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Welcome Transit K-9 Unit To Long Island City
They are one of the NYPD’s most important weapons in fighting terrorism. They’re an invaluable tool in fighting crime in the subways – and have recently moved to the heart of the Western Queens community. K-9 Dan, a German Shepherd named for a police officer killed in the World Trade Center attacks, is one of […]
Officials will decide fate of eight Queens schools
Enlarge this image Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend The city was scheduled to decide the fate of eight Queens high schools at a public meeting in Brooklyn this Thursday evening. The city Panel for Educational Policy will vote on the city Department of […]
LIC Arts Open Set for 5/12-20
The LIC Arts Open takes over Long Island City from May 12 – 20, 2012, opening with exhibitions by MoMA P.S.1, Reis Studios Experimental Gallery, andSculptureCenter, to name just a few. Remember to mark the FREE Block Party on May 19 in your calendar, and check out over two hundred Open Studios participating this year. For the kids (or the kid in all of us), the Kid’s Art Contest May […]
Stylish Hotels Sprouting in Brooklyn and Queens
Occupancy rates in the city were 85 percent last year, compared with a national average of 60 percent. And despite a tough market for financing, at least 15 hotels opened in the five boroughs in 2011 — roughly half of them outside Manhattan. From 2006 to 2011, 42 percent of the city’s new hotels were […]
Neighborhood profile: Jersey City
Similar to the development of Queens and Brooklyn, Jersey City gained traction in the ’80s when artists moved into the area for cheaper rent. Today, the coast is dominated by high-rise rental and condo towers, such as Crystal Point, which passed the 98 percent sales mark in March, according to The Marketing Directors. And, not […]
Tina Fey on the ’30 Rock’ Live Episode and the Show’s Future
Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC Tina Fey in a live episode of “30 Rock” in 2010. The first time, it’s a stunt; the second time it’s a tradition. On Thursday, “30 Rock” will once again journey from its home at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, to NBC headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan for […]
$100 million in upgrades planned for the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge – Mid
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Free & Cheap in New York: Tues., April 24
I HAVE A ‘DREAM.’ The NuAFrikan Theatre presents “Dream Deferred” at the 133rd St. Arts Center. Written and directed by Marcus Dargan, it’s his award-winning play about how gentrification has affected the various residents of Harlem. “Dream,” which plays through Sunday, features Richard Mays and the Audelco Award-winning actress Johnnie Mae. 7 p.m. $20. 133rd […]
Natural design
Lisa Hedge spent her first New York winter in Long Island City, working for Takashi Murakami’s studio, Kaikai Kiki, mixing 3,000 shades of green paint. “It was an insane design experiment in a way,” she says. “Matching what we were mixing to the swatches, making little samples, creating rules for ourselves. We finished the painting […]
Businesses sue over 3 accidents
LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — Along Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, right at the base of the 59 Street Bridge exit ramp, a boarded-up building front now stands where two thriving businesses once operated. Both were casualties of a series of unfortunate car crashes. “We never got to open back. We were repairing […]
Food Charity Packs a New Funding Drive
By MELANIE GRAYCE WEST As the recession takes a continued toll on food pantries and other emergency providers, one of the city’s top hunger charities is embarking on an ambitious fundraising drive to broaden its reach and double the amount of food it distributes. City Harvest plans to announce the five-year, $30 million campaign on […]
Queens High School Student Arrested in Shooting That Injured Sudan Diplomat’s …
A Queens high school student has been arrested in connection with a shooting that wounded a Sudanese diplomat’s wife last week, police said. The diplomat’s wife, 31-year-old Mawahib Elbahi, was hit by a stray bullet as she walked with her two children in Queens Tuesday. The bullet struck her between the neck and shoulder. She […]
Trayvon shooter Zimmerman walks out of jail on $150K bond
Trayvon shooter Zimmerman walks out of jail on $150K bond George Zimmerman, the neighborhood-watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, has been sprung from jail. Zimmerman, wearing a beige jacket and jeans and carrying a large brown bag, walked out of the John E. Polk Correctional Facility at midnight on $150,000 bond. […]
Metta World Peace: 5 Name Changes He Should Consider After James Harden Elbow …
Artest, who attended St. John’s University and grew up in the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, changed his name to Metta World Peace in September 2011. “Metta is going to be the first name and it means like friendship, love and kindness,” Artest said at the time to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. “World […]
Four-Actor ROMEO AND JULIET Set for Long Island City, 5/19-6/10
Empirical Rogue (Tim Eliot, Artistic Director), a company comprised of MFA alums of the A.R.T./MXAT Institute at Harvard, will team with chashama to produce a four-actor Romeo and Juliet in a never-before-performed-in abandoned space in Long Island City (26-15 Jackson Ave.) May 19 through June 10, 2012. Tim Eliot will direct the production. Politics, passion, […]
Flood watch lifted for NYC metro area
Email Tweet Originally published: April 23, 2012 1:32 AM Updated: April 23, 2012 5:12 AM By The Associated Press Quick ReadFlood watch canceled for NYC, Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley (AP) — A flood watch for the New York City metro area has been canceled. National Weather Service meteorologist Joey Picca says […]
New path for DJ legend
Danny Tenaglia says he’s “resigning” from the music business to figure out how to stay relevant in a new electronic music universe. “Now it seems people just want to see whose name goes above whose because this one is selling more tickets. I’m not enjoying the journey anymore,” says the New York DJ who was […]
Flood watch issued for NYC metro area
Associated Press NEW YORK — A flood watch has been issued for the New York City metro area as a storm system brings several inches of rainfall and gusty winds to the region. National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Pollina says the heaviest rains are expected over night into Monday morning as the system moves into […]
Give us a brake!
EXCLUSIVE Two Queens shops shuttered after out-of-control cars plowed into their storefronts not once but twice — and within just nine days of each other — have filed a $1 million lawsuit, blaming a 59th Street Bridge exit ramp. Espinal Caribbean Restaurant II had been open four years in Long Island City when the first […]
Water in Your Birdbath? That Will Be $300
The summons referred to a two-story brick house in Astoria that Mr. Pomares, a 53-year-old home renovation contractor, had recently refurbished and rented to tenants. Titled “vector control inspection work order,” the citation accused him of violating what appeared to be a paradoxical imperative: “standing water” in a birdbath. The violation of Article 151 of […]