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Watch the sun align with the city’s grid from Long Island City tonight and tomorrow evening
BY KIARA THOMAS The sun will be positioned perfectly on Manhattan’s grid tonight, July 12, and tomorrow, July 13, and you can see it happen from the Long Island City waterfront. “Manhattanhenge” occurs every year in late May and mid-July when the setting sun lines up with the Manhattan grid. On two of these nights — […]
Court battle looms for owners of former Queens graffiti mecca 5 Pointz – WABC
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) — For 7 train riders, 5 Pointz, the mecca of graffiti art in Queens might as well have been a stop in the area. “It was the only legal outlet that allowed everybody to paint,” said graffiti artist Meres One. Meres One is the artist who ran 5 Pointz, but […]
Long Island City Girl Scout troop that serves homeless girls will receive $1M to expand
Girl Scout Troop 6000, the first troop to serve homeless girls and women, was awarded $1 million to expand its services to homeless shelters across the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday. The troop, which is made up of girls currently living in the Sleep Inn in Long Island City, serves 21 children living […]
Yet another huge Long Island City rental gears up to launch leasing this summer
The amenity-packed rental building right next to the 39th Avenue subway station in Long Island City is now just a month away from launching leasing. Developed by the Lightstone Group, ARC, as is this rental building is known, comprises of 428 apartments that come in studio through two-bedroom variants, and is located at 30-02 39th […]
Long Island City art gallery illegally sold sculpture made of elephant …
A Long Island City art gallery illegally sold a sculpture made with elephant ivory, even though the sale of the material was banned by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014. According to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, Ro Gallery at 47-15 36th St. sold a ballerina sculpture made of elephant ivory to undercover investigators for more than […]
Prodigy mural in Long Island City defaced, restored and vandalized …
A mural to honor the late rapper Prodigy in Long Island City was defaced on Saturday, and after artists restored the piece, it was vandalized a second time on Monday. Artists Jeff Henriquez and Eli Lazare unveiled the finished mural on July 6, about three weeks after Prodigy, 42, died of complications with sickle cell […]
First day of ‘Summer of Hell’ project has routine feel — may just be season of inconvenience – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX
Please enable Javascript to watch this video LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens — The months-long rail repairs dubbed the “Summer of Hell” by Gov. Andrew Cuomo felt more like a summer of inconvenience, at least on the first workday of the extensive repair and replacement project. Whether or not the situation will be harder for commuters […]
Prodigy mural in Long Island City defaced, restored and vandalized again
A mural to honor the late rapper Prodigy in Long Island City was defaced on Saturday, and after artists restored the piece, it was vandalized a second time on Monday. Artists Jeff Henriquez and Eli Lazare unveiled the finished mural on July 6, about three weeks after Prodigy, 42, died of complications with sickle cell […]
Cosmic Fit Club brings future-themed fitness to Long Island City, with everything from acrobatics to blacklight yoga
Located just around the corner from the Court Square transit hub, LIC’s newest addition to the fitness scene, Cosmic Fit Club, opened in early May and is hoping to make a lasting impression on the neighborhood — such an impression that owner/performer/yogi/acrobat Joy Chen is intending on “changing the face of fitness as we know […]
Defaced Prodigy Tribute Mural Splattered With Paint After Restoration
A mural of late rapper Prodigy after it was defaced in Queensbridge Friday night. Artists spent hours restoring the work, only to have it vandalized again on Sunday night or Monday morning. View Full Caption Eli Lazare LONG ISLAND CITY — A mural of late Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy that went up last week in […]
160 Leroy races to the finish line, another Long Island City condo makes progress, and more
Welcome to our weekly construction/new development roundup where we highlight ongoing work on a handful of NYC projects we may have missed during the week. 160 Leroy Herzog de Meuron’s undulating West Village condo is really beginning to look more and more like the renderings that first emerged last year. New construction site photos by […]
Beloved rapper Prodigy honored with mural near Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City
Prodigy, one half of the iconic rap duo Mobb Deep, died last month due to complications from sickle cell anemia and two artists set out to immortalize the rapper. Jeff Henriquez and Eli Lazare (Eli -Eos) painted a mural of the rapper near the Queensbridge Houses, where Mobb Deep spent much of their time. The […]
Apartments are available for rent in the newest luxury apartment building Long Island City
Apartments in the newest luxury residential building in Long Island City are available for rent. Huis24, located at 41-22 24th St., is a 91-unit, twelve story building that offers a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom homes that range from $2,200 to $3,425 per month. “As the next wave of young professionals move to the area, […]
Corona Native Expands Online Tax Preparation Business, Opens Long Island City Office
July 3, Sponsored Story A new accounting office opened in Long Island City earlier this year by a Corona native who is looking to expand his operation throughout the borough. Guillermo ‘Will’ DeJesus, a Certified Public Accountant who owns an online tax preparation company named TaxTerminal.com, opened an office in the Hunters Point section of […]
You HAVE to see our readers’ photos of fireworks in Astoria and Long Island City
Astorians flocked to Astoria Park on Thursday, June 29, to snag a spot on the Great Lawn for the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition’s 2017 Independence Celebration. The crowd was huge, but it still felt like a tight-knit community coming together for a neighborhood event, with music from the Queens Symphony Orchestra and a gorgeous […]
Man Shot During Argument in Long Island City on July 4th, Police Say
Police are looking for a man who shot another man on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City on July 4, 2017. View Full Caption NYPD LONG ISLAND CITY — A dispute between two men on the Fourth of July turned violent after one pulled a gun on the other, shooting him in the leg and stomach, […]
Once-stalled Long Island City condo, a decade in the making, rises
A long Island City condo building that’s been a decade in the making has finally begun to make some significant progress. The 25-story building topped out in February this year, and now, construction site photos by NyConstructionPhoto reveal that the building has been fitted with a large portion of its glass facade as well. A […]
New Long Island City rental ‘Huis24’ takes inspiration from area’s Dutch past
A new rental building that reportedly pays homage to Long Island City’s Dutch history has now launched leasing on its 91 apartments. The 12-story Huis24, as this building is known (huis is the Dutch for house), comes with a mix of studios through two-bedrooms with prices ranging from $2,200 to $3,425 per month. The project […]
Skyscraper with 763 rental units will rise behind landmarked Clock Tower site in Long Island City
A site on Northern Boulevard in Long Island City that sold for $173.5 million will add to the thousands of units scheduled to be constructed in the neighborhood. Located at 29-55 Northern Blvd., the site was purchased by the Durst Organization last year and the developers plan to build a 63-story rental tower with 786,833 square feet of residential […]
PHOTOS: Fireworks light up the sky in Bayside and Long Island City to celebrate Independence Day
The dark skies were brightened as fireworks were launched to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On Wednesday, June 28, thousands gathered at Fort Totten Park in Bayside to kick off Independence Day a few days early. “What a fantastic way to kick off summer 2017 in Northeast Queens. Once again, thousands upon thousands […]