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NYC’s Urban Farms Face a Climate Change Reality Check
When Sandy hit BK Farmyards‘ youth farm site at a school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it was especially frustrating for the site’s farmers. The foursome of young women are committed to providing fresh food alternatives in an under-resourced community, and they had already weathered what they’d thought to be their toughest obstacle: a Department of Education-mandated freeze […]
Frustration mounts over lingering power outages
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Vincent Pina finally saw a couple of utility trucks coming down his street Thursday and started to wave in anticipation. But they just cruised past his house and kept on going. He hung his head in resignation. “The thing that gets me the most is that there is no flood damage. […]
Comedy Bargains in Queens
Alex Michael The Creek and the Cave in Long Island City, Queens, has New York Comedy Festival shows. The ninth annual New York Comedy Festival concludes this weekend, with several big-name comics headlining a few brand-name clubs at accordingly high, though not necessarily unjustifiable, ticket prices. For those who’d rather maximize their laughs per dollar, […]
New York City and Long Island to institute gas rationing to ease pump lines
According to the New York Post on Nov. 8, New York City and Long Island will institute gas rationing beginning tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 9. The move is designed to ease the long lines at the gas pumps across the metro New York area. After Superstorm Sandy, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie instituted an odd-even rationing system […]
Hunters Point businesses cleanup damage from Hurricane Sandy
The residents and business owners in the Hunters Point South neighborhood of Long Island City, where Borden Avenue meets the East River, are slowly picking up the pieces in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. This low-lying swath of Western Queens suffered the most damage in the area. The Waterfront Crab House at 2-03 Borden Ave., […]
Rethinking Waterfront Development After Sandy
Battery Park City after Sandy. (Flickr/WarmSleepy) Waterfront views are a sought after luxury for many New Yorkers, but post-Hurricane Sandy, many urban planners and government officials are questioning the wisdom of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s emphasis on waterfront development as part of his PlaNYC goals for 2030. These development plans include incentives to builders in Coney island, […]
Queens Economic Development Corporation Partners with BlankSlate on …
Queens Economic Development Corporation Partners with BlankSlate on QueensNYC.com; New Borough-Wide Attractions Website (Long Island City, N.Y.) – The Queens Economic Development Corporation and BlankSlate — a partially Long Island City-based company that helps web publishers thrive, including Brownstoner, Brokelyn, DumboNYC, Bushwick Daily and Prince of Petworth — have formed a partnership on QueensNYC.com, a […]
Patrick Joseph Crowe
DUMONT — Patrick Joseph, 78, of Dumont died Oct. 24 after a brief illness. A native of Clohanmore, Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1960 and lived in the Bronx and Long Island City, N.Y., before settling in Dumont 36 years ago. Mr. Crowe retired in 1997 after working […]
Nor’easter slams NY and NJ areas hit by Sandy
NEW YORK — A nor’easter threatened to unravel progress made since Hurricane Sandy ravaged the New York area, delivering a second angry serving of howling wind and high water on Wednesday in places where misery and frustration had yet to recede. The storm, a chilly brew of rain and wet snow blown in by gusts […]
Queens is hit hard by shortage of gas
Photo by Christina Santucci A sign blocks off one entrance to the Mobil gas station on 21st Street in Long Island City. By Joe Anuta TimesLedger Newspapers Fuel-starved Queens residents hoarded gasoline this week, exacerbating the city’s petroleum shortage and ensuring long lines continued at the pump. “The general sense is it’s getting somewhat better. […]
New York Looks Into Craigslist Gasoline Sales at $8 a Gallon
The New York attorney general’s office is looking into whether gasoline offered through the Craigslist website for as much as $8 a gallon is legal as motorists cope with retail shortages after Hurricane Sandy. The price for fuel in New York City and Long Island by some individual sellers on Craigslist, the online-classified ad site, […]
Controversial homeless shelter planned for Carroll Gardens now hosting 120 …
A brownstone Brooklyn neighborhood is hoping Hurricane Sandy didn’t create a soft opening for an unwanted homeless shelter. With Carroll Gardens residents already fighting plans to put a homeless shelter at 165-167 W. 9th St., the city today plopped 120 male veterans displaced during Hurricane Sandy into the vacant building. The city says its temporary […]
New storm bears down on Sandy-battered NYC, NJ
A nor’easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy’s blow more than a week ago. Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort […]
Brokerage announces Manhattan expansion
Home » Brokers Weekly 3:48 pm, November 7, 2012 ERIC BENAIM Modern Spaces recently signed a five-year, 1,000-square-foot lease at 220 West 16th Street for their first office in Manhattan in keeping with the company’s expansion plans. This will be the third signature Modern Spaces office to open in less than a year for the […]
Hurricane Sandy vs. NYC Cyclists
Posted by Ray | 7 Nov 2012 | Comments (0) Photo via Jonathan Maus / BikePortland Hurricane Sandy was unimaginable in almost every way, beyond the scope of half a weekend’s worth of preparedness, and New York City is still dusting itself off from the storm even as another system dusts the city with […]
Power outages begin climbing again in NY, NJ
NEW YORK — The number of homes and businesses without electricity in the Northeast is climbing again as a wintry storm sweeps the coast. Utilities in New York City and Long Island reported that a nor’easter hitting Wednesday has knocked out power to about 48,000 customers. Some of those had just gotten it back after […]
Residents worried after Carroll Gardens vacant building houses 120 displaced …
A brownstone Brooklyn neighborhood is hoping Hurricane Sandy didn’t create a soft opening for an unwanted homeless shelter. With Carroll Gardens residents already fighting plans to put a homeless shelter at 165-167 W. 9th St., the city today plopped 120 male veterans displaced during Hurricane Sandy into the vacant building. The city says its temporary […]
Stung by Big Storm, Region Makes Way for a Smaller One
Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times At La Guardia Airport, and other airports in the New York area, flights have been canceled in anticipation of the coming northeaster. Little more than a week after Hurricane Sandy whipped the New York area with brutal winds and a record storm surge, officials mobilized for a northeaster that threatened […]
Marshall Tours Damage, Talks With Obama, Offers Support
Photo Office Of the Queens Borough President Queens Borough President Helen Marshall visited Breezy Point on November 4, where she met with the National Guard. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall toured the devastated Breezy Point and Belle Harbor areas on November 4 where she met with National Guardsmen and area residents. Marshall also toured Howard Beach and Rocky […]
Local Volunteers Race To Aid Storm Victims
Volunteers from the Dutch Kills Civic Association first gathered 31 years ago at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge on Marathon Sunday, to assist runners in the New York City Marathon – the annual 25- mile, 385-yard trek through the five boroughs. With the race cancelled for the first time this year due to Hurricane […]