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City Eyes Makeover for Crumbling Astoria Pool Diving Platform
The historic diving platform in Astoria Park has been deteriorating. (NYC PARKS) ASTORIA — City officials are vying for a grant to restore the crumbling Olympic-sized high dive that has towered above Astoria Park since the pool opened, but hasn’t been used in decades. The Parks Department is competing for a “Partners in Preservation” grant […]
The Bridge and Shuttle Crowd: 6 Ways to Get to Randall’s Island for Frieze New …
This week the art world jet set and many, many New Yorkers will visit a strange island for the first time in their lives to attend the inaugural Frieze New York art fair. Located at the juncture where the Harlem River and Long Island Sound meet to form the tidal strait known as the East […]
JetBlue sign will grace LIC sky
Following a year of cutting through red tape – and mulling a move to Florida – JetBlue has been given the green light to provide Long Island City with a “sign” that they are here to stay. The City Council voted unanimously on April 30 to approve a zoning amendment allowing companies to construct signs […]
Grover Cleveland HS looks to the future
Last Thursday, Grover Cleveland High School students came to school prepared for a fight. They had their signs, their chants, and their speeches to read before the city Panel for Educational Policy voted on whether or not to close the Ridgewood institution. Then one announcement changed everything —the city, just hours before the vote, said […]
Examining Reed Danziger’s ‘Continuous Duality of Energies’ Aparna Narayanan
For a few moments, the event acquired a six-men-of-Indostan quality. The abstract painting by Reed Danziger, exploding with colors and shapes, brought to mind a collage, said a painter and teacher of Hebrew from Israel. An artist from Brooklyn demurred. There was so much going on—it gave her the sense of standing in front of […]
Three western Queens HSs axed
Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Western Queens officials were disheartened and angry after the city Panel for Educational Policy voted last week to close three high schools in the area. Newtown, Long Island City and William Cullen Bryant high schools were three of […]
LIC Arts Open: Laughing Devil’s comedyfest
May 12-20, LIC is going to have some serious activity. More about the comedy component at http://devilfestival.com/
JetBlue lands skyline spot after city vote
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Despite early concern from Community Board 2 members, the airline company JetBlue received unanimous approval from the City Council Monday to build a 40-foot backlit sign on top of its new headquarters in Long Island City. “I think it’s going to […]
City votes to close seven Queens high schools
Enlarge this image Enlarge this image Enlarge this image Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend The city Panel for Educational Policy voted in Brooklyn last week to close seven Queens high schools at the end of this year and reopen them as new schools […]
Queens graffiti mecca faces demolition
Back in late January, Inhabitat.com reported that 5 Pointz, the graffiti mecca in Long Island City, may be facing demolition by as soon as next year. Until now, owner Jerry Wolkoff had allowed the massive studio building to be used as a canvas by some of the best and most iconic artists of the genre. […]
Queens graffiti mecca faces demolition
Back in late January, Inhabitat.com reported that 5 Pointz, the graffiti mecca in Long Island City, may be facing demolition by as soon as next year. Until now, owner Jerry Wolkoff had allowed the massive studio building to be used as a canvas by some of the best and most iconic artists of the genre. […]
How Queens is becoming king
How Queens is becoming king Photo credit: Stretches of 30th Avenue in Astoria are becoming a mecca for the area. (Agaton Strom) For years, Queens was usually identified by the cast of TV characters coming from there-Archie Bunker, George Costanza’s screeching parents and Fran Drescher, the nasal-challenged nanny. But recently, the talk centers around who’s […]
How Queens is becoming king
How Queens is becoming king Photo credit: Stretches of 30th Avenue in Astoria are becoming a mecca for the area. (Agaton Strom) For years, Queens was usually identified by the cast of TV characters coming from there-Archie Bunker, George Costanza’s screeching parents and Fran Drescher, the nasal-challenged nanny. But recently, the talk centers around who’s […]
Huguenot Sighting
As M Wells prepares their return, in the form of the PS1 cafeteria, the Hugue sightings are accelerating. Smorgasburg… And PS1 tonight in the shadow of a very major cultural evening. Serving poutine all up in this piece.
The international art scene is in LIC right this minute
Oh yeah and Martha Wainwright is playing an amazing show, in a dome, over the technical backdrop of Kraftwerk.
Queens Midtown Tunnel Opens East 37th Street Entrance
Queens-Midtown Tunnel Manhattan approach tunnel tube will be closed over the weekend from July 8 – July 11, 2011. (ehavir / Flickr) MANHATTAN — The East 37th Street entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel reopened on Wednesday. Cars can now access the tunnel through that entrance on weekdays between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m., MTA officials […]
Shop Owners Sue City, Motorists In Bridge Exit Crashes
Two Long Island City shop owners have filed a $1 million lawsuit against the city, two construction firms and the drivers of three speeding cars that slammed into their storefronts early last year. Scott Agulnick, attorney for the owners of Espinal’s Caribbean Restaurant II and Villa De Beaute Hair Salon, filed the lawsuit in Queens […]
The Cranberries, Feist and The Beach Boys Play New York
SEE MORE PHOTOS By Daniel Jumpertz Special to DNAinfo Wednesday, May 2 Celebrating the opening of the Frieze New York art exhibition, Martha Wainwright performs a full concert in the MoMA PS1 Performance Dome amidst the Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 installation. The set includes her Edith Piaf renditions, […]
Archives At Queens Library Celebrate Centennial
(L. To r.): Customer Service Specialist Harry Bailey, Charles Young, manager from 1985 to 1998 of the then Long Island Division, Digital Assets Manager John Hyslop, Vice President Queens Historical Society James Driscoll, Judith Todman, manager since 1998 of the Archives at Queens Library; Ian Lewis, librarian and Eric Huber, photo archivist, celebrated the 100th […]
Seven Queens high schools to close: staff says turnaround shows ‘no democracy’
Seven high schools in Queens — and 17 more throughout the city — had their fates sealed after the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) voted to close the schools on April 26. Under the Turnaround plan, the schools — August Martin, Bryant, Flushing, John Adams, Long Island City (L.I.C), Newtown and Richmond Hill — will […]