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LIC Comedy Club Holding Fundraiser for Aurora Shooting Victim
LONG ISLAND CITY — Caleb Medley, an aspiring comedian from Aurora, Colo., is clinging to life after being shot in the face during the last week’s shooting rampage during the first showing of “The Dark Knight Rises”. On Monday, July 30, his fellow comedians from New York will try to help him and his family […]
King of Queens has his eye on new turf
By Sarah Trefethen Eric Benaim is a home-borough boy. ERIC BENAIM “I was born and raised in Queens my whole life, and I really wouldn’t live anywhere else,” said the entrepreneurial Long Island City resident, who has turned familiarity with his home turf into business success. In 2008, Benaim and Ted Kokkoris co-founded Modern Spaces, a […]
Strong storms pummel Long Island Thursday
Severe storms trudged across the Northeast Thursday, leaving a swath of damage in its wake. Though the storms weakened as they approached Long Island, residents saw their fair share of fierce weather. An area of thunderstorms gained strength from around Erie, PA, into Ohio by midday Thursday. As it traveled east into NY and PA, […]
Best Water Activities in and around New York City
Now is the time to seize the day for fun in the water before summer passes you by. With 500 miles of shoreline and plenty of water oases in parks, the city has been offering more and more places to test your paddling skills before heading into the wilds beyond — but nearby — New […]
Songza music service streams for success
Jeanne Noonan/for New York Daily News The staff of Songza (l. to r.), Brad Hayward, Jordan Agusti, Eric Davich, Michael Henson, Peter Asbill, Elliah Breece, and Elias Roman enjoy a great views atop their Long Island City headquarters. A trio of college friends are betting that they have created a soundtrack for success. The Long […]
Molina, a 200-Ton Machine, Completes a Journey Under the City
In September 2011, “Adi,” a tunnel-boring machine, broke through at East 63rd Street, completing the Second Avenue subway tunnel. Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick had HAL 9000. NASA named a treadmill for Stephen Colbert. And over nearly five years, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has had its fleet of 200-ton tunnel-boring machines, plowing beneath the […]
Brooklyn Borough Prez Markowitz Weighs In On Bloomberg’s Soda Ban Proposal
NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s intent to ban 16+-ounce sodas in movie theaters, sports arenas, food carts, restaurants and delis met with plenty of opposition at a NYC Board of Health hearing in Long Island City Tuesday, which drew such a crowd that an overflow room was needed. Among those testifying that the proposed policy is sour […]
MTA completes 16 new tunnels for three city projects
Photo courtesy MTA The MTA released this photo of the tunnel boring machine earier this year. By Philip Newman TimesLedger Newspapers Workers building the East Side Access to bring the Long Island Rail Road into Grand Central Terminal have finished the last tunnel for the project. In fact, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said they have […]
New Boutique Steakhouse, S PRIME Opens in Long Island City
New Boutique Steakhouse, S PRIME Opens in Long Island City Long Island City, NY (Restaurant News Release) S Hospitality Group is pleased to announce their latest endeavor, boutique steakhouse S PRIME. Located minutes from midtown Manhattan in Long Island City, S PRIME combines a modern look with traditional fine dining service to create a unique […]
Some sweet on soda ban, others sour
Doctors, scientists, community group presidents, beverage and restaurant lobbyists and politicians gave testimonies for and against the mayor’s proposed “big soda ban” at Tuesday’s New York City Board of Health hearing in Long Island City. If approved Bloomberg’s plan would prohibit food establishments graded by the city, such as restaurants, delis and concessions at movie […]
DA: driver was drunk, could face 15 years
The allegedly intoxicated man who officers say tore through Long Island City on July 18, killing a bicyclist before crashing his car into the side of a building, faces 15 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter. Queens Supreme Court on Monday arraigned Alex Batista, 25, on charges of second-degree manslaughter, leaving the scene of […]
Pinsky defends Willets Point plan
From the gritty streets of Willets Point to the emerging revitalized Long Island City waterfront, the city’s Economic Development Corp.— for better or worse — is changing the landscape of Queens. In a rare move, the agency reached out to the Queens Chronicle asking that its president, Seth Pinsky, give an update on Willets Point. […]
New Boutique Steakhouse in LIC Boasts $3800 Bottle of Wine
LONG ISLAND CITY — A new boutique steakhouse in Long Island City promises heaven to meat and wine lovers: it has its own custom built dry-aging room with a wall covered by Himalayan rock salt and a selection of wines that includes a rare $3,800 bottle of wine. “There is nothing in Queens like it,” […]
Public Hearing on Sugary Drink Ban Gets an Overflowing Crowd
It was a busy afternoon at the Gotham Center in Long Island City, the headquarters of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Today was the public hearing on Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to restrict the sizes of sugary beverages to no more than 16 fluid ounces in New York City food establishments. […]
Best Rock Climbing In and Close to New York City
NEW YORK CITY — Juliana Statius Muller has ventured as far away as Peru to climb, but knows of places to hone her skills closer to home. “The more people get into climbing, the more they see potential for climbing everything they look at,” said Statius Muller, a staff member at Brooklyn Boulders climbing center […]
LIC Man Charged With Manslaughter
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that a Long Island City man has been arraigned on second-degree manslaughter and other charges for allegedly striking and killing a 37-year-old bicyclist while driving under the influence of alcohol earlier this week.Brown said, “This defendant’s decision to get behind the wheel of a car while allegedly intoxicated […]
August Martin gets high marks in survey
Photo by Christina Santucci Long Island City High School and three others Mayor Michael Bloomberg planned to close are ranked below average by parents, teachers and students, according to school survey reports released by the city Department of Education. By Rich Bockmann TimesLedger Newspapers A day before a state judge rebuked the mayor’s attempt to […]
MTA Completes Digging 13 Miles of New Tunnels for Megaprojects
LONG ISLAND CITY — The last of seven huge 200-ton tunnel boring machines completed work this week for 13 miles of new tunnels now under New York City for three MTA megaprojects: East Side Access, Second Avenue Subway and the 7 train extension. The machine, named Molina by students from I.S. 204 in Long Island […]
Metropolitan Opera Returns to Long Island City Waterfront
Queens — Aria aficionados rejoice: the Metropolitan Opera is coming to the Long Island City waterfront this summer. On Thursday, Aug. 9th, as part of The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, three rising opera stars Deanna Breiwick (soprano), Alexander Lewis (tenor) and Edward Parks (baritone) will perform arias and duets from a variety of operas — […]
LIC Residents Want New Waterfront High School to Have Eco Curriculum
LONG ISLAND CITY — For decades, the Long Island City waterfront was a rundown industrial area, with almost no access to the East River. Now, as the community is reclaiming the area, residents want the curriculum at a new school in Hunters Point to reflect this effort and focus on the environment and ecology. IS/HS […]