Another Contender for Queens’ Tallest Skyscraper Revealed at 42-50 24th Street, Long Island City
By: Andrew Nelson 8:00 am on July 23, 2018 Renderings are out for a 74-story tower at 42-50 24th Street, in downtown Long Island City, Queens. If built, the structure would be a major addition to the borough’s vertical profile, with a speculative minimum height of 750 feet, based on double-height retail at the base. […]
Permits Filed for 33-10 38th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens
By: Andrew Nelson 6:00 am on July 23, 2018 Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 33-10 38th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The site is one block from the 36th Street subway station, serviced by the E, M, and R trains, and four blocks from the 39th Avenue subway station, […]
‘World’s Fare’ Passport Series brings global flavors to Long Island City starting this September
Taste dishes inspired by food from around the globe at a series of fun events coming to the Long Island City waterfront this fall. The World’s Fare Passport Series will take place on Sept. 9 and 10, Sept. 22 and 23, and Oct. 20 and 21 at 5-25 46th Ave., along Anable Basin. Each weekend will focus on the food, […]
85-Year-Old Woman Robbed in Subway Station: Police
An 85-year-old woman was robbed in a subway station in Long Island City, police said. The woman was near the turnstiles of the 46 Street/Bliss Street station on July 13 when a man started talking to her, the NYPD said. The man took the woman’s wallet out of her purse and fled, police said. The wallet […]