month, police said Tuesday. The NYPD released surveillance photos of the teen in hopes of identifying him. He was riding the Citi Bike on Sunday, July 9, at about 3:40 p.m. when he rode up to the […]