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CitiBike may come to LIC to offset G closing
Photo courtesy Michael Bloomberg Mayor Michael Bloomberg (c.), Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan (second l.) and Citi CEO Vikram Pandit (r.) announce Citi will be the title sponsor for New York City’s new bike share program, CitiBike, last month. By Chris Engelhardt TimesLedger Newspapers The MTA is in talks with the city’s Department of […]
On the Market: Beer “CSA” Launches In Long Island City; Gays Have a Harder …
If you’re considering a vacation home in Connecticut, New Milford is nice. [NYT]Who needs vegetables? Long Island City brewery will offer beer CSA. [DNAinfo]Despite fair housing laws, gays have a harder time renting. [Atlantic Cities]Rubin Schron offers $2 billion for the Empire State building. [TRD]Preservationists hope JFK’s defunct Worldport Terminals will be saved. [WSJ]Lisa Simonsen […]
M. Wells to open steakhouse next month
June 17, By Christian Murray M. Wells, the acclaimed Long Island City restaurant that closed in the summer of 2011, will be opening a steakhouse in July. “We’ll be opening in about a month out of a former auto body repair,” said Chef Hugue Dufour, who was flipping burgers at the LIC Flea Food market […]
The Culture Crawl: Food, Fluids And Friends
Occurs on: June 23 : 11:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Meet at The Shady Lady 34-19 30th Avenue Long Island City, NY Join us for this special event “culture crawl” through Astoria, hosted by Nom and the City Food Tours on Sunday, June 23rd. You will enjoy generous snacks at each restaurant as we crawl through one […]
Outdoor LIC Flea & Food Market Begins This Weekend In Queens
LIC Flea Food, the newest of the outdoor summertime markets, opens its gates this weekend in Long Island City. Set in the 24,000 square foot parking lot at the corner of 46th Avenue and 5th Street, the weekly market will bring over 90 food and goods vendors to the ‘hood from 10 a.m. to 6 […]
Rare views of New York City and Long Island from above: The News visits the …
The Daily News took a trip on Whale Force One, a seaplane taking off in the water from the East River Marine and Aviation Terminal at 23rd St. in Manhattan. Our destination was Sag Harbor to visit Watchcase, a new condominium built in an 1881 watch factory minutes from the village and harbor, which was […]
City to cut enrollment and funds at Long Island City High School
Teachers at a struggling Queens high school blasted the city’s plan to slash enrollment at Long Island City High School. Staff accused the Department of Education of attempting to starve the school of students — and about $3 million — in a bid to eventually close it down. School budgets are based on enrollment. “We’re […]
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Blackouts, Extreme Weather: Mayor Calls for Building Upgrades, Planning By Frank Lovece June 14, 2013 — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday announced a report recommending broad changes affecting co-ops, condos and all other New York City buildings that face the expected floods, destructive wind, blackouts and other extreme-weather results of […]
LIC Flea kicks off Saturday
LIC Flea Food opens this weekend on the 24,000 square foot parking lot at the corner of 46th Avenue and 5th Street. The market will bring over 90 food and goods vendors to the Long Island City from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays until October. Vendors include Sweetleaf, Manducatis Rustica ,Tastaccio. […]
Western Queens calls for Citi Bike Share now
June 13, By Christian Murray, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer held a press conference on the steps of City Hall this afternoon and demanded that the Citi Bike Share program come to Long Island City as soon as possible. Bike Share is scheduled to arrive in Long Island City between September and the end of the […]
Long Island City ice cream maker creates ‘Daily News Dads On the Go’ flavor …
If you could turn New York’s hometown newspaper into an ice cream flavor, what would it be? One answer comes from Malu, a mom-and-pop ice cream parlor in Long Island City that has teamed with the Daily News to create the ultimate Father’s Day flavor: Daily News Dads On the Go, which goes on sale […]
Hungry City: Casa Enrique in Long Island City, Queens
The first plate to land on the table at Casa Enrique is a bowl of what looks like fossilized macaroni and cheese. It turns out to be chicharrines, a Mexican street snack, squiggles of wheat flour deep-fried until they puff up like pork cracklings. The last plate might well be a dark chocolate pot de […]
Carla Hall at Nitehawk; Long Island City Gets a Food Market
Nitehawk Cinema is on a roll with their Film Feast series, which tasks a big name chef to come up with a multicourse menu inspired by a film that will screen at the venue. The Chew star choose popular noir thriller Memento, and, yes, this means that dinner will be served in reverse. It all […]
Long Island City’s Z Hotel kicks off summer concert series on its glorious rooftop
They’re trying to strike a new chord for live music in Queens. The chic Z Hotel in Long Island City is kicking off a summer concert series on its 14th floor outdoor rooftop Thursday night. “It’s always DJs and clubs,” said Lisa Gneo, sales director at the boutique hotel on 43rd Ave. “It’s time to […]
Wind – To – Hydrogen A Winner On Long Island
Distributed wind energy projects don’t always work out as planned (we present the 3-percent-capacity-factor Lordstown, Ohio, turbines). But well-planned projects can come through as advertised – even when Mother Nature throws a curve ball at ‘em – and fulfill a valuable niche function. Case in point: The Hempstead, N.Y., wind turbine. We reported on its installation […]
Edison Price Lighting
Edison Price Lighting, Inc. is a New York City-based designer and manufacturer of architectural lighting fixtures. We specialize in recessed, surface mounted, and track mounted lighting. Our products use all available lighting technologies, including LED, low voltage, compact fluorescent, metal halide, incandescent, and halogen light sources. Our fixtures are designed to produce energy efficient and […]
Wind-To-Hydrogen A Winner On Long Island
Distributed wind energy projects don’t always work out as planned (we present the 3-percent-capacity-factor Lordstown, Ohio, turbines). But well-planned projects can come through as advertised – even when Mother Nature throws a curve ball at ‘em – and fulfill a valuable niche function. Case in point: The Hempstead, N.Y., wind turbine. We reported on its installation […]
Parks Dept. to start repairing Shady Park this week
Andrews Grove/Shady Park June 10, By Christian Murray Long Island City, Queens: The Parks Department is expected to start work this week on repairing hurricane-ravaged Andrews Grove/Shady Park. Andrews Grove/Shady Park, a popular park on 49th Ave (btw. 5th Street and Vernon Blvd), was battered when eight 50 foot trees were uprooted, which led to […]
Foodcellar to open Court Square supermarket
Foodcellar in Hunters Point June 10, By Bill Parry Foodcellar, the Long Island City supermarket, is expected to be opening its second location—this one in the Court Square vicinity. The popular supermarket, which has been in Hunters Point since 2008, is in discussions to open a 24,000sq-foot retail space at Linc LIC at 43-10 Crescent […]
Plan to turn Queens graffiti mecca into luxury con . . .
DelMundo, Anthony freelance NYDN 5Pointz, the iconic graffiti-splashed old factory along the number 7 train located at Davis Street and Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, New York. A plan to turn a famed Long Island City graffiti landmark into a pair of luxury condo towers was voted down Thursday night. Members of Community Board […]