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Block party Sep 8th
At Sculpture Center
The Good Wife filming in LIC this week
Near Court Square
Hillary Robbie, Maximillian Cavaleri
Hillary Kay Robbie and Maximillian Camillo Cavaleri are to be married Sunday evening at the Foundry, an event space in Long Island City, Queens. Cantor Edward Robin is to officiate. Ms. Robbie, 26, is keeping her name. She is a production coordinator in Manhattan for the home entertainment and records divisions of Comedy Central. She […]
Amy’s Bread To Bake In Long Island City
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Three Big Apple boroughs among the 10 most expensive places to live in …
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Weekend Fare
With Labor Day comes a host of parties and restaurant promotions throughout the city. Here are some deals offered on Monday only, unless otherwise noted: An unlimited booze brunch is offered at MexiBBQ, 37-11 30th Avenue (between 37th and 38th Streets), in Astoria, Queens, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the cost of one […]
Almost Every Jonah Lehrer Piece I Examined Showed Journalistic Misdeeds
Science writer and contributor to Radio Lab, Jonah Lehrer attends the ‘You and Your Irrational Brain’ panel discussion at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City in conjunction with the World Science Festival on May 29, 2008 in New York City. Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for World Science Festival. For the past three months, […]
Mayor Bloomberg Drops in on Hot Long Island City Restaurant
LONG ISLAND CITY — The Hunters Point culinary scene keeps growing and this week Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to check what the buzz is all about. On Wednesday evening — the same night he helped light the giant JetBlue sign atop the airline’s new headquarters — he dined with his girlfriend Diana Taylor at Alobar, […]
NYTimes comes to LIC
Part of the ongoing New York Times love affair with Long Island City. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/realestate/long-island-city-a-neighborhood-…
Flicks in the Garden Family Film & Music Festival 9/22/12 in Sunnyside, Queens
If you haven’t visited Sunnyside Gardens, you really must. A dream of the ideal future community built decades ago by New Yorker and Stuyvesant alumnus Lewis Mumford. Less lofty, though, it’s just a beautiful bunch of park and neighbordhood and a short walk/ride from LIC Hunters Point. SUNNYSIDE GARDENS PARK presents FLICKS IN THE GARDEN: […]
Queensbridge Residents Welcome Fresh Produce Program
LONG ISLAND CITY — Fresh fruit and veggies have been scarce around the Queensbridge Houses. But now, thanks to a new initiative, which officially kicked off in Long Island City Wednesday, residents of the housing development will be able to buy a bag full of fresh produce from local farms once-a-week. The bag will cost […]
Man Leaps to Death From 40th Sreet Train Station After Killing Wife Updated 3 …
August 30, 2012 11:29am | By DNAinfo Staff SUNNYSIDE — A Sunnyside man fatally stabbed his wife in their home Thursday and then leaped to his death from an elevated train platform nearby during rush hour, the NYPD said. The murder-suicide started in a third-floor apartment at 45-21 39th Pl., where Amis Cale, 41, allegedly […]
New York’s Hometown Airline™ JetBlue Airways Lights Up New York City Skyline
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) tonight flipped the switch on a newly constructed sign atop its headquarters in Long Island City, illuminating the newest addition to New York City’s iconic skyline. The sign, composed of individual letters spelling the airline’s name and positioned atop the roof of the historic […]
A Neighborhood Built From Scratch
TO most Manhattanites, Long Island City brings to mind a waterfront with soaring glass towers, reclaimed gantries and a neon-infused Pepsi sign. But farther inland, in another section surrounding a neo-Classical-style courthouse, a residential neighborhood is being created. A 2001 rezoning of Long Island City planted the seeds for a residential transformation of the nearly […]
DOE offers centers for new registrations
Parents still trying to enroll their children in city public schools this coming year will have the opportunity Over the next two weeks at two registration centers in the borough opening the week before school starts. The centers, which will be located at Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical High School, 165-65 84th Ave. in […]
Seventh Annual Competition Helps Queens Businesses StartUP!
The Queens Economic Development Corporation, the Queens Library, the Citi Foundation and Queens College officially kicked off the Seventh Annual Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition at a networking party at the Z Hotel in Long Island City on Aug. 27. The competition will award three businesses $10,000 each, while providing technical assistance and training on […]
Photos show Steinway and views of LIC
When visitors step off the elevator onto the fourth floor of the Quinn building for the Greater Astoria Historical Society, the exhibits begin before they even enter the showroom. The photos that line the walls in the hallway are large and inviting, encouraging passersby to stop to take a closer look. One exhibit that deserves […]
Giant JetBlue Sign Lights Up Long Island City Skyline
LONG ISLAND CITY — The Long Island City skyline just got brighter. The massive JetBlue sign atop the building’s headquarters was lit during a ceremony Wednesday evening, joining other iconic signs on the Queens waterfront, including a bright red Pepsi-Cola sign at Gantry Plaza State Park. Several elected officials turned out for the ceremony, including […]
Jackson Heights to get orchestra
A retired music educator is hoping to hit the right note with a community orchestra in Queens. Long-time Jackson Heights resident and violinist Patricia Glunt, 58, is launching the Jackson Heights Orchestra, comprised of more than two-dozen local musicians. Auditions are slated for Sept. 11, 12 and 18. “Jackson Heights is growing as a cultural […]
Tiny Tots Learn to Whip Up Gourmet Fare in Long Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY — It’s never too early to start cooking. Even a 2 year old can do it, says Stacey Ornstein, founder of the Astoria-based Allergic To Salad, a non-profit organization focused on food education. This Saturday, she will hold a free workshop for 2- and 3-year-olds at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island […]