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Queens Leaders, Residents Call For Reopening Of Long Island City Firehouse
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Queens community wants its neighborhood firehouse back. Residents are fighting to get it reopened after it closed 14 years ago, saying it will make them feel safer at night. “Time is now to reopen Engine Company 261, once and for all,” City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer said Thursday. Those words […]
‘Elevated Beer Garden’ and Outdoor Eatery Opens at New Hotel …
Estate Garden Grill debuted June 14 on the third floor of the hotel’s newly constructed Estate Tower. View Full Caption Courtesy Ravel Hotel LONG ISLAND CITY — An outdoor “elevated beer garden” and restaurant opened its doors last week, located within the Ravel Hotel’s new 10-story tower expansion, which also includes a ballroom event space […]
‘Elevated Beer Garden’ and Outdoor Eatery Opens at New Hotel …
Estate Garden Grill debuted June 14 on the third floor of the hotel’s newly constructed Estate Tower. View Full Caption Courtesy Ravel Hotel LONG ISLAND CITY — An outdoor “elevated beer garden” and restaurant opened its doors last week, located within the Ravel Hotel’s new 10-story tower expansion, which also includes a ballroom event space […]
Himmel + Meringoff makes move into Long Island City
By REW • June 22, 2017 Himmel + Meringoff has expanded its footprint into the Long Island City market with a $25 million purchase. The announced the acquisition of 21-07 41st Avenue, a 127,000 s/f warehouse and office building n at the F train subway station, two stops from midtown Manhattan and one stop […]
Himmel + Meringoff makes move into Long Island City
By REW • June 22, 2017 Himmel + Meringoff has expanded its footprint into the Long Island City market with a $25 million purchase. The announced the acquisition of 21-07 41st Avenue, a 127,000 s/f warehouse and office building n at the F train subway station, two stops from midtown Manhattan and one stop […]
Industrial Turns Residential in Long Island City, and Jewish Life …
Not long ago, Long Island City was one of those places in New York where nobody but residents chose to hang out. As the westernmost section of Queens, connected to Manhattan by the Queensboro/59th Street Bridge, it resembled other industrialized urban neighborhoods—in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia—where the working class lived because of lower […]
Sustainable Queens Development Begins Leasing – Multi
Gotham Organization Inc. and Brause Realty Inc. have begun leasing on The Forge, a 272-unit, sustainable development in Long Island City, N.Y. “We have spent a lot of time and effort over the last five years planning this residential building out to be environmentally friendly, incredibly luxurious, filled with amenities, and we do feel like […]
Altice USA Moving its Headquarters to Long Island City
Details Written by Hadassa Kalatizadeh Created: June 21, 2017 Altice USA, one of the largest broadband communications and video service providers in America, announced that it will be moving its headquarters to Long Island City in Queens. The company, which purchased Cablevision Systems just over a year ago, plans to consolidate its local New York […]
About 50 percent of all condos in LIC sold for more than $1 million in 2016, according to report
Future development June 21, By Christian Murray Nearly 50 percent of all condos sold in Long Island City last year went for more than $1 million, according to a report released this month by the Manhattan-based real estate firm Stribling Associates. The report, titled The Long Island City Condominium Report 2006-2016, noted that there were […]
Industrial Turns Residential in Long Island City, and Jewish Life Thrives
Not long ago, Long Island City was one of those places in New York where nobody but residents chose to hang out. As the westernmost section of Queens, connected to Manhattan by the Queensboro/59th Street Bridge, it resembled other industrialized urban neighborhoods—in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia—where the working class lived because of lower […]
Make Long Island City’s rooftop beer garden your new backyard
Now that summer has finally decided to grace us with her presence, you’re probably thinking, “What we need is a rooftop beer garden.” Good news — Long Island City has your beer in the sky needs covered. Don’t be put off by the Hamptons-sounding name. Estate Garden Grill is a totally casual new rooftop hang, […]
Long Island City won’t be retail ghost town forever, panel says
Long Island City won’t be retail ghost town forever, panel says All the ingredients for an awakening are there, but progress has been slow, say speakers at LIC Summit Long Island City, Queens (Credit: Getty Images) Long Island City’s notorious lack of retail was one of the main points at this year’s LIC Summit, with […]
Van Bramer & Nolan Announce All-Way Stop Sign At Dangerous LIC Intersection
City Council Majority Leader Van Bramer announces a stop sign at 51st Avenue and 5th Street in Long Island City with Assembly Member Cathy Nolan, DOT Queens Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia, Principal of Hunter’s Point Community Middle School Sarah Goodman, President of the PTA of Hunter’s Point Community Middle School Paul Cynamon, students from Hunter’s […]
Long Island City-based Real Estate Agent Jermain Miller Joins the Exclusive Haute Residence Real Estate Network
Jermain Miller New York (PRWEB) June 20, 2017 Haute Residence welcomes successful Long Island City-based realtor Jermain Miller to its exclusive network of real estate professionals. With just 93 cents to his name and homeless but full of sheer determination, Miller has carved his way to being one of the top real estate professionals in […]
Employee slugged as man steals tip jar at Long Island City bagel store: NYPD
►Video NYPD Police from the 114th Precinct are looking for this suspect who allegedly punched a bagel store employee while taking the tip jar at a Long Island City bagel shop. By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The NYPD released surveillance video of a […]
Three Workers Hurt, Rescued In Astoria Construction Accident
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Three workers were seriously injured and rescued Tuesday afternoon in a construction accident in Astoria, Queens. As CBS2’s Alice Gainer reported, the FDNY said the workers became trapped when the upper portion of a house under construction collapsed at 31-25 28th Rd. in Queens, causing the roof to collapse. The workers […]
LIC won’t be retail ghost town forever, panel says
LIC won’t be retail ghost town forever, panel says All the ingredients for an awakening are there, but progress has been slow, say speakers at LIC Summit Long Island City, Queens (Credit: Getty Images) Long Island City’s notorious lack of retail was one of the main points at this year’s LIC Summit, with developers and […]
Long Island City’s FXFOWLE-designed rental, The Forge, launches leasing from $2485
Long Island City’s new 38-story luxury rental building, The Forge, has launched leasing on its 272 apartments. The FXFOWLE-designed building, located at 44-28 Purves Street, offers a mix of studios, one-, and two-bedroom apartments, and just like anything with “luxury” in its description, they don’t come cheap. Rent prices within the Brause Realty and Gotham […]
Telecom giant Altice to relocate Long Island HQ to One Court Square: report
Telecom giant Altice to relocate Long Island HQ to One Court Square: report Company could be taking more than 100K sf in LIC tower Altice CEO Dexter Goei and One Court Square Telecom and cable giant Altice USA is negotiating to relocate its headquarters from Long Island to One Court Square in Long Island City. […]
How a Former Industrial Wasteland Became One of New York’s Hottest Luxury Markets
Growing up in Frederick, MD, Meg Puglisi dreamed of living in New York City—which to her meant Manhattan, pure and simple. The Bronx? Staten Island? Queens? Just names on a city subway map. So when she graduated from college, she moved there to pursue a media career. In the following six years, Puglisi enjoyed all Manhattan had to offer, […]