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A 50-year-old Long Island City resident whose car was hit pelted with eggs by teenagers on Halloween night retaliated by running over a 17-year-old with his car. According to police, Keith Richard was driving a 2008 Dodge caravan when he started arguing with teenagers who had vandalized his car at the intersection of 23rd Street and […]

The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Alan Neuhauser LONG ISLAND CITY — The driver who ran over a 17-year-old for egging his car on Halloween night told a shocked witness “that’s what happens” after repeatedly crushing the teen under the wheels of his minivan, leaving him with […]

A nonprofit in Long Island City that provides free access to the arts is looking for funding to continue its work in the neighborhood. Long Island City Artists (LIC-A), which was established in 1986, operates out of a 12,000-square-foot space provided by a plastics manufacturing company, Plaxall, last October. Since then, LIC-A has used the space to […]

Rendering of Vernon Tower, via PACS Architecture and Excel Development On Monday, the lottery opens for 21 affordable units in a new luxury residential building located on the border of the trendy Queens neighborhoods of Astoria and Long Island City. The mixed-use rental at 11-06 31st Drive, called the Vernon Tower despite being just eight-stories, […]

When Joffrey Ballet School was looking for a new space, they searched all over Manhattan south of 120th street and in Brooklyn neighborhoods of Dumbo and Williamsburg. They consistently encountered two problems — price and finding space that met their physical requirements. “We need large open spaces with high ceilings,” says Lee Merwin, the school’s […]

A 50-year-old Long Island City resident whose car was hit pelted with eggs by teenagers on Halloween night retaliated by running over a 17-year-old with his car. According to police, Keith Richard was driving a 2008 Dodge caravan when he started arguing with teenagers who had vandalized his car at the intersection of 23rd Street and […]

A pair of photographs worth $100,000 were swiped from art museum MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, according to the NYPD. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska LONG ISLAND CITY — A pair of photographs worth $100,000 were swiped from MoMA PS1 in Queens, the NYPD said. The museum’s director, who closed the facility on Sunday night, arrived at […]

Keith Richard, 50, drove his car onto the sidewalk on Jackson Avenue, striking a 17-year-old boy, police said. View Full Caption Shutterstock LONG ISLAND CITY — A man drove his minivan onto a sidewalk to mow down a 17-year-old who had been with a group of teens throwing eggs at his car on Halloween night, police said.  Keith […]

Two very valuable black-and-white photographs at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City were reported stolen on Oct. 30, according to police. The museum at 22-25 Jackson Ave. closed at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday. On Monday at 11 a.m., the museum director reported the photos stolen, police said. The photos were worth $105,000, but no description of the photos […]

In their previous meeting, Long Island City made a narrow escape with a 8 – 6 win over Far Rockaway. Long Island City wasn’t quite so lucky with the tight margin this time around. Long Island City was close but no cigar, losing to Far Rockaway last week 28 – 26. Long Island City’s record […]