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Ellis Island Resident Artists Draw Inspiration from Immigration
ELLIS ISLAND — Art imitates history. Three artists spent the month of July poring over the archives on Ellis Island as part of the first-ever artist residency program there, searching for inspiration among the stories of New York’s millions of immigrants. Theresa Loong, a filmmaker, and Laura Nova, a performance artist, focused on food, learning about […]
Van Bramer weds partner after 13 years
Posted on August 2, 2012 by Rebecca Henely in City Council, City Offices, District 26 Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer (l.) presides over the marriage of City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (c.) and his partner of 13 years, Dan Hendrick. Photo courtesy Jesse Winter Dan Hendrick (l.) and City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer were happy […]
Brooklyn Yields Cucumbers as NYC Expands Industrial Roof Farms
It’s a 1-acre farm fertile enough to produce a 2-ton harvest of rainbow chard, kale, basil, eggplant and cucumbers — and it sits atop an 11-story industrial building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. New York City’s largest rooftop garden will soak up more than 1 million gallons of storm water a year, reducing the risk […]
2 Employees Contract Legionnaires at CUNY School
Two employees at LaGuardia Community College in Queens have contracted Legionnaires’ disease as a result of legionella bacteria in the hot water system, health officials say. The legionella exists in Building C at the school in Long Island City. Staff members learned in a school email Wednesday that two employees there have contracted Legionnaires in […]
Senator Schumer wants a ‘Nerd Bus’ to connect high-tech hubs in Brooklyn and …
New York’s senior senator is calling for a “Nerd Bus” that would link up high tech hubs in Brooklyn and Queens with Roosevelt Island — and help some of the city’s brightest bulbs get around town. “New York is seeing a major tech boom, with Brooklyn and Long Island City leading the way,” Sen. Chuck […]
Sorry, London. New York City Should Have Hosted The 2012 Summer Olympics
Now picture it with Rings. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Watching the London Olympics this week as a native New Yorker it’s hard not to think about what might have been had the International Olympics Committee accepted New York’s bid to bring the games here. Asked on Tuesday about how he felt watching London host the party […]
East Side Access Tunnel-Boring Is Completed
Congressmember Carolyn B. Maloney celebrated the news this week that tunnelboring had been completed on the East Side Access (ESA) project, which will connect Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to Grand Central Terminal, and is the largest mass transit initiative under construction anywhere in the United States. On July 27, “Molina”, a 200-ton tunnel boring […]
Judge: Department Of Ed. Violated UFT, CSA Contracts
Although William Cullen Bryant H.S. is now the Academy of Humanities and Applied Science at William Cullen Bryant Campus and Long Island City H.S. is now the Global Scholars Academies of Long Island City, all teachers at both schools, as well as those at all 22 other “turnaround” schools, can return in September. State Supreme […]
Schumer Calls For ‘Nerd Bus’ To Connect City’s New Tech Hubs
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer sent a letter to MTA head Joe Lhota calling on the agency to add a new bus line–called “The Nerd Bus”–that would connect the growing hipster neighborhoods in Brooklyn and in Long Island City to the city’s new tech hubs around the new Cornell teach campus and the Brooklyn Tech triangle. […]
Antique jade cup worth $20K stolen from LIC auction house
By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers An 18th-century Chinese jade cup said to be worth $20,000 was snatched from a Long Island City auction house last week, police said. Will Jian, manager of Antique Reader Inc., at 39-06 Crescent St., said the thief filched the cup from the auction house July 17 sometime between 10 a.m. […]
Looking for a real estate deal? Try Manhattan
Moving to Manhattan to find a cheap apartment? That may be against every New Yorkers’ common sense — but real estate experts say it’s happening. As apartments are snapped up in up-and-coming neighborhoods like Long Island City and Williamsburg, pads are becoming scarce – and rents are going up. Adding to the increasing rent prices […]
New Comedy Venue Joins Budding Long Island City Laugh Scene
HUNTERS POINT — Long Island City is in the funny. A new laugh palace is set to open in Hunters Point, the third to open in the neighborhood in recent years, as the comedy scene gains popularity in the area. The Laughing Devil Development Stage will be opening at the Breadbox Café on 11th Street […]
Queens Pop-up Market Brings Local Delicacies to Hunters Point
HUNTERS POINT — Prepare for a feast, LIC foodies. The Queens County Market — a monthly pop-up food event that supports local food entrepreneurs — is coming to Hunters Point this Saturday, featuring healthy quinoa snacks from Iheartkeenwah and fresh baked frozen cookies from Cookie Fairy Sweets. It’s the first time the market, founded earlier […]
Columbia Gets $15M from City to Help Fund Manhattanville Tech Campus
MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS — The city has awarded Columbia University $15 million to help fund a new tech school , officials announced Monday. The new Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering, slated to open in the Northwest Corner building at 120th and Broadway and other spaces on the Morningside Heights and Washington Heights campuses, marks the […]
LIC SculptureCenter to Get Outdoor Exhibit Space in Makeover
LONG ISLAND CITY — The historic building that houses the Long Island City SculptureCenter, one of the leading cultural institutions in the burgeoning neighborhood, will soon be undergoing an overhaul. The two-story center at 44-19 Purves St. will get a new lobby space, an outdoor exhibition courtyard and an elevator to lower level galleries, the […]
City’s $80M Student Data System To Be Replaced by State Portal
MANHATTAN — After spending more than $80 million on a controversial online student achievement database, the NYC Department of Education‘s portal is about to become obsolete as the state rolls out its own nearly-identical system as part of a federal education grant, DNAinfo.com New York has learned. The city is quietly making the transition from […]
He & He & He
Benny, Jason, and Adrian at home one evening. (Photo: Daniel Restrepo) Benjamine Heath is a tall and flower-shaped 25-year-old who moved to New York from Arizona with one friend, no high-school degree, and a Starbucks job transfer. That was eight years ago. Now he helps his boyfriend, Jason, run one of the only gay-porn studios […]
Hearty and Happy at Alobar Long Island City
By: Finance Foodie When I was living in Manhattan four years ago, my first thought on a Friday night usually was not, “Hmmm, I think I’ll go to Long Island City for dinner.” Fast forward to present time and my thoughts have changed. Long Island City over the last few years has really developed into […]
Tech industry continues aligning along the F train
From left: John Reinertsen of CBRE and the F train The F train might need to be renamed the T train — as in tech. Crain’s reported that the Subway line has not only become a convenient method of transportation between the city’s start-up hot spots, but also “a powerful drawing card.” F train-accessible Midtown […]
Tourist Street Maps Coming to Long Island City and Other Nabes
LONG ISLAND CITY — First Times Square…now Queens Plaza. Amid growing tourism in Long Island City and other neighborhoods around the city, the Department of Transportation rolled out a set of wayfinding maps to help visitors and lost locals navigate the areas’ museums and landmarks, sources said. Mock-ups of the signs — part of a […]