By amol on November 8, 2012
When Sandy hit BK Farmyards‘ youth farm site at a school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it was especially frustrating for the site’s farmers. The foursome of young women are committed to providing fresh food alternatives in an under-resourced community, and they had already weathered what they’d thought to be their toughest obstacle: a Department of Education-mandated freeze [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Vincent Pina finally saw a couple of utility trucks coming down his street Thursday and started to wave in anticipation. But they just cruised past his house and kept on going. He hung his head in resignation. “The thing that gets me the most is that there is no flood damage. [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
Alex Michael The Creek and the Cave in Long Island City, Queens, has New York Comedy Festival shows. The ninth annual New York Comedy Festival concludes this weekend, with several big-name comics headlining a few brand-name clubs at accordingly high, though not necessarily unjustifiable, ticket prices. For those who’d rather maximize their laughs per dollar, [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
According to the New York Post on Nov. 8, New York City and Long Island will institute gas rationing beginning tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 9. The move is designed to ease the long lines at the gas pumps across the metro New York area. After Superstorm Sandy, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie instituted an odd-even rationing system [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
The residents and business owners in the Hunters Point South neighborhood of Long Island City, where Borden Avenue meets the East River, are slowly picking up the pieces in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. This low-lying swath of Western Queens suffered the most damage in the area. The Waterfront Crab House at 2-03 Borden Ave., [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
Battery Park City after Sandy. (Flickr/WarmSleepy) Waterfront views are a sought after luxury for many New Yorkers, but post-Hurricane Sandy, many urban planners and government officials are questioning the wisdom of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s emphasis on waterfront development as part of his PlaNYC goals for 2030. These development plans include incentives to builders in Coney island, [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
Queens Economic Development Corporation Partners with BlankSlate on QueensNYC.com; New Borough-Wide Attractions Website (Long Island City, N.Y.) – The Queens Economic Development Corporation and BlankSlate — a partially Long Island City-based company that helps web publishers thrive, including Brownstoner, Brokelyn, DumboNYC, Bushwick Daily and Prince of Petworth — have formed a partnership on QueensNYC.com, a [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
DUMONT — Patrick Joseph, 78, of Dumont died Oct. 24 after a brief illness. A native of Clohanmore, Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1960 and lived in the Bronx and Long Island City, N.Y., before settling in Dumont 36 years ago. Mr. Crowe retired in 1997 after working [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
NEW YORK — A nor’easter threatened to unravel progress made since Hurricane Sandy ravaged the New York area, delivering a second angry serving of howling wind and high water on Wednesday in places where misery and frustration had yet to recede. The storm, a chilly brew of rain and wet snow blown in by gusts [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
Photo by Christina Santucci A sign blocks off one entrance to the Mobil gas station on 21st Street in Long Island City. By Joe Anuta TimesLedger Newspapers Fuel-starved Queens residents hoarded gasoline this week, exacerbating the city’s petroleum shortage and ensuring long lines continued at the pump. “The general sense is it’s getting somewhat better. [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
The New York attorney general’s office is looking into whether gasoline offered through the Craigslist website for as much as $8 a gallon is legal as motorists cope with retail shortages after Hurricane Sandy. The price for fuel in New York City and Long Island by some individual sellers on Craigslist, the online-classified ad site, [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
A brownstone Brooklyn neighborhood is hoping Hurricane Sandy didn’t create a soft opening for an unwanted homeless shelter. With Carroll Gardens residents already fighting plans to put a homeless shelter at 165-167 W. 9th St., the city today plopped 120 male veterans displaced during Hurricane Sandy into the vacant building. The city says its temporary [...]
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By amol on November 8, 2012
A nor’easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy’s blow more than a week ago. Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort [...]
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