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LOL At The Plan To Officially Change Long Island City’s Name To ‘LIC’
We get it but the term ‘Long Island’ shouldn’t carry this much of a stigma. Because it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Over the weekend, the Post reported that the powers that be in Queen’s newest ‘New Williamsburg’ are a bit ticked off by the fact that Long Island City… is called Long Island City. […]
VirtualArtsTV Live-Streams Long Island City’s WiredArts Fest, Featuring 14 …
VirtualArtsTV Live-Streams Long Island City’s WiredArts Fest, Featuring 14 Shows, Beginning Feb. 19 By Michael Gioia19 Feb 2013 VirtualArtsTV presents the WiredArts Fest, a theatre festival that is simultaneously live-streamed over the Internet, beginning Feb. 19. Performances take place at The New Media Center at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City. Advertisement Here’s how […]
Queens Tourism Council: It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27)
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY NEWS RELEASES For Immediate Release: February 18, 2013 Queens Tourism Council: It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27) It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27) (Long Island, NY) The Chinese Lunar New Year and Black History Month are still alive and kicking in Queens. This upcoming week includes […]
Queens Tourism Council: It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27)
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY NEWS RELEASES For Immediate Release: February 18, 2013 Queens Tourism Council: It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27) It’s In Queens! (Feb. 21 through Feb. 27) (Long Island, NY) The Chinese Lunar New Year and Black History Month are still alive and kicking in Queens. This upcoming week includes […]
The Intersection of Coffee and Cocktails in Long Island City
The coffee and cocktail contingents of Long Island City are joining forces. Richard Boccato, a partner at the cocktail lounge Dutch Kills, will join Rich Nieto and Al Arundel, two partners of the coffee bar Sweetleaf, to create a new bar that will serve coffee during the daytime, and alcohol in the evening. The new […]
Hamill: Long Island College Hospital merged to death
Call it the Hypocritical Oath. First, with the 2011 hospital merger, they did great harm. Now, with the recent vote to close Long Island College Hospital, the State University of New York is going to kill people. Make no mistake: Close LICH, and people of Red Hook, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights […]
Cops search for teen missing from Long Island City school
LONG ISLAND CITY — Police have released a photo of a teen who disappeared in Long Island City Feb. 7. Malazaja Mack, 15, was last seen at Information Technology High School, at 21-46 44th Road in Long Island City, according to police. Mack lives within the 109th Precinct. The teen is described as being 5 […]
Court Square in Queens has become a hot market for residential development
Courtesy of Rockrose The Court Square skyline will have two new additions by 2015. A real estate explosion in Court Square has catapulted this once sleepy commercial and manufacturing zone into one of New York City’s fastest growing neighborhoods. Over 3,500 residential units are expected in the Queens enclave over the next five years with […]
Queens World Film Festival Returns for its Third Year
LONG ISLAND CITY — The Queens World Film Festival returns to the borough next month for its third year, screening over 100 independent movies in Astoria, Long Island City, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. The six-day festival kicks off March 5 and aims to showcase Queens as a premier destination for filmmakers and film lovers alike, […]
Port Jeff Brewing Co Tap Takeover
Occurs on: February 27 : 4 p.m.–11:55 p.m. Alewife Queens 5-14 51st Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 A kick ass event during NYC Craft Beer Week, featuring Port Jeff Brewing from Port Jefferson on Long Island. Another great local brewery about to take NY by storm, we hope to showcase 11 beers from these […]
Museum and Gallery Listings for Feb. 15-21
Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. A searchable guide to these and many other art shows is at nytimes.com/events. Museums ★ Brooklyn Museum: ‘Life, Death and Transformation in the Americas’ (continuing) For generations, one of the first things visitors to Brooklyn Museum encountered was the […]
LIC Artist Opens New Studio With Low-Key Vibe
LONG ISLAND CITY — Eduardo Anievas isn’t one for stuffy gallery openings. The Long Island City artist says he always found the best way to sell his art was through word of mouth and his own personal connections, rather than conventional art world-routes. “I hate openings…it’s not my thing,” Anievas said recently, as he stood […]
Catsimatidis slams No. 7 shutdown
Mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis (third from l.) and Arthur Rosenfield, of the LIC/Astoria Chamber of Commerce, protest the No. 7 train weekend shutdowns in Dutch Kills Green. Photo by Rebecca Henely By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers Republican mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis visited Queens Plaza last week to demand the MTA halt work on the No. […]
LIC’s Historic Waterfront Crab House Opens for First Time Since Sandy
LONG ISLAND CITY — A major fire and a devastating flood weren’t enough to keep the Waterfront Crab House down. The landmark Long Island City eatery reopened this week after it was destroyed by several feet of water during Hurricane Sandy — the second major disaster in the last few years at the restaurant, which […]
More single people live in these nabes than anywhere in the city
2/11/13 news By MEREDITH GALANTE More single people live in these nabes than anywhere in the city Photo credit: Long Island City is home to the highest ratio of single men to women. (Getty Images) If you’re a guy looking for love this Valentine’s Day, you should search on the Upper East Side. And if […]
Bar Fundraiser Thanks British Rockers The Who for Sandy Help
LONG ISLAND CITY — You can call it rock star karma. A Queens bar and music venue that got a helping hand from British rockers The Who after Hurricane Sandy is returning the favor, hosting a fundraising concert for the band’s favorite charity. LIC Bar, at 45-58 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City, was hit […]
Department fines crane operator in LIC collapse
The Department of Buildings issued 12 violations in a January crane collapse in Long Island City. Photo by Christina Santucci By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers The city Department of Buildings issued $132,800 in fines last week to the operator, site safety manager and property owner in a January Long Island City crane collapse. “Cranes are […]
It’s In Queens! (Feb. 14 through Feb. 20)
Tony Bennett might have left his heart in San Francisco, but the Astoria native would be very impressed by the wide array of romantic activities on Valentine’s Day in Queens this year. Beyond the restaurant and hotel specials, there are bargains for tango, comedy, theater and a cruise. In the aftermath, Queens bursts at the […]
Boat clubs in Facebook spat
Photo by Rebecca Henely The Gowanus Dredgers Club, which is affiliated with the LIC Community Boathouse, is in litigation with the boathouse’s founder. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers A lawsuit over a Facebook Web page is putting the current leaders of the Long Island City Community Boathouse at odds with its founder. The Gowanus Dredgers […]
Crescent Club, Long Island City’s New Luxury Rental Building, Signs 100th Lease
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — Meadow Partners and Simon Development Group announced today the 100th lease signing at Crescent Club, another significant milestone for the new luxury rental building located at 41-17 Crescent Street in Long Island City. Originally designed as a condominium, the 17-story building features an upscale collection […]