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JetBlue moves to Queens Plaza
Enlarge this image Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Two long-awaited changes came to Queens Plaza last week as the recently completed park near 29th Street was named “Dutch Kills Green” and airline company JetBlue opened its new Long Island City office a few blocks away. “What […]
Building boom recasts LIC
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Before Michael Bloomberg became mayor, he visited Queens in 2001 and told residents that he wanted to see skyscrapers in Long Island City. Ten years later, he held a news conference on anti-smoking measures at the city Department of Health’s new […]
Exclusive: Inside JetBlue’s Massive New NYC Headquarters
Gallery: JetBlue’s New Headquarters First off, it’s not a “headquarters.” It’s a “support center,” if you’re to use JetBlue parlance. Furthermore, it’s 200,000 square feet on three levels with 1,000 crew tapping away at their desks, walking through concourses (hallways) to brainstorm in parks (casual corner spaces), take meetings in rooms named for JetBlue destinations, […]
Police search for Long Island City grand larceny suspects
The NYPD is searching for two suspects they say stole music equipment from a Long Island City storage facility. Cameras caught the suspects taking a Yamaha keyboard and musician’s bench from the Storage Deluxe on 21st Street on Friday, March 16. Police described the suspects as white or Hispanic males in their 30s. The keyboards […]
Cops Seek Clues In Liquor Store Slay
Detectives at the 114th Precinct Squad are continuing their search for two brazen gunmen who opened fire at a Long Island City liquor store on April 7, killing a 37-year-old local man. Law enforcement sources told the Gazette that investigators interviewed a person of interest in the case, but have made no arrests in the […]
Here Comes the Sun (and Savings!) for Con Edison Customer in Queens
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – April 10, 2012) – As a businessman, John Pantanelli is always looking for ways to cut expenses. As a dad who enjoys outdoor sports with his children, he wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Pantanelli achieved both goals when he took advantage of lucrative government incentives and purchased a nearly 50-kilowatt […]
NYPD searching for Long Island City grand larceny suspects
The NYPD is searching for two suspects they say stole music equipment from a Long Island City storage facility. Cameras caught the suspects taking a Yamaha keyboard and musician’s bench from the Storage Deluxe on 21st Street on Friday, March 16. Police described the suspects as white or Hispanic males in their 30s. The keyboards […]
Koch Again—Backs Lancman Against Dem Org. Choice Meng
Former Mayor Ed Koch, who joined with a Republican candidate to steal a Democratic congressional seat last September by grabbing the Jewish pro-Israel vote, is now trying the same tactics by endorsing a Jewish candidate against an Asian opponent to win a new congressional seat in Flushing. Although Koch announced last week that he is […]
JetBlue Opens New LIC Office
(L. to r.); Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and state Senator Michael Gianaris celebrate the establishing of JetBlue’s new main offices at Queens Plaza in Long Island City. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg officially opened the new 200,000-square-foot headquarters of JetBlue Airways in the historic Brewster Building in Long Island City. The new office […]
When Is a Cat Not a Cat? When It’s a Sculpture
Start The Slideshow Right now, there are two burritos sitting on a windowsill in a gallery at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City. About once a week, fresh burritos are brought in by a museum employee, and the old ones are discarded. Sometimes they are placed one on top of the other, and sometimes they […]
Midtown firm takes title to stalled $51M LIC apartment project
From left: Simon Development CEO Jonathan Simon and the Crescent Club Landlord and builder Simon Development Group took ownership of a 130-unit residential project in Long Island City, following a foreclosure on the $51 million note. Simon Development, based in Midtown, acquired the Crescent Club at 41-17 Crescent Street on March 16, according to city property […]
Here Comes the Sun (and Savings!) for Con Edison Customer in Queens
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Apr 10, 2012) – As a businessman, John Pantanelli is always looking for ways to cut expenses. As a dad who enjoys outdoor sports with his children, he wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Pantanelli achieved both goals when he took advantage of lucrative government incentives and purchased a nearly 50-kilowatt […]
Tech startup wheels into ex-tire plant
A fast-growing startup will be moving into a former telecom hotel at 470 Vanderbilt Ave. in downtown Brooklyn. Long Island City, Queens-based Aereo, whose technology allows consumers to watch broadcast television on Web-enabled devices, has signed a five-year lease for 19,300 square feet at 470 Vanderbilt Ave., between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue. The lease […]
Industry Areas Get Lift
By LAURA KUSISTO The city is moving ahead with plans to launch business improvement districts in industrial neighborhoods, which will help companies band together on common problems such as threatened zoning changes and illegal dumping. The city’s Economic Development Corp. plans to announce on Tuesday that it has selected four local organizations that will lead […]
Fraudster broker faces 10-yr. stint
A mortgage broker charged in a massive $66 million fraud scheme involving more than 100 properties pleaded guilty Monday in Manhattan Federal Court to a conspiracy charge that could put him behind bars for up to 10 years. Prosecutors said Long Island mortgage broker Gerard Canino, 51, ran the scheme through his company First Class […]
The Barn Comes to Town
For many Long Islanders, a trip to Dairy Barn’s red silo for the last gallon of milk we need or the dozen eggs we forgot is an exercise in home town nostalgia. But with the recent closure of the Babylon and North Babylon locations, many residents have wondered if the Dairy Barn experience would soon […]
Performer and memoirist Kambri Crews fillets family truths
Performer and memoirist Kambri Crews fillets family truths Photo credit: Anya Garrett Kambri Crews, 40, of Long Island City, grew up as the hearing daughter of a violent, deaf alcoholic who abused her deaf mother and who is now serving a 20-year sentence in Texas for all but killing his girlfriend. Crews will read […]
April 9: Deadly crane collapse and President Obama
Post-mortem on deadly mishap L evittown, L.I.: Re “1 dead, 4 injured in crane collapse at midtown Manhattan construction site” (April 4): This accident, as well as the 2008 collapses that resulted in the deaths of Wayne Bliedner and Donald Leo, two members of IUOE Local 14, were caused by faulty equipment and/or rigging, not […]
JetBlue, New York’s Official Hometown Airline, Lands at New Headquarters in …
<!– Email Print Twitter Facebook MySpace Delicous Stumble Digg More Destinations… –> The FINANCIAL — JetBlue Airways, New York’s Official Hometown Airline opened its new corporate headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Senator Charles E. Schumer and other top government leaders joined JetBlue’s President and CEO Dave Barger in cutting […]
Decamping to Queens
BY LAURA KUSISTO Some of the happiest office-building landlords these days have been owners of loft buildings in Chelsea, Hudson Square and the Flatiron District, which are in high demand among media and technology tenants. But this demand is forcing out some of the traditional tenants of these neighborhoods, like nonprofits and arts groups. With […]