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Condos in new Court Square building hit the market
March 24, By Hannah Wulkan Real estate brokers began selling luxury condos in a near-complete 22-unit building in Court Square today. The condos, which are part of a new development called The Decker, are located at 21-10 44th Drive, with 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments ranging in price from $685,000 to $1.525 million. Modern Spaces […]
Oro Italian Restaurant Introduces Spring Menu
March 23, By Staff Report Spring is here, and one Italian restaurant is celebrating the season with a new menu. Oro Restaurant Lounge, located at 41-17 Crescent St., has made authentic Italian cuisine a highlight of its menu since opening its doors in Dutch Kills last August. This month, under the helm of executive chef Scott Andriani, the restaurant […]
Paul Simon to hold benefit performance before audience of 150 in Long Island City, tickets on sale
March 23, By Hannah Wulkan A music legend will be holding an intimate benefit performance in Long Island City for an arts education non-profit. Queens native Paul Simon, one half of folk-duo Simon and Garfunkel and legendary musician, will play a special benefit concert in Long Island City on April 5 from 7 to 9 […]
LargaVista Nabs Long Island City Office Asset
The company is considering a creative office conversion and expansion for the property. 30-10 41st Ave., Long Island City New York—LargaVista Cos. acquired a 65,000-square-foot office asset located at 30-10 41st Ave. in Long Island City. Financing for the transaction was provided by TriState Capital Bank. The company also owns the adjacent building at 29-42 Northern Blvd. […]
Two Long Island City warehouses undergo a makeover, retail and office tenants to move in
Related March 23, By Hannah Wulkan A digital advertising agency will soon take up residence in Long Island City. VaynerMedia, a company focused on digital media, announced Tuesday that it will open a 43,000-square-foot production studio in the Blanchard building at 21-10 51st Avenue, one of two renovated warehouses making up a new office complex […]
Long Island City housing inventory will double this year
Photo by Bill Parry The construction boom in Long Island City is happening so quickly that housing stock will increase by 9,000 units next year, according to a study by the LIC Partnership. By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The unprecedented growth in Long […]
LinkNYC Kiosks to Bring Free Wi-Fi to Long Island City and Astoria
A LinkNYC kiosk, which provides free Wi-Fi, domestic calls and phone charging will be coming to spots in Long Island City and Astoria. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Camille Bautista LONG ISLAND CITY — The city is adding more than a dozen LinkNYC kiosks to streets in Long Island City and Astoria, where users can access Wi-Fi, charge their […]
More Citi Bike Stations Coming to Long Island City This Summer
The first Citi Bike station in Hunters Point opened in 2015 at Center Boulevard between Borden and 54th avenues. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — More Citi Bike stations are headed to the neighborhood this summer. The Department of Transportation is planning to install between five to 10 additional Citi Bike docks […]
LinkNYC Kiosks to Bring Free WiFi to Long Island City and Astoria
A LinkNYC kiosk, which provides free Wi-Fi, domestic calls and phone charging will be coming to spots in Long Island City and Astoria. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Camille Bautista LONG ISLAND CITY — The city is adding more than a dozen LinkNYC kiosks to streets in Long Island City and Astoria, where users can access Wi-Fi, charge their […]
Long Island City’s apartment boom continues with the Decker, launching sales from $685K
Recently, the Long Island City Partnership—a new economic development organization serving the waterfront area—announced that the Queens neighborhood is due to have 9,000 new apartments come on to the market in 2017. That’s a lot, and in the first quarter we’ve already seen a few of these developments appear, including 1 QPS Tower and The […]
Long-time owner of LIC dental office joins forces with Long Island company, merged firm to open at 1 Vernon Jackson
March 31, By Hannah Wulkan A longtime dentist office in Long Island City will be moving about a block up Vernon Boulevard and expanding its services. Hunters Point Dental Services, a 35 year institution in the area, will be moving to new offices this summer on the first floor of the residential building One Vernon Jackson […]
LargaVista Companies Acquires Office Building In Long Island City, Queens
NEW YORK, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — LargaVista Companies is pleased to announce the purchase of 30-10 41st Avenue, Long Island City, an existing 65,000 sf office building adjacent to Sunnyside Yards at the intersection of Northern Blvd. and 41st Avenue. As a long-time owner in Long Island City, LargaVista is excited to play a part […]
Take a look inside this million dollar apartment that’s for sale in Long Island City
If you’re looking for a captivating apartment that will make you the envy of all of your friends, you have to see this one that’s for sale in Long Island City. Built in 2014, this apartment sits in The Vista and offers an elegance that can’t be matched. Once you step inside, you’ll never want to […]
LinkNYC kiosks, offering wifi and phone charging, about to go live in Long Island City
NYCLink in Sunnyside March 20, By Hannah Wulkan Kiosks providing free Wi-Fi and cellphone charging will soon be live in Long Island City. As part of a program replacing old payphones, new LinkNYC kiosks have started going up in LIC, and will be activated in the coming weeks, according to a spokesperson for the program. […]
Get a Taste of Korea — and Egypt — at Long Island City’s Green Street
EXPAND A BBQ Set at the Green Street Bradley Hawks The city lost a piece of its raw creative soul when the spray-painted buildings that made up Long Island City graffiti haven 5Pointz were surreptitiously whitewashed overnight in November 2013, a precursor to their demolition almost a year later. (A pair of mega rental towers […]
More Citi Bike Stations Coming to LIC This Summer, Rest of Queens Gets None
The first Citi Bike station in Hunters Point opened in 2015 at Center Boulevard between Borden and 54th avenues. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly LONG ISLAND CITY — More Citi Bike stations are headed to the neighborhood this summer. The Department of Transportation is planning to install between five to 10 additional Citi Bike docks […]
Long Island City Housing Inventory Will Double This Year
Construction of housing in Long Island City, Queens, is happening at such a rapid pace that housing stock is set to increase by 9,000 units in 2017, according to a new report by the Long Island City Partnership. The number represents the largest increase in a single year in the neighborhood’s history, and almost doubles Long […]
Long Island City Residents Call For Crosswalks, Additional Signage At Deadly Intersection
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Residents are calling on the Department of Transportation to install more crosswalks at a deadly intersection in Queens. The intersection at 49th Street and Eleventh Avenue in Long Island City has been the scene of numerous accidents involving pedestrians, CBS 2 reported. The DOT did a study on the roadway between […]
Man who threw dog out of third-story window in Long Island City is locked up for a year
A Long Island City man is going to jail for tossing a dog out of a third-story apartment window in August 2016, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced. According to the charges, a witness was walking along 43rd Street in Long Island City when he saw something fall from the sky and land on […]
Long Island City Man Who Threw His Dog Out Window Sentenced To One Year In Jail
QUEENS, NY — Long Island City resident Dorian Quezada, 21, was sentenced to one year in jail for animal abuse after throwing his mixed-breed chihuahua out of a third-floor window in August 2016. The man pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty last month and was sentenced by acting Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Melendez on Wednesday. […]