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A look at New York’s biggest rooftop farm
Take a photo tour of the largest rooftop farm in New York City: Brooklyn Grange sits on top of 43,000 square of feet of space on two buildings in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Brooklyn Grange has been running a rooftop farm in Long Island City since 2010, but Thursday’s was the first look at their […]
De Blasio is right to defend small business
Ticket first, ask questions later. Thatís city policy when it comes to minor code violations at small businesses, according to Public Advocate Bill deBlasio óand other officials, civic leaders and mom-and-pop shopkeepers themselves. It makes you wonder if the Bloomberg administration is actively trying to destroy small business in the city. Bloomberg gave Goldman Sachs […]
That’s one big ass fan
I was intrigued by news of an exhibit being displayed this summer in the courtyard of the Long Island City museum. Wendy is a 56-foot wide, 45-foot tall spiky, blue starburst structure sprayed with pollution-fighting chemicals. It was conceived by New York-based architecture firm Hollwich Kushner and won MoMA PS1’s 13th-annual Young Architects Program, in […]
LIRR line is one tunnel closer
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority crossed the river on July 16 hundreds of feet underground and came one step closer to the completion of the East Side Access line. “We’re literally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel on completing East Side Access, the largest mass transit project under construction anywhere in […]
Nerd Alert: Schumer Calls On MTA To Create "Nerd Bus"
With Cornell set to open a high-tech campus on Roosevelt Island in a few years (with a multi-year stopover in Google HQ first) good old U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is worried that the geeks won’t be able to handle the tram or the F train. Because there is nothing really important going on in Washington, […]
Ellis Island Resident Artists Draw Inspiration from Immigration
ELLIS ISLAND — Art imitates history. Three artists spent the month of July poring over the archives on Ellis Island as part of the first-ever artist residency program there, searching for inspiration among the stories of New York’s millions of immigrants. Theresa Loong, a filmmaker, and Laura Nova, a performance artist, focused on food, learning about […]
Van Bramer weds partner after 13 years
Posted on August 2, 2012 by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 26 Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer (l.) presides over the marriage of City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (c.) and his partner of 13 years, Dan Hendrick. Photo courtesy Jesse Winter Dan Hendrick (l.) and City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer were happy […]
Brooklyn Yields Cucumbers as NYC Expands Industrial Roof Farms
It’s a 1-acre farm fertile enough to produce a 2-ton harvest of rainbow chard, kale, basil, eggplant and cucumbers — and it sits atop an 11-story industrial building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. New York City’s largest rooftop garden will soak up more than 1 million gallons of storm water a year, reducing the risk […]
2 Employees Contract Legionnaires at CUNY School
Two employees at LaGuardia Community College in Queens have contracted Legionnaires’ disease as a result of legionella bacteria in the hot water system, health officials say. The legionella exists in Building C at the school in Long Island City. Staff members learned in a school email Wednesday that two employees there have contracted Legionnaires in […]
Senator Schumer wants a ‘Nerd Bus’ to connect high-tech hubs in Brooklyn and …
New York’s senior senator is calling for a “Nerd Bus” that would link up high tech hubs in Brooklyn and Queens with Roosevelt Island — and help some of the city’s brightest bulbs get around town. “New York is seeing a major tech boom, with Brooklyn and Long Island City leading the way,” Sen. Chuck […]
The comedy business model
How does it work? How does LIC become a hub for comedy? More importantly, how does it support real business for Willow Creek and Laughing Devil? The answer is these two guys hanging out in front of the restaurant. Comedians and their friends. More shows means more comedians. And every comedian means some of their […]
Sorry, London. New York City Should Have Hosted The 2012 Summer Olympics
Now picture it with Rings. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Watching the London Olympics this week as a native New Yorker it’s hard not to think about what might have been had the International Olympics Committee accepted New York’s bid to bring the games here. Asked on Tuesday about how he felt watching London host the party […]
East Side Access Tunnel-Boring Is Completed
Congressmember Carolyn B. Maloney celebrated the news this week that tunnelboring had been completed on the East Side Access (ESA) project, which will connect Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to Grand Central Terminal, and is the largest mass transit initiative under construction anywhere in the United States. On July 27, “Molina”, a 200-ton tunnel boring […]
Judge: Department Of Ed. Violated UFT, CSA Contracts
Although William Cullen Bryant H.S. is now the Academy of Humanities and Applied Science at William Cullen Bryant Campus and Long Island City H.S. is now the Global Scholars Academies of Long Island City, all teachers at both schools, as well as those at all 22 other “turnaround” schools, can return in September. State Supreme […]
Schumer Calls For ‘Nerd Bus’ To Connect City’s New Tech Hubs
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer sent a letter to MTA head Joe Lhota calling on the agency to add a new bus line–called “The Nerd Bus”–that would connect the growing hipster neighborhoods in Brooklyn and in Long Island City to the city’s new tech hubs around the new Cornell teach campus and the Brooklyn Tech triangle. […]
Antique jade cup worth $20K stolen from LIC auction house
By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers An 18th-century Chinese jade cup said to be worth $20,000 was snatched from a Long Island City auction house last week, police said. Will Jian, manager of Antique Reader Inc., at 39-06 Crescent St., said the thief filched the cup from the auction house July 17 sometime between 10 a.m. […]
Looking for a real estate deal? Try Manhattan
Moving to Manhattan to find a cheap apartment? That may be against every New Yorkers’ common sense — but real estate experts say it’s happening. As apartments are snapped up in up-and-coming neighborhoods like Long Island City and Williamsburg, pads are becoming scarce – and rents are going up. Adding to the increasing rent prices […]
New Comedy Venue Joins Budding Long Island City Laugh Scene
HUNTERS POINT — Long Island City is in the funny. A new laugh palace is set to open in Hunters Point, the third to open in the neighborhood in recent years, as the comedy scene gains popularity in the area. The Laughing Devil Development Stage will be opening at the Breadbox Café on 11th Street […]
Real estate round up around LIC Hunters Point
This ugly beast is a sign that developers smell opportunity.
Queens Pop-up Market Brings Local Delicacies to Hunters Point
HUNTERS POINT — Prepare for a feast, LIC foodies. The Queens County Market — a monthly pop-up food event that supports local food entrepreneurs — is coming to Hunters Point this Saturday, featuring healthy quinoa snacks from Iheartkeenwah and fresh baked frozen cookies from Cookie Fairy Sweets. It’s the first time the market, founded earlier […]