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Crain’s NY Reports Food Bazaar Will Open At Pathmark Site

By amol on June 20, 2012

A new bazaar is coming to Long Island City. Or is it? Reports published last week on the Real Deal and Crain’s New York Business Web sites said the Food Bazaar Supermarket chain has signed on to open a store in Long Island City—at the 5,500-square-foot Long Island City site soon to be abandoned by […]

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Queens Welcomes Businesses Of All Sizes

By amol on June 20, 2012

Queens Welcomes Businesses Of All Sizes In 1991, the Economic Policy and Marketing Group, a blue ribbon panel, recommended to the administration of Mayor David Dinkins that city economic policy relying on business attraction and retention was “misguided” and programs and incentives designed to keep big corporations from moving were “reportedly not essential”. n 1991, […]

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For The Love Of Community

By amol on June 20, 2012

he Western Queens Gazette made its first appearance on Feb. 1, 1982 with a front-page headline that screamed the news, “Birth Of A Newspaper”. Born the child of scant beginnings, that first issue of the Gazette filled 12 pages and miraculously paid for itself, establishing against all odds its place in the annals of Queens’ […]

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Crescent Club Grand Opens In Long Island City With 130 Upscale …

By amol on June 20, 2012

More Topics: Choose a SectorAccounting FirmsAdvertising/Media/CommunicationsCapitalCEO/BoardGeneral BusinessHealth/BiotechInternet/TechnologyInvestment FirmsLaw FirmsMergers AcquisitionsMoney ManagersPeoplePrivate CompaniesPublic CompaniesVenture Capital Posted June 20, 2012 Crescent Club Grand Opens In Long Island City With 130 Upscale Apartments And World Class Amenities LONG ISLAND CITY – Crescent Club has officially grand opened to the public with a distinct collection of 130 luxury rental […]

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Fresh Direct Set To Move To South Bronx From Long Island City

By amol on June 20, 2012

Fresh Direct Set To Move To South Bronx From Long Island City nline grocery service Fresh Direct is set to move from the Long Island City headquarters it has occupied since 2002 to Mott Haven, The Bronx, having outgrown the space it presently occupies. In February 2012, the company settled on the site in The […]

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Drop Box Laundry Has 24-Hour Wash-and-Fold Without Human …

By amol on June 20, 2012

YORKVILLE — A 24 hour drop-box is letting Upper East Siders wash their laundry without ever visiting the laundromat. DashLocker, a new dry cleaning, wash-and-fold laundry and shoe shine service on Second Avenue, lets users in any time of the day or night with a swipe of a credit card. The revolutionary new service industry […]

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Eats Beat: New York restaurant news for June 20, 2012

By amol on June 20, 2012

New to the scene… Diners can now sample chef Frank Prisinzano’s flavorful Italian fare on-the-go. His lower East Side restaurant Sauce (saucerestaurant.com) just launched a year-round to-go window with offerings of Raguboys (meatball sandwiches on brioche) and build-your-own pastas. Le Pain Quotidien (lepainquotidien.com) debuts their second New York location at the Chelsea Triangle Plaza. On […]

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Long Island team beats City team, 31-7, in annual Empire Challenge …

By amol on June 20, 2012

The New York City team (in red) narrowly avoids being shut out by Long Island in the annual Empire Challenge game on Tuesday at Hofstra. Before the start of Tuesday’s Empire Challenge football game, Tottenville’s Alvin Cornelius and Lincoln’s Jessel Jones discussed the possibility of combining for a number of touchdowns with Jones throwing them […]

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Rockrose Supports Queens Art Express 2012

By amol on June 19, 2012

More Topics: Choose a SectorAccounting FirmsAdvertising/Media/CommunicationsCapitalCEO/BoardGeneral BusinessHealth/BiotechInternet/TechnologyInvestment FirmsLaw FirmsMergers AcquisitionsMoney ManagersPeoplePrivate CompaniesPublic CompaniesVenture Capital Posted June 19, 2012 Real Estate Developer Provides Long Island City Venue for QAX Live Event New York – Rockrose Development has provided the Queens Council on the Arts with a featured venue for the Queens Art Express 2012, a spring […]

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Feast for Foodies during Dine Astoria week

By amol on June 19, 2012

ASTORIA — Greek and Italian food will be on the menu, but foodies will also get a taste of the Afghani, Czech, Lebanese, Thai, Japanese and other worldly cuisines that flourish in Astoria. Dozens of restaurants, bakeries, cafes and ethnic fast-food outlets will participate in the first-ever Dine Astoria, a weeklong event that starts Sunday […]

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Noise from Idling LIRR Trains is Off the Rails in LIC, Residents Say

By amol on June 19, 2012

HUNTERS POINT — Noise from trains idling in the Hunters Point train yard is destroying the quality of life in the increasingly residential area, which is dotted with $1 million apartments, neighbors say. Despite the Long Island Rail Road’s promises to alleviate the problem, the disruptive noise continues to be an issue, especially for people […]

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Queens Beachgoers Can Sip Suds from New Long Island City …

By amol on June 19, 2012

HUNTERS POINT — Life’s a beach in Long Island City. Just in time for the start of summer, a new microbrewery is opening in the neighborhood with plans to pour its beers there and at a seaside bar in Rockaway Beach, the owners said. The opening of the suds factory comes on the heels of […]

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Lightstone Group Sets Its Sights on NYC

By amol on June 19, 2012

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JetBlue Getaways Mustache You a Question: Do You Have What it …

By amol on June 18, 2012

NEW YORK, June 18, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — JetBlue Airways’ (Nasdaq: JBLU) mustache you a question: do you have what it takes to Get Away With It?  Starting today, JetBlue Getaways, the airline’s vacation program, is launching Get Away With It, the world’s first-ever live, online game show hosted by mustache-adorned Mark Hammerberg and the […]

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Aiming for School Diversity in Williamsburg, With Little Progress

By amol on June 18, 2012

June 18, 2012, 8:18 a.m. Magnet schools, a principal under fire, sexual misconduct, teacher evaluations and Pearson were among the education topics in the news this weekend. How difficult is it to integrate a city school? Pretty tough, according to the latest article in The New York Times’s “A System Divided” series, which has been […]

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New Songza iPad app curates music to suit your mood

By amol on June 18, 2012

By Natasha Baker TORONTO | Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:38pm IST TORONTO (Reuters) – Need an energizing playlist of songs for your morning workout or perhaps one that will improve your focus at the office later in the day? A new iPad app streams music tailored to your current situation and mood. Songza, a Internet […]

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The Post’s All-Queens baseball honors

By amol on June 18, 2012

Queens had one of its best baseball years in a long time. John Adams advanced to the PSAL Class A semifinals for the first time in seven seasons and Cardozo, despite a quarterfinals exit, was the top seed in the playoffs. Bryant and Newtown had solid campaigns, Long Island City had its first draftee ever […]

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Free & Cheap New York for week of June 17, 2012

By amol on June 17, 2012

Susana Bates for New York Daily News A summer solstice celebration will take place Wednesday at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City. JAM SESSION. Rock out to a 12-hour-plus festival of music from around the world at the Bang on a Can Marathon. Noon-midnight. Free. World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St., between […]

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Movers & Shakers: Chet Kanojia: Sending cable a message

By amol on June 17, 2012

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Staten Island Advance High School All Stars: Girls’ fencing

By amol on June 17, 2012

Michelle Potestio, the driving force behind the Tottenville foil team’s perfect regular season, has been named an Advance All Star to cap the 2012 girls’ fencing campaign. Thanks to Potestio, the Pirates went 8-0 in foil and were seeded second in the PSAL’s one-day city postseason tournament. There, the Tots knocked off LaGuardia HS in […]

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