$50-a-Day Rooftop Pool Opens at Long Island City Hotel
Profundo Pool Club opened last week on a third-floor rooftop at the Ravel Hotel. View Full Caption Ravel Hotel LONG ISLAND CITY — A new rooftop pool opened last week in the shadow of the Queensboro Bridge that offers cocktails, oysters and skyline views starting at $50 a day. Profundo Pool Club debuted Thursday on the third-floor rooftop of […]
New rooftop pool in Long Island City opens to the public today
If you’re looking to take a dip before the summer ends, a Long Island City hotel has officially opened its rooftop pool to the public on Wednesday. The Profundo Pool Club at the Ravel Hotel will make its debut today at noon on the hotel’s third floor. Located at 8-08 Queens Plaza South, the 50-foot by […]
Play With 2000 Pounds of Clay at a Long Island City Sculpture Event
The event harkens back to SculptureCenter’s founding in 1928, when it was originally called Clay Club. View Full Caption SculptureCenter LONG ISLAND CITY — Aspiring sculptors can get their hands dirty when an art gallery lets them loose on 2,000 pounds of clay next week as part of a tradition dating back to the 1920s. SculptureCenter will open its doors to […]
After years of struggling to find a home, Long Island City art space purchases one-story building
The Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City has been operating since 2004, but rising rents in the neighborhood led the founders to conclude that by 2019, it would have to permanently close. Co-founded by Sheila Lewandowski and Brian Rogers, who have lived in Long Island City for more than 20 years, the organization provides salaried […]
The Chocolate Factory Acquires Permanent Home in Long Island City, Queens
The Chocolate Factory is thrilled to announce the acquisition of a new permanent facility in Western Queens. Located at 38-29 24th Street in Long Island City, the standalone 7,500 square foot, one story industrial building will become the organization’s permanent home and will ultimately house all of its performance and residency activity. The new facility […]
LIC’s Chocolate Factory Theater Buys Permanent $3.8M Home in Dutch Kills
The Chocolate Factory purchased this 7,500-square-foot former industrial building at 38-29 24th St. View Full Caption Courtesy Sheila Lewandowski LONG ISLAND CITY — The Chocolate Factory, a performing arts center that has spent the past decade in Hunters Point, has purchased a building in nearby Dutch Kills that will become the theater’s permanent home, officials announced. The 7,500-square-foot former […]