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Sit under a canopy of photo-luminescent yarn at Long Island City’s MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 has announced its choice for the annual Young Architects Program and this year, museum patrons will be able to sit under a canopy that is responsive to light and darkness. “Lumen,” the project created by New York-based architect Jenny Sabin, is a”socially and environmentally responsive structure that adapts to the densities of bodies, […]
Town hall in Long Island City tonight focuses on efforts to resist Trump policies
One local elected official is hosting a town hall to bring together his constituents and local organizations that want to organize in response to several policies brought forth by the Trump administration. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is leading a “Resistance Town Hall” at MoMA PS1 at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15. The event will share […]
Van Bramer to lead ‘Resistance’ against Trump at town hall meeting Wednesday
February 14, By Hannah Wulkan Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer will be hosting a town hall meeting in Long Island City Wednesday as he aims to bring together activists and local groups opposed to President Donald Trump’s policies. The event, dubbed Resistance Town Hall, will take place at MoMA PS1 at 7 p.m. and will be […]
Town hall in Long Island City tonight focuses on efforts to resist …
One local elected official is hosting a town hall to bring together his constituents and local organizations that want to organize in response to several policies brought forth by the Trump administration. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is leading a “Resistance Town Hall” at MoMA PS1 at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15. The event will share […]
Rockrose’s 50-story Long Island City tower debuts rentals from $2465/month
Queens’s erstwhile tallest tower has now launched leasing on its 974 apartments, a tip courtesy BuzzBuzzHome has revealed. Leasing on the market-rate units here follows just a few months after the lottery on the affordable apartments got underway in November last year. Of the total apartments, 195 are affordable with rents starting at $913/month for […]
Van Bramer to lead ‘Resistance’ against Trump at town hall meeting …
February 14, By Hannah Wulkan Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer will be hosting a town hall meeting in Long Island City Wednesday as he aims to bring together activists and local groups opposed to President Donald Trump’s policies. The event, dubbed Resistance Town Hall, will take place at MoMA PS1 at 7 p.m. and will be […]
Town hall meeting in Long Island City tonight focuses on efforts to …
One local elected official is hosting a town hall to bring together his constituents and local organizations that want to organize in response to several policies brought forth by the Trump administration. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is leading a “Resistance Town Hall” at MoMA PS1 at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15. The event will share […]
Woman mauled to death in her Long Island City home by English …
A 75-year-old Queens woman was apparently mauled to death, and her son attacked, early Monday by one of her dogs, police said. The woman, Louise Herminda, was found just before 1 a.m. inside her Long Island City home with trauma to her upper torso, police said. She was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where […]
Police looking for missing Long Island City man
February 15, Staff Report Police are searching for a man who went missing in Long Island City over the weekend. According to the report, 31-year-old Daniel Kim, who lives at 43-10 Crescent Street, was reported missing, and was last seen on Saturday around 7 p.m. He is described as a 5-foot-6 Asian man weighing about […]
Forklift driver is fatally crushed in a freak accident at a Long Island City warehouse
A 28-year-old forklift operator died on Saturday afternoon in an accident outside a Fire Department storage facility in Long Island City, police said. Rakesh Ram, 28, of Brooklyn was using a forklift to move boxes of material into the warehouse located at 30-03 Review Ave. at about 12:35 p.m. on Feb. 11, according to authorities. […]
Woman mauled to death in her Long Island City home by English Mastiff dog she adopted, NYPD says
A 75-year-old Queens woman was apparently mauled to death, and her son attacked, early Monday by one of her dogs, police said. The woman, Louise Herminda, was found just before 1 a.m. inside her Long Island City home with trauma to her upper torso, police said. She was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where […]
Man dies when forklift pins him against van in auto repair shop in … – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens — A private contractor died after a forklift pinned him against a van in a FDNY auto repair shop Saturday afternoon. The man, who has been identified as Rakesh Ram, 28, was loading a van about 12:35 p.m. at the auto repair shop on Review Avenue, police said. The forklift slid […]
Man dies when forklift pins him against van at auto repair shop in Long Island City – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens — A private contractor died after a forklift pinned him against a van in a FDNY auto repair shop Saturday afternoon. The man, who has been identified as Rakesh Ram, 28, was loading a van about 12:35 p.m. at the auto repair shop on Review Avenue, police said. The forklift slid […]
New 44-story tower in Long Island City includes rock-climbing wall and rooftop pool
Yet another rental tower is available for rent in Long Island City. Located at 23-10 Queens Plaza South, 1 QPS is a 44-story rental tower that includes 400 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Like other luxury apartments that have been constructed in the neighborhood, 1 QPS is being marketed as “a place where residents can thrive socially […]
‘SpikeBoarding’ is the Next Big Sport, Long Island City Coach Says
SpikeBoarding users ride a modified skateboard and propel themselves forward with a long spiked stick. View Full Caption Facebook/coachdanbowen LONG ISLAND CITY — Dan Bowen sees SpikeBoarding as the sport of New York City’s future, and a more sustainable way for residents to get around. The Long Island City fitness trainer has spent the last 13 months learning […]
Plan to Rezone LIC Will Cause ‘Mega Hyper-Gentrification,’ Residents Fear
The city wants to rezone part of Queens Plaza and Dutch Kills in Long Island City. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska QUEENS PLAZA — The city is eyeing a 50-block swath of Long Island City for possible rezoning, an effort to spur development of more office space and affordable housing — but some locals worry […]
Two LIC hotels offer residency programs to artists
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The Queens Council on the Arts announced an open call to all borough-based artists to apply for a new residency program in partnership with two Long Island City hotels. The newly established QCA Art Hotel Residency will provide […]
Façade in Progress on 11-Story Hotel at 37-11 23rd Street in Ravenswood, Long Island City
The 39,579-square-foot hotel at 37-11 23rd Street is on track to join northern Long Island City’s mushrooming crop of lodgings. Construction permits categorize the 93-unit property as a “transient hotel,” a term generally used to describe shelters. The 11-story building towers over the industrial northwest corner of Long Island City. The project is designed by MS […]
Two-Tower, 1115-Unit Mixed-Use Project Pierces Skyline at 22-44 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City
By: Reid Wilson 8:00 am on February 8, 2017 Construction is now 15 stories above street level on the taller tower of the two-building, 1,115-unit mixed-use project at 22-44 Jackson Avenue, located in the Court Square section of Long Island City. Foundation work is underway on the shorter tower. The structure can be seen thanks to […]
Long Island City’s Latest Residential-Manufacturing Complex Proposed at 37-27 31st Street, Dutch Kills
A recently cleared lot at 37-27 31st Street in northeast Long Island City awaits construction of a 61,510-square-foot structure containing a ground-level manufacturing facility, topped by 76 residences stacked in a pair of six- and seven-story towers. The arrangement is similar to several adjacent properties spanning through-block sites, which share a common zoning-driven formula. These new projects, combining a […]