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Long Island City’s Tech Takeover
The Hozziner has his eyes set on the tech industry, repeating over and over that he wants New York City to become the new Palo Alto, the new Mountain View and the new Copertino – all hubs of some of the past decade’s greatest innovations. Progress is rapidly being made to make that dream a […]
Proposed tech incubator in Queens
A new proposal to build a tech incubator in Long Island City could spur job creation and boost the borough’s budding tech community, project supporters said. The Anable Basin Tech Incubator would provide shared work space for entrepreneurs and start-up companies and also offer event space and continuing education classes, sources familiar with the project […]
NY1 At 20: 2006 Report Revisits Queens Blackout
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New York’s Nine Boroughs?
Q. Did New York City ever have more than five boroughs? A proposed nine-borough New York City would have split present-day Brooklyn into two boroughs, and Manhattan Island into four. A. No, but there was talk briefly of as many as 9 or 10, including ones named Harlem and Williamsburg. Michael Miscione, Manhattan’s borough historian, […]
Queens Theatre and Brooklyn Grange honored
Photo by Christina Santucci Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park won the Cultural Award from the city Department of Small Business Services. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers The city Department of Small Business Services honored the Long Island City business Brooklyn Grange Farm and Flushing Meadows Corona Park’s Queens Theatre at its annual awards […]
One Court Sq Sells for $481M
SL Green Closes on Previously Announced Sale of 1.5M-SF Office Tower in Long Island City SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG), along with joint venture partners including JP Morgan Chase Co., have sold One Court Square in Long Island City, NY to a private investor group led by David Werner for a total consideration of […]
New Boutique Steakhouse, S PRIME Opens in Long Island City
S Hospitality Group announces the opening of S PRIME, a new high-end steakhouse in Long Island City, NY. S PRIME combines a chic, modern atmosphere with classic, personalized service and ages all it’s steaks in a custom-built dry aging room located on the premises. Long Island City, New York (PRWEB) July 20, 2012 S Hospitality […]
Five Nautical Homes Now for Sale on Coney Island
In the case the weather isn’t a clue (maybe today it isn’t), it’s summer. That means the masses are flocking to Coney Island, and then flocking back to wherever it is they live. Instead of relying on mass transit to take you to the seaside oasis that is Coney Island, why not just purchase a […]
Follow That Tourist
SUMMER gridlock alert! The foreign tourists are here, moving languidly like amoebas on the sidewalks, clogging the subways and rounding the corners atop ubiquitous double-decker buses that rumble from Broadway to Brooklyn. You can’t navigate in Midtown these days. Or in Central Park. Or on the Brooklyn Bridge. So why fight it? If it seems […]
Hospital Worker Extradited to Face Queens Sex Abuse Charges
QUEENS — A former Elmhurst Hospital technician on the lam for more than six years after allegedly sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Astoria Park faced a Queens judge Friday after being picked up in the Netherlands. Peter Belegrinos, 30, was arrested at Amsterdam’s Schicpol Airport in February 2011 after used his his name popped […]
Duck dishes at LIC Market
Eyewitness News LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — L.I.C. Market named for Long Island City opened two years ago and as the name implies there’s a market at this restaurant. Here are some recipes that were featured on this week’s Neighborhood Eats. Recipes Slow Roasted Duck Hash (LIC Market) 4 Servings 4 each Duck Legs, slow […]
Con Ed Workers and Allies Rally in Union Square to End Lockout
As New York City endures another heat wave, more than 8,000 experienced professionals who form the core of the city’s utility workforce continue to be locked out of their jobs at Consolidated Edison. Thousands of members of Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers Union and other unions from around the city rallied in Union Square […]
Who You Calling Gritty?
HIPNESS is contagious in Brooklyn, where expanding the global brand seems to be a done deal. On a scorching July afternoon, the frisson of hustle and bustle that delineates the weekday rush hour was in full swing at the intersection of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues, the dowdy commercial heart of Greenpoint. Horns blared, and unlike […]
City to Replace Aging Staten Island Ferries
STATEN ISLAND — The city’s aging fleet of Staten Island ferries is to be replaced after up to 50 years of sailing New York’s harbor. The Department of Transportation is looking for bidders to design a new generation of vessels for the route, according to a request for proposals issued this week. “With the […]
MTA announces partial restoration of Q79 bus
Days after the MTA announced plans to expand service in Brooklyn and the Bronx, eastern Queens got some good news of its own on Thursday. Agency officials said it will partially restore service along the former Q79 bus route by re-routing every other Q36 bus to run along the old Q79 route from Little Neck […]
Businesses unite for scavenger hunt
There are 20 Astoria and Long Island City small business owners who know where Waldo is. For the month of July, the tall and smiling beloved British children’s illustration character, with his iconic striped shirt, glasses and hat is hiding throughout stores as a six-inch cutout for a special scavenger hunt called “Waldo in Astoria […]
The school closure debacle
The Department of Education’s decision to abandon its “turnaround” plans for 24 city high schools, including seven in Queens, due to a strong legal challenge from the teachers and administrators unions that couldn’t be overcome in time to prepare for the next school year, if ever, raises at least as many questions as it answers. […]
Wedding bells ring for Sunnyside pol
Although they got engaged far from home in tropical Puerto Rico, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) will marry his beau Dan Hendrick, spokesman for the League of Conservation Voters and former editor-in-chief of the Queens Chronicle, here at home in the borough. “It’s a very special day in my life,” Van Bramer, 42, said. “I […]
Queens Parks Offer Free Yoga with Sweeping Views of Manhattan
LONG ISLAND CITY — Gantry Plaza and Astoria Park — with their sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline and river breezes — are among favorite spots for Queens residents to get away. Now, locals can also reach another level of relaxation there, with downward facing dogs and sun salutations during free weekend yoga and Pilates […]
LIC penthouse on market for $3.25 million
A two-story, waterfront penthouse in Long Island City is on the market for $3.25 million — a price that is expected to bring more notoriety, prospective buyers and businesses to the neighborhood, real estate experts said. If the penthouse sells for the asking price, it will be the most expensive condo ever sold in Queens, […]