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The Laughing Devil Rocks the Mic in LIC
News: The emergence of The Laughing Devil Comedy Club in the NYC scene, and what that is doing for comedy in Queens. LDC opened 6 months ago – and despite seating just 50 people and paying comedians more than all other NYC clubs (with lower drink prices), they tell LICNYC they’ve turned a profit […]
Get Fresh Roof Farm Food At Rosemary’s Kitchen, Now Open In Greenwich Village
Rooftop farming is spreading across town like a hoard of locusts, with fertile top-floor gardens popping up from Sunset Park to Long Island City. And an increasing number of restaurants are using rooftop real estate to their advantage, with the latest, Rosemary’s Kitchen, which opened in Greenwich Village last week. The “rustic Italian restaurant” is […]
Giants’ David Diehl Arrested for Drunk Driving in Queens
QUEENS — New York Giants offensive tackle David Diehl was arrested for driving drunk Sunday night after he smashed his BMW into a pair of parked cars in Astoria, police and multiple news sources reported. Diehl, 31, was reportedly watching a soccer game at a nearby bar before hopping into the luxury car and plowing into the […]
I Can’t Believe They Benched Me: A Monologue By Space Shuttle Enterprise
I mean, what the fuck were those NASA dweebs thinking? I got those idiots their jobs, their free doctorates, their geeky-ass spouses, everything. I got them everything. Then they bench me. Send me to fucking retire on a boat on the Hudson. I mean, I’m going to be looking at Jersey all day. At least […]
Long Island Rail Road Collision Kills One, Causing Rush Hour Delays
NEW YORK CITY — A Long Island Rail Road train struck a car on the tracks early Monday morning, leaving one person dead and causing service suspensions and delays during rush hour, the MTA said. The victim was in the car when it was struck, though it remains unclear how many people were inside the […]
Monday, June 11: Filming Location info for The Lone Ranger, Grown Ups 2, Don …
Here’s a look at what’s filming on location on Monday, June 11, 2012: If you have any scoop about where a movie or TV show is filming, let us know about it at [email protected] or at Twitter.com/olv! We depend on your tips to keep the site going, all of our info comes from our amazing […]
Bike-Share Rides Past Neighborhood
By TED MANN On the map showing the dozens of bike-share stations that will soon freckle northwestern Brooklyn, there is just one neighborhood-size void in the network: the ultra-Orthodox Jewish enclave of South Williamsburg. It won’t be the first time religious residents in the area, many of whom are members of the Satmar Hasidic movement, […]
Famous Queensers: Jack Kerouac’s home in Queens
Dropped Pin For just a few years after Columbia. (He was an MA native.)
Great Queensers: Carolyn Farina
Carolyn Farina – the sweet heroine of the classic Whit Stillman film Metropolitan. Bayside native. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Farina#section_1
Launched! East of East is open
Open and occupied. A few units are left that you can inquire about through EastofEast.com
June 9: Obesity, D-Day and Scott Walker
Remember playing outdoors? Brooklyn: Voicer Karen Mancuso is right on the money. Growing up in Brooklyn on 61st St. in the 1950s and ’60s, all the kids were skinny. All day, every day, we were busy with street games — stickball, boxball, triangle, off the stoop, peel-away, tag, football and hockey, just to name a […]
JEREMIAH J. FINNEGAN – Times Herald
April 11, 1928 – June 6, 2012 Liberty, NY Jeremiah J. Finnegan of Liberty, NY, a retired custodian for Bio-Research Co. in Long Island, NY, and a longtime area resident, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, NY. He was 84. The son of the late Jeremiah J. and Jennie DeMattia […]
What $4200 Can Rent You Around New York City
Friday, June 8, 2012, by Jeremiah Budin Welcome back to Curbed Comparisons, a column that explores what one can rent for a set dollar amount in various New York City neighborhoods. Is one man’s studio another man’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Today’s price: $4,200/month. ↑ Based on our research for this post, $4,000 seems to […]
LIC org. gets grant to help former convicts
A Long Island City organization, dedicated to giving formerly incarcerated individuals a second chance, received some extra help from the United States Department of Labor. The Fortune Society, an LIC-based social service and advocacy organization supporting the successful re-entry of those previously in prison, received $1,212,000 in grant money to further help those re-acclimating to […]
NYC Outward Bound Schools Celebrates 25th Anniversary
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., June 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Tuesday evening, June 12, at The Plaza, NYC Outward Bound Schools (http://www.nycoutwardbound.org) will honor its Board Chairs – past and present – in celebration of its 25th Anniversary. Soledad O’Brien of CNN will serve as Master of Ceremonies during the Gala honoring the following […]
Community Board Takes Stance in Labor Dispute
LONG ISLAND CITY — In a highly unusual move, Community Board 2 adopted a resolution Thursday night supporting workers’ rights to unionize and to seek fair compensation. The vote comes about four months after one of the city’s most powerful labor unions, 32BJ, asked for the board’s support in its dispute with a developer. The […]
First Queens Tech Meetup Draws More Than 150 to Long Island City
Queens Tech Meetup Rooftop Reception Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian stood at the front of a large room at the Hunters Point Plaza Penthouse in Long Island City, and looked out over the rows of tables set up for various startups based in the borough that, let’s be honest, doesn’t always have the best rep in […]
Street art in LIC
In the hood.
Breadbox a year later – Better or Worse for Wear?
See the full gallery on Posterous
Sweet rides from Z Hotel
Stay here, get a bike. Helps with the multi-block walk to the subway. But you cannot beat the views – no question of that.