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Long Island City’s Court Square Changes as Towers Rise
Welcome back to Camera Obscura, Curbed’s series of photo essays by Nathan Kensinger. This week, as part of a series on soon-to-change neighborhoods, Kensinger visits Long Island City’s new development hotbed Court Square. [In the Court Square area of Long Island City, older industrial warehouses and businesses are rapidly being replaced by new residential towers. […]
A Summer Love Beach Read You’ll Want to Escape With
What, forgot your beach read? Not to worry. One of our country’s top female writers, Curtis Sittenfeld, has written a short story exclusively for Glamour. Curl up…and escape. We met on a March morning in Long Island City, near the Pepsi sign. He needed publicity shots for his first album. He had bright blue eyes […]
Greenmarket opens on Vernon and 48th Avenue
Vernon and 48thSource: LIC Partnership July 17, Staff Report Long Island City, NY: The greenmarket that was once located at 48th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard made a comeback on Saturday. The new market, which is operating on the same corner, is open on Saturdays from 9:00am to 4:00pm from now through Nov. 23. It offers […]
Long Island City residents want safer streets
Residents of Long Island City will rally Wednesday to demand more stop signs, speed bumps and better enforcement of traffic laws to increase pedstrian safety in the increasingly residential Dutch Kills area. The high-traffic neighborhood near Northern Blvd. and the entrance to the Queensboro Bridge is dangerous for pedestrians and a high risk for traffic […]
LIC street-cleaning maps revealed, parking remains an issue
By Bill Parry The concept of introducing alternate side of the street parking to Long Island City proved to be contentious at a meeting held by Community Board 2 at PS 1 MOMA on Wednesday night. The Department of Sanitation presented a detailed plan to introduce alternate side of the street parking rules for LIC […]
New food & craft market to open in LIC
QNS Urban MKT to occupy 6,000 sq ft on the first floor July 16, By Bill Parry, Long Island City, NY: Yet another food craft market is about to open in Long Island City. This one will be located inside a large Northern Blvd factory and the organizers hope it will draw curiosity seekers throughout […]
Long Island City Partnership is in expansion mode
Click on Map July 15, By Christian Murray The Long Island City Partnership is likely to be bringing its marketing and beautification services to Hunters Point. The group, which currently services the Court Square/Queens Plaza district, is reaching out to property owners and businesses in the Vernon Blvd/Jackson Avenue area to see whether they would […]
Vallone wants Ed Koch’s name gone from Queensboro Bridge
July 14, By Christian Murray City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. wants Ed Koch’s name to be taken off the Queensboro Bridge. Vallone told the New York Post that he is drafting legislation to restore the crossing’s historic moniker and to name Manhattan’s Municipal Building after Koch instead. The bridge was renamed the Ed Koch Queensboro […]
NY Hyundai Dealers Hear Award Given to Santa Fe and Elantra; Local Dealer …
Long Island City, New York (PRWEB) July 13, 2013 NY Hyundai dealers such as Long Island City Hyundai are happy to announce the new award that have been given to two of its more popular models: the Santa Fe and Elantra. Both models have been given the 2013 ALG Residual Value Award. This award from […]
‘Affordable’ housing in Long Island City? Many residents say ‘not at all!’ – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX
LONG ISLAND CITY (PIX11) – One after another, high-rises are popping up all over Long Island City. Some of them like Q41 tout affordable housing for New Yorkers. But ask many of the people who live around the latest development what they think of the prices and affordable isn’t exactly what comes to mind. “For […]
The Long Island City Flea Is Giving Away Free Money
Friday, July 12, 2013, by Nicola Fumo Image via LIC Flea/Facebook Head to the Long Island City Flea and (possibly) score $100. The newly launched flea market—similar to that of Fort Greene and Williamsburg—is giving out one $100 and eight $25 gift certificates to be used at the grounds on any of the vendors’ goods, […]
On Long Island, Billy Crystal Assists Storm-Struck Hometown
The Jersey Shore has Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi to come to its aid. For Long Beach, N.Y., the go-to native is Billy Crystal, as a new set of tourism advertisements is about to remind TV viewers. Mr. Crystal, born and raised in Long Beach, is the star of the first commercials that Long […]
Pub crawl to take place on Vernon Blvd Saturday
July 11, By Bill Parry Long Island City, NY: A pub crawl scheduled in Long Island City this Saturday might transform Vernon Blvd. into Bourbon Street. The event, called LIC Immersion, will take place in several bars and restaurants throughout Hunters Point starting at noon. To participate, attendees must pick up a free card at […]
Pub craw to take place on Vernon Blvd Saturday
July 11, By Bill Parry Long Island City, NY: A pub crawl scheduled in Long Island City this Saturday might transform Vernon Blvd. into Bourbon Street. The event, called LIC Immersion, will take place in several bars and restaurants throughout Hunters Point starting at noon. To participate, attendees must pick up a free card at […]
Saving a Spot for Pepsi-Cola as a Tower Goes Up
And that’s the size of a notch that has been carved into a 25-story apartment tower under construction in Long Island City, Queens, directly behind a waterfront billboard that PepsiCo has owned and maintained since 1936 and that is one of the most familiar features along the East River. The lower eight floors of the […]
Bill de Blasio and Councilman Steve Levin arrested in Midtown protest against …
Mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio was arrested Wednesday morning protesting against the closure of Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital Wednesday. De Blasio, City Councilman Steve Levin (D-Brooklyn), top officials at the New York State Nurses Association and several nurses and aides were arrested after refusing to move from in front of the State University of […]
MoMA PS1 to acquire new building
MoMA PS1 to acquire building July 10, By Christian Murray Long Island City, NY: The Long Island City arts community received a big injection of city funds as a result of the New York City council budget that was passed late last month. MoMA PS1 was allocated $3 million, with the express purpose of purchasing a […]
The Big Cheese
At 9:30 on a recent Saturday morning, in a Long Island City warehouse that smelled a bit funky, fifty-two people sat at two long tables, hunched over exams. At each seat was a sign with the test taker’s name and place of business, a slate slab, and a cutting board. The proctor, Adam Moskowitz, walked […]
New Bike Routes on Tap for Long Island City and Sunnyside
` Routes marked in purple are set to receive a combination of shared lane markings and bike lanes. Image: DOT Western Queens is set to receive a slate of street safety and bicycle network improvements. The projects will add shared lane markings and bike lanes to neighborhood streets, improve connections to the Astoria waterfront and Greenpoint, […]
New Bike Routes on Tap for Long Island City and Sunnyside
` Routes marked in purple are set to receive a combination of shared lane markings and bike lanes. Image: DOT Western Queens is set to receive a slate of street safety and bicycle network improvements. The projects will add shared lane markings and bike lanes to neighborhood streets, improve connections to the Astoria waterfront and Greenpoint, […]