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Grace Cheung/N.Y.C. Economic Development Corp.Dutch Kills Green is a nice-looking place. Dutch Kills Green is not a headline about a crackdown on cannabis-friendly Amsterdam coffee shops. It’s the name of a newly opened 1.5-acre swath of open space at Queens Plaza. The green was unveiled on Wednesday by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and a throng […]

A bicyclist was struck and killed by a livery cab at Greenpoint and Borden avenues in Long Island City on Weds., April 4, 2012. (DNAinfo/Theodore Parisienne) QUEENS — A bicyclist was struck and killed by a livery cab in Long Island City Wednesday morning, authorities said. The cyclist, a man in his 30s, was hit […]

This morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he knows of no Republicans or independents seriously considering a run to succeed him, and because of that, the next mayor will be chosen by a very small group of people. The mayor was responding to a question about his education policies, and whether he had any expectation that […]

A room with a (water) view Photo credit: Long Island City, has values and popularity because of it’s location and water views.(Bruce Gilbert) Want an apartment with a good view? Then one of the first things you’re probably expecting to see from the window is the Empire State Building. There’s no denying that a view […]

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Straphanger Falls To Death Police said a man in his 20s fell to his death on the tracks of the Broadway station on the “N”  line in Long Island City early Sunday morning, April 1. Cops who arrived at the station at 5:20 a.m. Sunday morning made the grisly discovery of the man, pinned underneath […]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mayor Michael Bloomberg celebrated the opening Wednesday of the new headquarters of JetBlue Airways, located in the historic Brewster Building in Long Island City, Queens. WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb On The Story Some at the company had urged moving the headquarters to Orlando, but its employees – who are all called […]

A bicyclist was struck by a livery cab at Greenpoint and Borden avenues on April 4, 2012. (Stephen Chernin/Getty Images) By Theodore Parisienne DNAinfo Staff QUEENS — A bicyclist was injured after being struck by a vehicle in Long Island City Wednesday morning, authorities said. The cyclist was struck by a livery cab near the […]

Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Straphangers coming from and going to Long Island City were relieved and happy after the MTA reopened the No. 7 train platform of the Court Square subway stop Monday. “I’m really happy,” said a Bedford Stuyvesant straphanger who gave her name […]

Manhattan, N.Y.-based self-storage operator Storage Deluxe has entered into a contract to pay roughly $18 million for an industrial property at 2115 Queens Plaza North in the Long Island City section of Queens. The company plans to build two buildings on the site, one for traditional storage and the other for fine-art storage. The fine-art […]