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Local Restaurants Duke It Out For Top Spot in ‘Queens Taste’
Pop Diner and Uncle Peter’s are competing for top honors in “Queens Taste 2012.” (Queens Economic Development Corporation) JACKSON HEIGHTS — Local favorites Pop Diner and Uncle Peter’s will duke it out for borough bragging rights at Tuesday night’s “Queens Taste 2012.” The annual event brings restaurateurs from across the borough to Citi Field’s Caesar […]
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 River, Randall’s […]
The Bridge and Shuttle Crowd: How to Get to Randall’s Island for Frieze New York
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 River, Randall’s […]
In Deeds, Nuns Answer Call of Duty
These three women, who work and live in New York City, are members of Roman Catholic religious orders. The old-fashioned word is nun, a noun. They are verbs. “Do what you can, with the life you have,” Sister Tesa said. Last month, the Vatican said it was time to overhaul an organization that represented about […]
New Court Square Subway Station Design Invites Peeping Toms, Residents Say
The platform at the Court Square station is about 10 to 15 feet from residents’ bedroom windows, and divided only by transparent mesh windscreens. (DNAinfo/Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska) LONG ISLAND CITY — Some people are willing to pay extra to live near a subway station. But for the residents of buildings on 23rd Street, the redesigned Court […]
New Court Square subway station design invites peeping toms, residents say
The platform at the Court Square station is about 10 to 15 feet from residents’ bedroom windows, and divided only by transparent mesh windscreens. (DNAinfo/Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska) LONG ISLAND CITY — Some people are willing to pay extra to live near a subway station. But for the residents of buildings on 23rd Street, the redesigned Court […]
Childish Gambino Makes First Date Dreams Come True For MTV Newser
By Rya Backer Childish Gambino was something of a brass ring for First Date. There was a point when I was so desperate to be face to face with the multi-talented star that I took to annoying an intern at the time (HI, TRAVIS!) who once performed with him at the Long Island City venue […]
White Coffee Company Helps Non Profit
Long Island City Company Donates Coffee to Pal-O-Mine Equestrian (Islandia, NY) Pal-O-Mine Equestrian announces it has received a donation of 24 pounds of coffee from the White Coffee Co., a specialty coffee and complimentary products company located in Long Island City, New York. Pal -O-Mine Equestrian operates numerous programs year-round and events focused on offering therapeutic […]
‘Apple Green’ Is a Hard Sell With Livery Drivers
Uli Seit for The New York TimesNot going green: Tofa Monal, a livery driver based in Queens, said that painting his car the new city-mandated hue would make it too conspicuous. José Trivino leaned against his shiny, black Lincoln Town Car in Jamaica, Queens on Monday, gawking at a newspaper photo of the new “Boro […]
QUEER NOT COOL’s ‘ORIGIN STORIES’ Plays Secret Theatre in Long Island City, 5/5
Queer nerds and their fanboys and fangirls unite in this monthly series where comedians, musicians, dancers, and performance artists share their geeky obsessions, ranging from sci-fi to Sondheim. Geek out with a new nerdy theme and eclectic assembly of artists each month. Forget the closet, get out of your mother’s basement. This month’s Queer Not […]
Giant JetBlue Sign Gets Green Light from City Council
A rendering of JetBlue’s proposed sign (JetBlue Airways) CITY HALL — The City Council unanimously approved Monday a zoning change to allow JetBlue to place a massive, controversial sign atop its Queens Plaza headquarters. The vote also opens the door for other new signs to be placed on the tops of buildings in a 14-block […]
New at Jeffrey Leder Gallery
At 2137 45th Road, LIC. May 2012 REDUCTIVE A Group Exhibition curated by Dina Muenzfeld May 15 through June 10, 2012 Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 6 – 8:30 pm The Jeffrey Leder Gallery is pleased to present Reductive, a curated exhibition including 16 visual artists, on view from May 15th through June 10th, […]
East River Ferry Now Serves Brooklyn Treats
The new menu will include Butter Lane Cupcakes, as well as other local treats. (facebook.com/butterlane) NEW YORK — The East River Ferry ride is getting sweeter. Beginning Monday morning, passengers will be treated to a new menu of locally-produced goodies, including cupcakes from Butter Lane Cupcakes, retro-style u-bet egg creams in chocolate and vanilla, and hot […]
Newcomers steps out of shadow, wins Seward Park tournament
Newcomers could be one of the best boys volleyball teams in the city. But the Lions don’t even have bragging rights in their own building. Academy of American Studies shares the Long Island City enclave and is the undisputed top team in New York City, having beaten Newcomers twice and just about everyone else, too. […]
Heckler Shoves Comedian at Long Island City’s Laughing Devil (Video)
A drunken heckler was caught on video shoving comedian Rich Vos of Opie Anthony fame at the Laughing Devil in Long Island City recently. “You are watching the end of a career,” Vos joked as he took the stage, when the heckler began taunting him by shouting “You’re not kidding.” advertisement “You paid to see […]
On the Highest Floors, Food Comes to the Workers
Every weekday in recent months, fancy-food trucks have been rumbling into the gigantic freight elevator of the Starrett-Lehigh Building at 601 West 26th Street in West Chelsea. After being hoisted aloft, they roll out into the concrete truck bays on the upper floors of the 81-year-old, 19-story commercial building. There, they post menus and proceed […]
Efforts to simplify education prove controversial
Riesenfeld, who has used the standards since 2010, said they’ve “pretty significantly pushed me to think about how much I cover” each school year. Because they require more depth in some areas, he said, the standards have forced him to focus more on teaching students to read and write about a handful of “significant topics” in […]
Rents ‘Too Damn High’
New York City apartment landlords have been ratcheting up rents as the economy has slowly improved. But that doesn’t mean that tenants will keep paying the increases. High-end apartment owner Equity Residential, the country’s largest publicly traded apartment landlord, reported last week that its occupancy in New York City fell 0.9% to 95.3% during the […]
The Box House Hotel next to LIC
Pretty amazing concept. Was lofts. Perhap lacking the CO. So now it’s a hotel!
New building starts = the LIC real estate prices are rising
Folks are building. Which means prices are rising as seen by builders, investors, bank lenders and appraisers. So if you rent, hurry up and buy. Or at least renew that lease.