Looking Back at Long Island City’s Slow Sizzle
New York Magazine all but invented the new-hot-neighborhood feature. In 1969, a cover story by Pete Hamill declared Brooklyn — especially Park Slope — “the sane alternative” to Manhattan living, laying out the template for hundreds of features, columns, and web posts to come. We have never quite stopped helping our readers find a new […]
Long Island City residents balk at city’s plan to develop 1.5 million square feet on the waterfront
In July, a plan was unveiled to transform two city-owned lots in Long Island City into a 1.5-million-square-foot development with housing, a school and office and artist space. Though officials touted the project as something that would bring “good, middle class jobs” and a “state-of-the-art” school to the neighborhood, people are skeptical. At a Community […]
Online Dealers of Powerful Synthetic Drugs Arrested in LIC Raid, Feds Say
Unbeatablechems.com (logo pictured) was one of two websites used by Brian Parker to sell drugs, federal prosecutors said. View Full Caption Unbeatablechems.com QUEENS — Authorities arrested two people accused of selling powerful synthetic drugs linked to a deadly overdose last year during an early-morning raid at a Long Island City high-rise Tuesday, officials said. Brian Parker, […]
Parents Launch ‘Immersive’ Dual-Language School in LIC to Fill Local Void
The school will offer classes for babies, toddlers and kids up to 11 years old. View Full Caption Courtesy LinguaLab LONG ISLAND CITY — A pair of local parents and educators are opening their own “immersive” language school for youngsters this fall, after efforts to bring a French dual-language program to a public school in the neighborhood have so […]
Court Square Park cleanup scheduled for Sept. 16 | Long Island City …
September 6, By Tara Law Members of a Long Island City civic group are gathering on Saturday, September 16 to clean up and beautify Court Square Park. The Court Square Civic Association, which was formed at the end of 2015 to represent residents, is hosting the event, called “It’s My Park Day.” The event will […]