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Long Island City parents want the Gantry Park sports field opened …
Long Island City parents are calling on the State Parks Department to open a track and soccer field at Gantry State Park an hour earlier so that students and adults can squeeze in more recreational time. Located on Center Boulevard and 47th Avenue, the sports field used for joggers and soccer and baseball fans officially […]
Long Island City parents want the Gantry Park sports field opened earlier for students
Long Island City parents are calling on the State Parks Department to open a track and soccer field at Gantry State Park an hour earlier so that students and adults can squeeze in more recreational time. Located on Center Boulevard and 47th Avenue, the sports field used for joggers and soccer and baseball fans officially […]
LIC Post waterfront 5K to take place June 3, register now
April 5, Staff Report The second annual LIC Post Waterfront 5K run/walk is set to take place in Long Island City in June. The event, scheduled for Saturday, June 3 at 9 am, is for both runners and walkers—and 1,500 participants are expected to attend. Children’s dashes on Center Boulevard will immediately take place after […]
LIC Post waterfront 5K to take place June 3, register now | Long …
April 5, Staff Report The second annual LIC Post Waterfront 5K run/walk is set to take place in Long Island City in June. The event, scheduled for Saturday, June 3 at 9 am, is for both runners and walkers—and 1,500 participants are expected to attend. Children’s dashes on Center Boulevard will immediately take place after […]
Check out 2222 Jackson, ODA’s new pixelated rental project in Long Island City
anchor Credit: Miguel de Guzmán The New York-based firm ODA has recently completed 2222 Jackson, an 11-story, 175-unit rental project in Long Island City, a mere stone’s throw away from MoMA PS1. The pixel-like, concrete-poured exterior is intended to complement the nearby museum, while simultaneously encapsulating the designers’ “larger mission”. That is to say, the […]
Workout Factory finds new digs in Long Island City, space significantly larger
5-25 46th Avenue April 6, By Hannah Wulkan The Workout Factory, a gym that closed last month after losing its lease, is coming back to Long Island City bigger than ever with almost twice the space and significantly more classes. The Workout Factory owners, husband and wife duo Zhana Galjasevic and Martin Kerestes, have signed a […]
Junior’s Cafe in LIC Closes After 19 Years Due to Rising Rent, Owner Says
Junior’s Cafe owner Junior DiCaprio outside the Long Island City restaurant on its last day in business on April 4, 2017. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly HUNTERS POINT — Junior’s Cafe, a bar and restaurant that’s been in the neighborhood for almost two decades, closed its doors on Tuesday — to the devastation of its […]
Prominent Long Island City development site at the center of a legal battle
Last December, the development site behind Long Island City’s landmarked Clock Tower sold for $173.5 million to the Durst Organization. The beneficiaries of that sale were the previous owners of the site, Property Markets Group (PMG) and the Hakim Organization, who once intended for a massive skyscraper to rise at the site. Now real estate […]
Brooklyn-based tennis club to open Long Island City facility
April 3, By Hannah Wulkan The owners of a Brooklyn-based indoor tennis club are planning to open a Queens location in Long Island City. Court 16, a private club offering tennis lessons, tennis camps and court space for adults and children, will be renovating and opening in a warehouse at 13-06 Queens Plaza, according to building owner […]
Residents organize Easter egg hunt in Murray Playground
March 30, By Hannah Wulkan A group of local real estate agents are planning an Easter egg hunt in Murray Playground next month to bring families in the Court Square/Hunters Point area together. The event is the brainchild of resident and real estate agent Jeremy Swillinger along with several of his colleagues at Level Group Real Estate. They […]
City To Guarantee 2-Month Jobs for Sentenced Inmates After They Leave Jail
City officials and staff of The Fortune Society announce a new program called “Jails to Jobs” in Long Island City on March 29, 2017. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — Officials announced a plan Wednesday to boost social services programs in the city’s jail system, including a new initiative that would guarantee […]
Long Island City bakery that threatened to fire immigrant workers reverses course for now
A Long Island City bakery that told its workers they had to produce papers or be fired in 10 days said it was granted an extension by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prove that its employees are legally allowed to continue work. Employees at Tom Cat Bakery in Long Island City received a […]
Mobile library coming back to Long Island City as construction of new branch continues
The new 5 1/2-story library at Hunters Point in Long Island City is scheduled to open this summer but residents don’t want to wait that long to check out books. Queens Library announced that a mobile library will return to Hunters Point on April 9 at Gantry Plaza State Park. Library card holders will be able […]
Circle F files plans for 71-unit development near 5Pointz in LIC
Circle F files plans for 71-unit development near 5Pointz in LIC The project at 22-43 Jackson Avenue would also include ground floor retail By Ben St. Clair | March 28, 2017 03:50PM Circle F Capital’s David Feldman and 22-43 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City The Feldman family’s Circle F Capital filed plans for an […]
Mobile library coming back to Long Island City as construction of …
The new 5 1/2-story library at Hunters Point in Long Island City is scheduled to open this summer but residents don’t want to wait that long to check out books. Queens Library announced that a mobile library will return to Hunters Point on April 9 at Gantry Plaza State Park. Library card holders will be able […]
22-43 Jackson Avenue | Long Island City | Circle F Capital
Circle F files plans for 71-unit development near 5Pointz in LIC The project at 22-43 Jackson Avenue would also include ground floor retail By Ben St. Clair | March 28, 2017 03:50PM Circle F Capital’s David Feldman and 22-43 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City The Feldman family’s Circle F Capital filed plans for an […]
A ‘Library on Wheels’ is coming to Long Island City this spring
After years of construction delays, the striking new Hunters Point Community Library is set to open in Long Island City this summer. The 22,000 square-foot center will be a welcome addition to the Queens waterfront, but in order to tide over local residents who are itching for free books, Wi-Fi and all of the other […]
This Long Island City family are prolific artists with 1000 paintings stored in their home
Across the street from Long Island City’s MoMa PS1, a father and daughter duo have been creating their own art for years. Carlos and Aliyah Seidler have more than 1,000 paintings scattered throughout their two-story house with some of the pieces dating back to the 1980s. Carlos Seidler, a retired professor, and Aliyah Seidler, a […]
Immigrant workers protest Tom Cat Bakery after bakery demands to see documentation
Tom Cat (Facebook) March 22, By Hannah Wulkan Immigrant workers at a Long Island City bakery rallied today after they were threatened with mass firings. According to workers, Tom Cat Bakery, an industrial bakery at 43-05 10th Street in LIC, threatened about 30 immigrant workers with firings last week following an investigation by the Department […]