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In NYC and beyond, new life for shuttered gas stations
BP station on Houston Street More than 50,000 gas stations have closed across the country since 1991. And while rural communities have problems filling the spaces with new tenants, due to potential petroleum contamination, New York City has the opposite problem. The New York Times reported that due to the city’s high property values, gas stations are frequently being converted […]
Buyers in a hurray to buy at One Murray
One Murray Park By Liana Grey Last week, just after the Fourth of July, several prospective buyers toured One Murray Park, the first condo project to open in Long Island City in over a year.“We’ve been very busy,” said Shaun Osher, founder of CORE, which is marketing the six-story glass and brick development. Sales launched […]
Buyers in a hurray to buy at One Murray
One Murray Park By Liana Grey Last week, just after the Fourth of July, several prospective buyers toured One Murray Park, the first condo project to open in Long Island City in over a year.“We’ve been very busy,” said Shaun Osher, founder of CORE, which is marketing the six-story glass and brick development. Sales launched […]
Summer Cinema in the City
by Kathleen Lees Queens Ledger Perhaps it’s the silver screen. Or, perhaps it’s the hero and his trusty sidekick. Whatever it is, Brooklyn and Queens are cramming your summer schedule with lots of movies, and they’re free. Parks and museums have picked some of the classic cult favorites down to the latest documentaries to fill […]
Queens-Themed Ice Cream Shop Sweet on Naming Flavors After Locals
LONG ISLAND CITY — It’s like the Carnegie Deli for ice cream. A Long Island City sweets shop founded by a banker and his yoga instructor wife has added some local flavor, naming its frozen goodies after all things Queens. Among the sweet treats at Malu are Jimmy Van Berry, created by local City Councilman […]
Teens arrested after early morning break-in attempt at Union City auto repair … – The Jersey Journal
Two teenagers were arrested in Union City early this morning after their attempt to break into an auto repair shop was thwarted by a neighbor who saw them jump into the shop’s fenced-in yard, police said today. Union City Police Chief Brian Barrett said 19-year-old Sumon Hossain of Long Island City, N.Y., and 18-year-old Richard […]
The Bronx: More Like Pittsburgh Than Brooklyn?
The five boroughs of New York City are, despite national and international economic troubles, actually not in the worst shape. But one borough is having a rougher go of it than the rest. The Bronx isn’t burning anymore, but it isn’t exactly so hot right now, either. For one example, it has had by far […]
Free Lincoln Center Performances Coming to Queens Libraries This Summer
LONG ISLAND CITY — Queens residents won’t have to travel across the river this summer to see world-class artists at Lincoln Center. Instead, the very best in music and dance, including Grammy-nominated band DEORO, will come to neighborhoods around the borough and perform for free at seven branches of Queens Library, as part of the […]
Lack of Free Public Pools Leaves Central Queens Residents Sweltering
QUEENS — Mary Arevalo sat in the hot sun last week while her 5-year-old daughter Yasmina ran through the sprinklers at Russell Sage playground in Forest Hills. Decked out in a large hat, sun dress and sunglasses, she was doing her best to endure the sweltering heat. Arevalo, 39, wanted to go swimming, but that […]
Queens Artists to Perform in Free Hunters Point Waterfront Concert Series
HUNTERS POINT — Free live music is coming to the Long Island City waterfront this summer. Starting this week, New Yorkers will have a chance to listen to Queens-based bands every Tuesday night as part of the Live at the Gantries series in Hunters Point. “Gantry Plaza State Park is a gorgeous venue,” said Jennifer […]
Van Duzer Days Festival Returns to Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND — The fourth annual Van Duzer Days street festival will return to Stapleton in July. The festival will run on two weekends and feature local bands, live painters, craft workshops for children and local businesses opening up their doors for the event, said Gena Mimozo, a member of the Van Duzer Days Planning […]
Straphangers Pooh-Pooh Dirty Pigeons at Woodside and Sunnyside Stations
QUEENS — Woodside‘s gone to the birds. Scores of pigeons that have built nests around the 7 train elevated tracks in Woodside and Sunnyside have for years forced straphangers and pedestrians to duck and dodge as they wait for trains or walk on the street beneath the tracks, residents and elected officials say. Now, subway […]
The Toxic Avenger on The Toxic Avenger: Five Questions for French DJ …
In the most recent print issue of the Village Voice, we visit the Long Island City headquarters of Troma Entertainment, the “almost” 40-year-old Z-movie studio responsible for such unforgettable titles as Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid!! and Tales from the Crapper. But the company’s best known creation is The Toxic Avenger, an early-’80s cult classic that […]
PS1’s Warm Up series started Saturday Anna Codrea-Rado
A week and a half after the city’s schools closed up for summer, one was hopping, and on a Saturday, no less. The school, of course was MoMA PS1, and in its courtyard/playground in Long Island City, a crowd gathered for the first Warm Up event of the year. Schoolchildren have not wandered the […]
New Long Island City Condo is Rusting—Intentionally
Monday, July 9, 2012, by Dave Hogarty [Photos of East of East facade from StreetEasy and QueensCrap] The East of East condo building on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City drew inspiration from painter Piet Mondrian and sculptor Richard Serra, but some online critics sound like they wish the building’s facade would be tagged by […]
Man Arrested in Library Groping of Two Girls Has History, Police Say
Suspect in Queens Library Groping QUEENS — A 49-year-old Brooklyn man, who has a history of criminal sex abuse against young girls, was arrested in connection with two groping attacks last Saturday against a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old, police said. Joel Grubert, who has previously also been arrested under the name Marc Grubert, according to […]
The City’s Lifeblood Gets its Day in the Sun
A fireboat named John J. Harvey shows off its spray to a crowd of City of Water Day attendees. Photo by Paul Margolis City of Water Day Cost: Free Locations: Governors Island and Liberty State Park in South Field, N.J. Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. As New Yorkers shuffle through an […]
New York City being mentioned as potential site for 2024 Olympic Games
New York City Controller John Liu is among advocates of New York City again trying to be an Olympic host city. With the Olympic Games that New York lost to London just weeks away, a quiet buzz is building around the potential for another Gotham bid. The U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee […]
Socrates Sculpture Park Transformed Illegal Dump Into Cultural Institution …
DNAinfo.com: By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer LONG ISLAND CITY — When Mark di Suvero, a well-known abstract sculptor, moved his studio to the Hallet’s Cove area more than 25 years ago, the waterfront there was being used as an illegal dumping ground. But for Di Suvero, the industrial wasteland seemed perfect for his large-scale work, […]
Off-duty NYPD officer busted for drunk driving after crashing in Long Island …
Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty Images An of-duty NYPD officer was busted in Queens for drunk driving early Sunday. An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested for drunk driving in Queens Sunday. Brayan Terrazas, 26, was busted after crashing into a divider on Jackson Ave. in Long Island City just before 3 a.m., officials said. He was not injured and […]