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Taste Of Long Island City 2012
The Taste of Long Island City is an event that allows its visitors to taste a variety of different foods from local restaurants. The event will be held at Gantry Plaza State Park and will benefit the Chocolate Factory Theatre. There will also be a performance by Doll Parts. Admission price ranges from $60-$400.
Lazy, Hazy Summer Days: A Guide
New York can be a sweltering concrete jungle in the summer. But the city is also a huge, beautiful playground. And if ever there was a year to schedule a summer “staycation,” 2012 might be it. With food festivals, free concerts and a safe and sanctioned dip into the East River, there is more than […]
Your Guide to Memorial Day Weekend In NYC
Hamptons schmamptons. We’re planning on staying in town for this upcoming glorious three-day weekend, and have put together a little guide for our fellow staycationers. Here are a bunch of things to do this weekend that we think sound like a real fun time. Luna Park Opens: Head over to Coney Island, grab a Nathan’s […]
LIC strip club to open minus liquor, clothes
Photo by Christina Santucci State Sen. Michael Gianaris (l.-r.), Community Board 2 Chairman Joseph Conley, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Jerry Walsh and George Stamatiades rally outside the club earlier this year. By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers A long-contentious Long Island City strip club is planning to open with a new name, no booze and […]
Google to donate space for Roosevelt Island tech campus
Photo courtesy Michael Bloomberg Mayor Michael Bloomberg (c.) announced with Google Inc. CEO Larry Page (third from l.) that the Internet company would be loaning office space to the new technology campus at Roosevelt Island. Cornell President David Skorton (second from l.) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (r.) also attended. Photo courtesy mayor’s office By Rebecca […]
Long Island City charter school teachers bid to unionize
Teachers at another charter school in Queens have voted to unionize, the teachers union announced today. The school, the Academy of the City Charter School in Long Island City, joins 16 other schools that have moved to unionize since 2007, when the union began its campaign to unionize the charter teaching force. The school is a an […]
Astoria Coalition Supports Power Company’s Bid to Install Clean Generators
ASTORIA — Residents and officials usually oppose bids by power plants in this Queens neighborhood, which they say has suffered from pollution and high asthma rates for years. But this time they have thrown their support behind NRG‘s move to replace its generators to cut peak emissions by 98 percent. Smart Power NY, a coalition […]
Cops Shut Down LIC Brothel
Police officials last week shut down a massage parlor in Long Island City where prostitutes did more than smile at their customers.Cops said the establishment operating as the Smile Dawn Spa was a house of prostitution – located in a storefront attached to an apartment building with 30-plus residential units.The spa is located at 34-05 […]
New Queens Comedy Champ Crowned
BY JASON PAFUNDI After eight days of comedy, the inaugural Laughing Devil Comedy Festival came to a close on Saturday, May 19, with Michael Lawrence being crowned the champion at the Laughing Devil Comedy Club in Long Island City. With the victory, in which he proved to be funnier than more than 100 other […]
More details shared about bike program
Residents young and old from several neighborhoods in Western Queens met in Long Island City Monday to gather more information about the bike share program slated to hit the neighborhood in late July. The banking giant Citi will roll out the $40 million program, which places 10,000 bikes and 600 dock stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn […]
Long Island City Industrial Sells For $3M
Nzdckns LLC sold the industrial building at 27-55 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City, NY to a private investor for $2.95 million, or about $149 per square foot. The 19,760-square-foot property was built in 1931. At the time of sale the property was partically leased. Zion Segev of DY Realty Services LLC represented the buyer. […]
Denied liquor license, Long Island City strip club goes ‘Full Monty’
Show Palace, formerly known as Gypsy Rose, is slated to open on May 31 at 42-50 21st Street in L.I.C. — despite strong community opposition and having its request for a liquor license rejected twice. A controversial Long Island City strip club is refusing to have its last dance — despite losing its fight for […]
Long Island City honors Bishop Taylor
The intersection of 40th Avenue between 12th and 13th streets will read ‘Bishop Moses Taylor Way’ as a symbol of his more than 60 years of service to the community. Many Queens leaders and residents gathered on Sunday for the ceremony, which took place during the East River Development Alliance Federal Credit Union’s second anniversary […]
Panelists Assess Long Island City Real Estate Ventures
A six-member panel consisting of Amanda Fung of Crain’s New York Business, restaurateur Sara Obraitis, developer Doug Partrick of Heatherwood Communities, Bill Connor of FedEx, Flint McNaughton of Sun Cap Property and Amy Scherber, head of Amy’s Bread, spoke to a capacity crowd on the ground floor of the United Nations Federal Credit Union building […]
Urban design elements could fight obesity epidemic
By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers In the midst of widespread infectious disease, New York City implemented numerous design changes more than 100 years ago that drastically improved its residents’ wellbeing. Now the city hopes to do the same for obesity. “Relatively minor significant changes in people’s activity can create significant differences in their health,” said […]
New company holds contractors accountable
The dishwasher is backing up into the sink, the kitchen light is making a weird buzzing noise and the A/C went bust on the hottest day of the year. What’s a single gal with limited home improvement skills to do? Gladys Ahrens, who suspects some contractors will take advantage of her sans a husband, says […]
Does using an EZ-Pass save you money?
Eyewitness News LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — Most people use EZ-Pass to help save time and money. However, it turns out that the only people who are getting the EZ-Pass discount at the Queens Midtown Tunnel tolls are the ones who got their EZ-Pass transponders from a New York agency. Everyone else is paying the […]
Subcontractors Trade Association Honors TF Cornerstone’s Frederick Elghanayan …
More Topics: Choose a SectorAccounting FirmsAdvertising/Media/CommunicationsCapitalCEO/BoardGeneral BusinessHealth/BiotechInternet/TechnologyInvestment FirmsLaw FirmsMergers AcquisitionsMoney ManagersPeoplePrivate CompaniesPublic CompaniesVenture Capital Posted May 23, 2012 STA Recognizes TFC’s President and Co-Founder for Industry Excellence and Impact on New York Real Estate Market at 43rd Annual Awards Dinner NEW YORK, NY – The Subcontractors Trade Association (STA) recently honored Frederick Elghanayan, president and […]
Queens’ school of hard yuks
It’s the school of hard yuks. The Laughing Devil Comedy Club, Queens’ only joke shop, has started a “Stand-Up Semester” where club owner Steve Hofstetter teaches novice comics the rigors of the funny business. “Comedy is one of the few things that is an art, a science and a business,” said Hofstetter, 32, who has […]
Where This Illustrator/Designer Finds Flowers in Long Island City
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, by Yale Breslin New York City has more stores than anyone could physically tackle, but somehow we always keep returning to the usual suspects. To break out of the rut, we’ve asked some local shopping and fashion gurus to provide their hidden retail gems—those unique stores around our fantastic city that […]