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Free Wi-Fi coming to Long Island City
Mayor Bloomberg announced on Monday that sections of Long Island City will be one of 10 neighborhoods in the city to receive free Wi-Fi service. The access area — bordered by Queens Plaza, Jackson Avenue and Vernon Boulevard — will grant businesses and residents who live and work in the area free internet connection as […]
Japanese restaurant to open next month
Habino LIC Oct. 2, By Christian Murray A new Japanese restaurant is expected to open in November at 10-70 Jackson Avenue– where Los Amigos deli used to be located. The restaurant, to be called Hibino LIC, will be run by Sooja Lee and her husband Masaru Fukuda. The couple runs a Japanese restaurant in Cobble […]
Japanese restaurant to open next month
Habino LIC Oct. 2, By Christian Murray A new Japanese restaurant is expected to open in November at 10-70 Jackson Avenue– where Los Amigos deli used to be located. The restaurant, to be called Hibino LIC, will be run by Sooja Lee and her husband Masaru Fukuda. The couple runs a Japanese restaurant in Cobble […]
Long Island City Partnership Names New President
The Long Island City Partnership has named a new president: Elizabeth Lusskin. An attorney with more than two decades of experience in economic development and government services, Lusskin will be bringing her experience to lead the Partnership and help drive its mission. Elizabeth Lusskin, whose career has navigated the public, private and academic sectors, has […]
Toddler CrossFit is now a real thing
Apparently you’re never too young to get your first “WOD Beast” T-shirt. A CrossFit affiliate in Long Island City Queens will start offering classes to toddlers, introducing soon-to-be jacked 3- to 5-year-olds to the world of air squats and bear crawls. CrossFit Gantry is adding the classes as part of their CrossFit Kids program. The kids […]
Free WiFi to come to Long Island City
Oct. 1, By Christian Murray The city has created a unique public-private partnership that will bring free WiFi to sections of Long Island City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday that Long Island City was one of a number of neighborhoods selected to receive the service by the end of the year. The free Wi-Fi service […]
Cynthia Nixon Rallies Breast Cancer Awareness Month on LI
Cynthia Nixon, a breast cancer survivor, was in Baldwin on Monday. Cynthia Nixon, the actress best known for her role as Miranda Hobbes on the TV series Sex and the City, came to Long Island to help kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which falls in October. A cancer survivor who was diagnosed in 2006, […]
Pedestrians not safe crossing Queens Plaza, leaders say
Sept. 30, By Christian Murray Elected officials held a press conference on Friday to draw the public’s attention to the number of pedestrian deaths/injuries in the Queens Plaza and Dutch Kills neighborhoods. The event was held following the death of a pedestrian at Queens Plaza on Sept. 13 who was crossing from the south side […]
Sunnyside teenager killed in Long Island City skateboarding accident
Location of incident (file shot) Sept. 26, By Christian Murray A Sunnyside teenager was killed in a skateboard accident in Long Island City Thursday morning. The police said that Alexander Ciszewski, 18, was holding on to the passenger side of a white 2005 GMC box truck while skateboarding eastbound on 47th Ave between 32nd Place […]
One of country’s largest indoor climbing gyms to open in Long Island City
JOHN TAGGART/JOHN TAGGART FOR NEW YORK DAILY Gaz Leah, the director of Business Development at the Cliffs at Long Island City, walks a tightrope at the soon-to-be-opened climbing gym. It will be one of the largest indoor, climbing gyms when it opens. Rock on. One of the country’s largest indoor climbing gyms is finally slated […]
Massive Long Island City climbing center to open Oct. 5
Sept. 27, By Christian Murray Long Island City, NY: The largest indoor rock-climbing facility in the US will be opening on Saturday, Oct. 5. Cliffs LIC, located at 11-44th Drive in Long Island City, will feature more than 30,000 square feet of climbing space—including walls that tower up to 60-feet high. The center will also […]
$3 Million Townhouse Sale Sets Record in Long Island City
Friday, September 27, 2013, by Sara Polsky Yesterday, the record for a single-family home sale in Long Island city was below $1.5 million. Today, it is $3 million, the price for which 531 51st Avenue just sold, according to the Daily News. The home’s owner, developer Eyal Schuster, had his eye on big numbers from […]
$3 Million Townhouse Sale Sets Record in Long Island City
Friday, September 27, 2013, by Sara Polsky Yesterday, the record for a single-family home sale in Long Island city was below $1.5 million. Today, it is $3 million, the price for which 531 51st Avenue just sold, according to the Daily News. The home’s owner, developer Eyal Schuster, had his eye on big numbers from […]
$3 Million Townhouse Sale Sets Record in Long Island City
Friday, September 27, 2013, by Sara Polsky Yesterday, the record for a single-family home sale in Long Island city was below $1.5 million. Today, it is $3 million, the price for which 531 51st Avenue just sold, according to the Daily News. The home’s owner, developer Eyal Schuster, had his eye on big numbers from […]
Climbing gym to open in Long Island City
JOHN TAGGART/JOHN TAGGART FOR NEW YORK DAILY Gaz Leah, the director of Business Development at the Cliffs at Long Island City, walks a tightrope at the soon-to-be-opened climbing gym. It will be one of the largest indoor, climbing gyms when it opens. Rock on. One of the country’s largest indoor climbing gyms is finally slated […]
Climbing gym to open in Long Island City
JOHN TAGGART/JOHN TAGGART FOR NEW YORK DAILY Gaz Leah, the director of Business Development at the Cliffs at Long Island City, walks a tightrope at the soon-to-be-opened climbing gym. It will be one of the largest indoor, climbing gyms when it opens. Rock on. One of the country’s largest indoor climbing gyms is finally slated […]
Sunnyside teenager killed in Long Island City skateboarding accident
Location (file) Sept. 26, By Christian Murray A Sunnyside teenager was killed in a skateboard accident in Long Island City Thursday morning. The police said that Alexander Ciszewski, 18, was holding on to the passenger side of a white 2005 GMC box truck while skateboarding eastbound on 47th Ave between 32nd Place and 33rd Street […]
Sunnyside teenager killed in Long Island City skateboarding accident
Location (file) Sept. 26, By Christian Murray A Sunnyside teenager was killed in a skateboard accident in Long Island City Thursday morning. The police said that Alexander Ciszewski, 18, was holding on to the passenger side of a white 2005 GMC box truck while skateboarding eastbound on 47th Ave between 32nd Place and 33rd Street […]
Long Island City Is Having A Moment
Long Island City’s artistic community is developing. People don’t always think of Long Island City when they think of up-and-coming areas around Manhattan. LIC seems, at the very least, remote. Some might even call it barren. The neighborhood has been often overlooked in favor of its northern neighbor, Astoria, and southern communities in Brooklyn like […]
Long Island Shooting: Local Residents ‘Shocked’ & ‘Scared’
The residents in Garden City, New York are absolutely devastated that a gunman shot two individuals, killing one, near the Roosevelt Field Mall, on Sept. 25. HollywoodLife.com spoke with two residents who tell us that they would never have imagined something like this happening in their ‘tight-knit’ town. Members of this Long Island, NY., community […]