LICNYC
Past posts
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | ||||||
Blizzard to Slam Long Island, Windswept Snow NYC
This article was provided by AccuWeather.com. New York City is on the edge of a blizzard that will hit central and coastal New England and Long Island especially hard Friday night. Live Blog: Major Winter Storm Gaining Strength The storm will bring enough snow to shovel and plow, as well as a period of high […]
Former Triathlete Opens New CrossFit Gym in Long Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY — When Jay Hachadoorian’s career as a competitive triathlete starting winding down a few years ago, the longtime personal trainer and running coach began hunting for a new workout routine to keep him motivated. “I had a friend who was kind of big-time into CrossFit, and I was looking for something new, […]
VirtualArtsTV Will Digitally Live-Stream WiredArts Fest in Long Island City …
VirtualArtsTV Will Digitally Live-Stream WiredArts Fest in Long Island City, Featuring 14 Shows By Michael Gioia07 Feb 2013 VirtualArtsTV will present the WiredArts Fest, a theatre festival that will simultaneously be live-streamed over the Internet, beginning Feb. 19. Performances will take place at The New Media Center at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City. […]
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 of […]
White Coffee Introduces ‘Castle’ Coffee Blends
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — White Coffee Corporation of Long Island, NY is introducing a new coffee line inspired by TV’s hottest crime drama, ABC-TV’s “Castle.” The new coffee line, “Castle Coffee Blends,” is available now for ordering, directly through White Coffee Corporation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130204/DC53675) “The Castle TV show combines the cerebral […]
Massive Rock Climbing Gym Coming to Long Island City this Spring
LONG ISLAND CITY — A new gym coming to Court Square this spring aims to take fitness to new heights. A massive rock climbing facility is slated to open in Long Island City in April, featuring 30,000 square feet of climbing space that can fit 500 climbers at once, according to owner Mike Wolfert. “It […]
Long Island City Building Gets $120M Financing; The Edge Is Top Selling …
February 1, 2013 By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor One of the leading commercial real estate finance companies in the U.S., Walker Dunlop LLC of Bethesda, Md., recently announced that it provided $120 million financing for a high-rise apartment building in Long Island City, N.Y. The financing team lead by Walker Dunlop’s Steven Heller arranged a […]
It’s Lucky 27 in Long Island City
Travis Dubreuil Marketing guru Dave Maundrell says 27 on 27th in Long Island City may be best rental value in New York. Twenty-seven is a lucky number in Long Island City. That’s how many units rented in three weeks at 27 on 27th, a new construction luxury rental property near Court Square in Long Island […]
Building Officials: Collapsed LIC Crane Was Used Unsafely, Not Properly …
‘); if(infobox==’True’ ShowInfoBox_l176232_1==false){ jQuery(“#player_infobarl176232_1″).trigger(‘click’); ShowInfoBox_l176232_1==true; } }; if (false) { $.setup_player(Play_Conf); } //info bar setup jQuery(‘#player_infobarl176232_1’).click(function() { var $info =jQuery(‘#player_info_contentl176232_1’); if($info.text()!=”){ var $content = jQuery(‘div’,$info); //min heigth var min = $content.css(‘min-height’); var max = $content.css(‘max-height’); $info.slideToggle(600); ShowInfoBox_l176232_1=!ShowInfoBox_l176232_1; } }); }); To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or […]
Operator and Contractor Cited in Long Island City Crane Collapse
LONG ISLAND CITY — The crane operator and the contractor involved in the collapse of a 170-foot-long crane at a Queens construction site earlier this month are facing tens of thousands of dollars in fines — and the developer is on the hook for fines, too, officials said. A Department of Buildings spokesman confirmed that […]
Crane Operator Cited In Long Island City Collapse
Crane Collapse in Long Island City, Queens – Jan. 9, 2013 (credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) NEW YORK (AP) – A crane operator and a contractor didn’t inspect equipment, failed to take proper precautions and ran the rig unsafely before it collapsed while building a New York City apartment tower and injured seven construction workers, officials […]
LIC roadway to be a one-way street?
The Department of Transportation announced its proposal to convert 5th Street in Long Island City into a one-way southbound roadway from 45th Road to 50th Avenue to address safety concerns, at a community meeting last Wednesday night at MoMA PS 1. Queens deputy commissioner for the DOT Delila Hall noted that Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Sunnyside) […]
Dept. proposes LIC street sweeping
Many residents of Hunters Point, the most southwest portion of Long Island City, voiced concern over new street sweeping regulations proposed last Wednesday during a community meeting at MoMA PS 1. At the top of their lists — increased parking complications in an already congested area. “The people of Manhattan will also be very disappointed […]
Housing prices rise in Astoria and Long Island City
Real estate prices and rents in Long Island City and Astoria are on the rise, especially in the luxury housing market, where there isn’t enough supply to meet demand, a new report shows. The average monthly rent for a one-bedroom was $1,600 in Astoria and $2,400 in Long Island City in the last quarter of […]
Capo Auction brings antique lovers to LIC
Photo by Ken Maldonado Michael Capo, who leads Capo Auction, is a third generation antiques dealer with a passion for the drama and excitement he says auctions bring. By Karen Frantz TimesLedger Newspapers Michael Capo, owner of Capo Auction in Long Island City, which runs monthly sales of fine antiques, furniture, paintings, silver and other […]
LIC Chamber Holds Monthly Meeting
Gianaris extolled the virtues of the film and television industry and the local restaurants. The January meeting of the Long Island City/Astoria Chamber of Commerce was held at Ponticello Ristorante on Broadway and was the second of two meetings devoted to tourism in the greater Long Island City area, which includes Astoria, Sunnyside, and Woodside. […]
City Bars Serving Specially-Brewed Beer for Hurricane Sandy Relief Updated …
NEW YORK CITY — Now that’s something to raise a glass to. A group of Long Island breweries have teamed up to aid in the Hurricane Sandy recovery process by crafting a specialty beer that debuted Tuesday night, and will be on tap at bars in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. Proceeds from pints […]
Neighbors Say Construction of Medical Facility Endangers Their Homes
QUEENS — A group of Astoria neighbors says the construction of a massive eight-story medical facility in the neighborhood is putting their buildings on life support and might endanger residents’ health. The 53,993-square foot building at 23-25 31st St. abuts the backyards of several houses on 32nd Street, and a portion of it was mistakenly […]
City Bars to Serve Specially-Brewed Beer for Hurricane Sandy Relief
NEW YORK CITY — Now that’s something to raise a glass to. A group of Long Island breweries have teamed up to aid in the Hurricane Sandy recovery process by crafting a specialty beer that debuted Tuesday night, and will be on tap at bars in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. Proceeds from pints […]
City Looking to Allow More Sidewalk Cafes in Long Island City and Sunnyside
LONG ISLAND CITY — Good news for Queens residents who like dining al fresco: the Department of City Planning is looking to amend zoning rules to allow for sidewalk cafes in parts of Long Island City and Sunnyside where they’re currently banned. Penny Lee, a representative from the DCP’s Queens office, said special zoning districts […]