Long Island City’s Newest High-Rise Has Solar Power, Sculpture Garden, Pool, Outdoor Movies
As more towers rise, the neighborhood’s industrial heritage fades. But The Forge, a 38-story building with 272 residences in a quiet, tree-lined cul-de-sac at 44-28 Purves Street in Long Island City, has embraced it. As indicated by its name — a forge is a fire pit used by blacksmiths to heat metal — the building’s […]
Snag a Studio for $947 Per Month in a Luxury Long Island City High-Rise
The Hayden at 43-25 Hunter St. View Full Caption Courtesy Rockrose Development Corp. COURT SQUARE — More than 100 affordable apartments are up for grabs inside a 50-story luxury rental tower in Long Island City — where applicants can snag a studio for $947 a month. There are 128 affordable units still available at The Hayden, which […]
CB2: City Planning’s lax LIC Core organization made for sparsely attended public workshops
33rd Street looking into Queenboro Plaza September 18, by Nathaly Pesantez The Department of City Planning, which has been holding a series of public workshops over the summer to gather community feedback on the needs of a 50-block section in the Queens Plaza/Court Square neighborhood, has done a poor job of organizing them, which has […]
Cornell Tech to Spur Wave of New Office Development in LIC …
Long Island City is now just a short ferry ride away from the new Cornell Tech campus. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — The new Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island will spur a wave of commercial development in Long Island City — with the neighborhood’s former industrial sites attracting startups wooed by cheaper, hipper and less conventional office […]
Long Island City’s newest high-rise has solar power, sculpture garden, pool, outdoor movies
BY THE BROWNSTONER STAFF As more towers rise, the neighborhood’s industrial heritage fades. But The Forge, a 38-story building with 272 residences in a quiet, tree-lined cul-de-sac at 44-28 Purves Street in Long Island City, has embraced it. As indicated by its name — a forge is a fire pit used by blacksmiths to heat […]
Strip club with troubled history in Long Island City officially shuts down after losing liquor license
A strip club in Long Island City that was described by nearby residents as “dangerous” and “ominous” had its liquor license revoked earlier last week and has officially shut down, the Daily News first reported. Aces, located at 31-10 37th Ave., was the scene of a shooting in May 2016. That some month, about a dozen residents […]