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Photo by Bill Parry
Photo by Bill Parry The Qns Urban Mkt is set to open shop inside Long Island City’s historic Standard Motor Parts Building. Photo by Bill Parry By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers A new indoor market is set to make its debut in the historic Standard Motor Parts Building in Long Island City and showcase Queens’ […]
Reward for autistic teen missing in New York grows to $77500
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Avonte Oquendo, 14, was last seen on surveillance video leaving a school on October 4 He can’t communicate verbally; he’s fascinated by trains, so search shifts underground Police commissioner: “We have hundreds of police officers and detectives” searching for teen Family attorney says he’s looking into how Avonte could leave school grounds unsupervised […]
Halloween pet parade coming to Long Island City
A local girl’s costume at a similar event in Sunnyside October 16, By Christian Murray Long Island City will be having its very own Halloween pet parade later this month. The LIC Flea Food market is sponsoring a “Howl-o-ween” event on Oct. 19, where owners are invited to dress their pets in costume. At stake […]
Halloween pet parade coming to Long Island City
A local girl’s costume at a similar event in Sunnyside October 16, By Christian Murray Long Island City will be having its very own Halloween pet parade later this month. The LIC Flea Food market is sponsoring a “Howl-o-ween” event on Oct. 19, where owners are invited to dress their pets in costume. At stake […]
Search continues for missing autistic teen
Eyewitness News LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — Volunteers and friends continued to hand out flyers and work other neighborhoods, while police intensified a search of a vacant lot in Long Island City for Avonte Oquendo. Deep in a fenced-in lot, overgrown with weeds and strewn with junk, NYPD officers in protective suits methodically searched for […]
Old Long Island City warehouse will be reborn as a Chelsea Market clone
LIC Partnership The Falchi Building will host food retailers and eateries. A former warehouse in Long Island City that’s owned by the developers of the Chelsea Market will be transformed into Queens version of the celebrated foodie paradise, the Daily News has learned. Jamestown Properties is already bringing in artisanal food makers to occupy the […]
NYPD expanding search for missing autistic teen Avonte Oquendo to Long …
LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — The NYPD is expanding its search beyond New York City for a 14-year-old boy with autism missing for 11 days. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Monday that the NYPD was engaging the help of officials in New Jersey and Long Island. On Monday, Police divers searching for 14-year old Avonte […]
The Search For Missing Long Island City Autistic Boy Has Expanded
Local News By Joe Randazzo Published: October 13 2013 Avonte Oquendo has been missing for several weeks now and the search has expanded to New Jersey and Long Island. The NYPD has expanded their search for a Long Island City mute autistic boy. He was last seen skipping away from his Queens high […]
Missing NYC Boy May be on Long Island, NYPD Says
By Timothy Bolger on October 14, 2013 Avonte Oquendo New York City police searching for a 14-year-old Queens boy with autism who was reported missing 10 days ago believe that the teen may have traveled to Long Island or New Jersey. Avonte Oquendo was last seen leaving the Center Boulevard School on 51st Avenue in […]
Search for Autistic Teen Missing From Long Island City School Continues
City officials are ramping up efforts to find Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old nonverbal autistic boy who went missing from his Long Island City school over a week ago. Despite a statewide missing child alert and a search spanning New Jersey to Long Island, he has yet to be found. Though the NYPD said on Friday […]
Long Island City Warehouses Used for Graffiti Art to be Knocked Down and …
Local News By Joe Randazzo Published: October 09 2013 The 5Pointz warehouses known for their graffiti art will be replaced with two luxury towers. Owners of the 5Pointz brick warehouses have allowed graffiti artists to use their Long Island City properties as a canvas for years. Art outside those buildings is quickly coming to […]
MONOLisa: A Mixing and Overdub Studio Livens Up Long Island City
Da Vinci – it’s a damn good starting point for inspiration. In Long Island City, experienced mixer and engineer Denise Barbarita is just the latest craftsman to find a connection with Leonardo’s famed painting, dubbing her studio MONOLisa. A hard-working participant in New York City’s audio scene since the late 1990s, Barbarita’s wide-ranging credits veer […]
MTA suspends all subway work to find missing boy
Pearl Gabel/Pearl Gabel for New York Daily N Parents of Avonte Oquendo, Daniel Oquendo (center) and Vanessa Fontaine (next to him), among dozens at vigil praying for safe return of boy who was last seen leaving his school Oct. 4 MTA officials took the unprecedented step of halting overnight track maintenance and ordered at least […]
5 Pointz is coming down, as city approves special permit
October 9, By Christian Murray It’s official: The 5 Pointz graffiti icon will be coming down. The application put forward by GM Realty to demolish the site and erect 1,000 apartment units–370 more units than what is permitted under current zoning rules—was approved by the New York City Council this afternoon. The council’s decision to […]
$70K Reward For Safe Return Of Missing Autistic Boy From Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A substantial reward is now being offered for the safe return of a 14-year-old autistic boy from Queens who has been missing for a week. A 24-hour command center has been set near the Center Boulevard School in Long Island City where Avonte Oquendo was last seen. The teen was spotted on surveillance video leaving the […]
$70K Reward For Safe Return Of Missing Autistic Boy From Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A substantial reward is now being offered for the safe return of a 14-year-old autistic boy from Queens who has been missing for a week. A 24-hour command center has been set near the Center Boulevard School in Long Island City where Avonte Oquendo was last seen. The teen was spotted on surveillance video leaving the […]
Search for Autistic Teen Missing from Long Island City School Continues
City officials are ramping up efforts to find Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old nonverbal autistic boy who went missing from his Long Island City school over a week ago. Despite a statewide missing child alert and a search spanning New Jersey to Long Island, he has yet to be found. Though the NYPD said on Friday […]
NYPD Expands Search for Missing Autistic Teen
NBC 4 New York Police have expanded the search for Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old mute autistic boy last seen skipping away from his Queens school a week ago, searching train tunnels and waterways and interviewing sex offenders in the area. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. NYPD Expands Search for Autistic… Copy Close Link to this video http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/NYPD-Expands-Search-for-Autistic-Teen,-Missing-for-1-Week/227456101 […]
Missing boy’s whereabouts still unknown
The 14-year-old boy who went missing in Long Island City on Friday has NOT been found, despite reports that he had been spotted him in Harlem this afternoon. Authorities initially said that Avonte Oquendo, the missing boy, had been found. But within minutes of the announcement, police said they had made a mistake and that […]
Volunteers Swarm NYC Neighborhoods in Search for Missing Autistic Boy
Search Intensifies for Missing Autistic Boy After False Alarm The family of a missing 14-year-old mute autistic boy is intensifying their search for him after a false alarm Tuesday when police initially reported they’d found the boy. Brynn Gingras reports. Mother Pleads for Help Finding Missing Teen A Queens teen who suffers from autism was […]