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10 American comfort foods with a kick
Comfort foods demand no gimmick whatsoever to do precisely what their name suggests. But when a talented chef can take a classic and spin it with a unique twist, a meal can elevate from comforting to mesmerizing. At the Inn at Perry Cabin in St. Michael’s, Md., Mark Timms, the salt and pepper-haired executive chef […]
Astoria Pol Demands Emergency Lanes on Queens Boulevard
QUEENS — City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. wants Queens Boulevard — one of the most dangerous and congested streets in the borough — to have emergency-services lanes, just like many streets in Manhattan, to make sure the path is clear for emergency responders. “Manhattan has emergency lanes everywhere and as far as I know Queens […]
Justin Elghanayan
Mr. Elghanayan, 34, is president of the Rockrose Development Corporation, a New York developer and manager of residential and office buildings founded by his father, H. Henry, and two uncles. In a split three years ago, Henry retained the Rockrose name and his brothers formed TF Cornerstone. Interview conducted and condensed by VIVIAN MARINO Q. […]
Amy’s Bread Moves Bakery to Long Island City
LONG ISLAND CITY — After 20 years in Manhattan, Amy’s Bread, a bakery famous for its artisanal bread, has moved its baking facility to Long Island City‘s “flour district.” The bakery transferred its 120 employees recently from Chelsea Market to a new 33,000 square feet space in the neighborhood, which has cheaper rents and offers […]
LGA janitor let go in toe suck case: City
Photo by Jeremy Walsh A janitor at LaGuardia Community College was fired after he asked a student at Middle College High School if he could suck her toes, according to documents from the special commissioner of investigation for the city school district. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers A janitor contracted to work at LaGuardia Community […]
Pols siren song
Forget bike lanes and pedestrian plazas: It’s time to accommodate emergency responders navigating Queens’ deadliest road, a lawmaker says. City Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Queens) is calling on the Department of Transportation to create an emergency-services lane along the entire length of Queens Boulevard, once dubbed “Boulevard of Death” for its high rate of pedestrian fatalities. […]
Giant JetBlue Sign Lands on Queens Plaza Rooftop
QUEENS — Long Island City is taking off. A massive and controversial JetBlue sign has taken its place atop the airline’s new headquarters in Long Island City, further changing the neighborhood’s skyline, which is already dotted with many new high-rises and hotels. The sign was installed over the weekend at the historic Brewster Building, at […]
The Platform Group’s Ladder Series to Present Readings of SIZE MATTERS and …
Out of over 100 submissions, ten new plays will receive a staged reading at The Creek and Cave in Long Island City, NY. The Ladder series is scheduled to begin in July and continue into early October. On Sunday August 19, 2012 at 1pm, The Platform Group will present Size Matters by Bruce Post (John […]
2013 FDNY calendar going on sale
The official FDNY 2013 calendar featuring 13 shirtless firefighters showing off their chiseled abs is going on sale Monday. The $15.95 Calendar of Heroes is produced annually to raise money for fire prevention programs. Firefighter Darius Dorsett of Queens is featured on the cover. The 26-year-old is assigned to Engine 260 in Long Island City, […]
Heard Around Town, August 13, 2012
* Service workers and cyclists biked from mid-Manhattan to Long Island City on Friday afternoon to call on developer Cornerstone TF to allow workers to unionize in its buildings across the city. The rally was organized by SEIU 32BJ, which claims Cornerstone is blocking workers from organizing in Long Island City. The bicycle ride, dubbed […]
The Seagull, With a 1920s Flair, Gets Queens Staging by Wandering Bark …
The Seagull, With a 1920s Flair, Gets Queens Staging by Wandering Bark Troupe Sept. 5-15 A new take on Anton Chekhov‘s play about passionate artists and those in their orbit will surface in Long Island City, Queens, Sept. 5-15 when Wandering Bark Theatre Company presents the New York City premiere of Graham Schmidt’s translation of […]
Amy’s Bread Moving Baking Facilities From Chelsea Market to Long Island City
Two of the three storefronts Amy’s Bread has long occupied have been papered up, all the humongous ovens removed. It must be accounted something of a set-back for Chelsea Market, if you’re going by the original plan. When the 22-building complex — originally a Nabisco factory — opened in 1997, it was intended as a […]
NYC2012: The Olympics Almost Transformed New York Into This
credit: NYC2012 via SI’s Luke Winn London, take a bow. You’ve done well. You laughed off Mitt Romney’s doom and gloom. You brandished that legendary stiff upper lip at the stories about a lack of security. You braved all the predictable complaints from cab drivers and lorry operators. You pulled it off handsomely. In a […]
One Murray Park More than 50% Sold; Tour a Poison Cauldron
Friday, August 10, 2012, by Jessica Dailey We’re heading out early for that wondrous thing known as a summer Friday, but we’ll be back bright and early tomorrow. [A model unit at One Murray Park] LONG ISLAND CITYSales for the 45-unit One Murray Park condo building launched at the start of the season, and CORE […]
Nun Inspires Moms in Prison
QUEENS, New York (CNN) — Kellie Phelan doesn’t mince words when she looks back at herself five years ago. “I was basically a crackhead,” Phelan said. “I literally was getting arrested every other week. I got pregnant by a drug dealer. … I was seven months pregnant, and I was still smoking crack.” When she […]
Top 10 neighborhoods for real estate investment
Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily News An aerial view of the Long Island City waterfront. It’s inched back. Now, the real estate market might be ready to roar. Last spring, the New York City luxury market made a statement with three major sales in a week: highest condo ever sold at more than $90 […]
LIC’s One Murray Park now 50 percent in contract
From left: Doron Zwickel of Core and a rendering of One Murray Park One Murray Park, a once-stalled Long Island City condominium project, is now over 50 percent in contract, according to Core, the exclusive marketers of the building. Sales launched in the building, located at 11-25 45th Avenue, in mid-April. Developed by Eyal Shuster […]
A Satellite With Great Views of Home Base
WHEN Kirsten Sharett met her husband-to-be, he was living in an industrial area in Long Island City, near a raw and rat-infested waterfront. “He worked at the United Nations, so it was really convenient,” Ms. Sharett recalled. “But I just thought it was desolate and miserable.” That was almost 17 years ago, and never in […]
Astoria Pool Snack Bar Looking to Operate Year Round
ASTORIA — The owners of a new snack bar that opened at Astoria Park Pool in June want to operate year-round. “At this point there is no other concession stand in the park,” said Lisa Rois, one of the owners of Surf Shack Cafe. “And we are limited to serving pool-goers only.” Rois also said […]
Staten Islanders Play Key Roles in Human Typewriter
STATEN ISLAND — A public art project on Staten Island is allowing people to really tap into their inner poet, one well-chosen letter at a time. The Staten Island Museum in St. George will give people the chance to play a one-letter key among many others in a collaborative poem written by a “human typewriter.” […]