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From Industrial Wasteland to Hot Luxury Market in New York City …
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, […]
One Court Square | Altice USA | Savanna – The Real Deal
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. […]
Manhattan landlord expands Long Island City portfolio
Himmel Meringoff Properties is expanding its Long Island City office portfolio. The firm, which owns roughly 2 million square feet of commercial space in the city, acquired a six-story, 127,000-square-foot office and warehouse building at 21-07 41st Ave. for $25 million. Long Island City, Queens, has grown in popularity as an office market in recent […]
Williamsburg-based cafe to open Long Island City location
Black Star Bakery location June 14, Staff Report A cafe/bakery based in Williamsburg is opening a location in Hunters Point. Black Star Bakery, located at 595 Metropolitan Avenue, is opening a cafe at 2-14 50th Avenue, in the space that was formerly occupied by Beans, Grapes and Leaves. LICtalk was first to report the story. […]
MUNDO in Long Island City Shares The Pachamama Cocktail Recipe
Stop by Long Island City’s Mundo at the Paper Factory Hotel to enjoy their festive summer margarita, “The Pachamama.” The drink is finished with a spicy salt-cayenne rim that will provide just the right amount of kick. Pair with Mundo’s eclectic menu items that includes their Red and Golden Beet Salad or Jumbo Lump Crab […]
Fourth Annual LIC Summit to Take Place Next Week
LIC Partnership event last year June 12, By Jason Cohen More than 300 leaders who work in the tech, real estate or corporate sector will join civic leaders for the fourth annual LIC Summit hosted by the Long Island City Partnership and Modern Spaces on June 20. The program will take place from 8 a.m. […]
Macy’s July 4th Fireworks Heading Back to East River This Summer
The Macy’s Fireworks display in 2013. View Full Caption DNAinfo /Jesse Ward LONG ISLAND CITY — Macy’s annual Fourth of July fireworks will return with a bang over the East River this summer for the fourth year in a row, officials announced Monday. The 25-minute pyrotechnic display will kick off at 9:25 p.m. on […]
Bomb threats hit two Queens schools, prompts evacuation
A Queens school was evacuated Wednesday amid fears that a bomb had been hidden inside the building, ready to explode, officials said. Administrators at Public School 164 on 77th Ave. near 138th St. in Flushing pulled all the students out of the school about 11 a.m. after staffers received a threatening call that a bomb […]
Inked Out: Coffey Shop Tattoos – Long Island City, NY
After a Yankees game one Saturday in April with my cousin and his girlfriend, my wife and I went back to see his new apartment in Long Island City. First of all, have any of you been to Long Island City in a while? Holy smokes! Hoboken where? This was the new trendy hot spot […]
Summer movie lineup announced for Hunters Point South Park
Source: HPPC June 6, By Christian Murray The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy has released its outdoor movie schedule that will be screened at LIC Landing this summer. The first movie will be Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory that will be played at sunset on Friday, June 23. The movie series, titled CinemaLIC, is in […]
Another tall office and retail development planned for Jackson Avenue in Long Island City
A new eight-story building planned for Long Island City will seek to attract retail and commercial tenants in a neighborhood that has seen a residential complex boom in the last few years. Jackson Square, a development that will be built at 23-20 Jackson Ave., includes three floors dedicated to retail and five floors of space for commercial […]
Filmmaker Chronicles Decades in LIC’s ‘Overlooked’ Blissville Neighborhood
A shot of the neighborhood from Hank Linhart’s “Blissville: An Investigation” View Full Caption Hank Linhart/BlissvilleStories.org LONG ISLAND CITY — Videographer Hank Linhart has spent years exploring a remote corner of Queens with a compelling name: Blissville. He first discovered the small neighborhood, located along Newtown Creek south of the Long Island Expressway and west […]
Macy’s July 4th Fireworks Heading Back to East River This Summer …
The Macy’s Fireworks display in 2013. View Full Caption DNAinfo /Jesse Ward LONG ISLAND CITY — Macy’s annual Fourth of July fireworks will return with a bang over the East River this summer for the fourth year in a row, officials announced Monday. The 25-minute pyrotechnic display will kick off at 9:25 p.m. on […]
Macy’s July 4th Fireworks Heading Back to East River This Summer …
The Macy’s Fireworks display in 2013. View Full Caption DNAinfo /Jesse Ward LONG ISLAND CITY — Macy’s annual Fourth of July fireworks will return with a bang over the East River this summer for the fourth year in a row, officials announced Monday. The 25-minute pyrotechnic display will kick off at 9:25 p.m. on […]
Macy’s July 4th Fireworks Heading Back to East River This Summer …
The Macy’s Fireworks display in 2013. View Full Caption DNAinfo /Jesse Ward LONG ISLAND CITY — Macy’s annual Fourth of July fireworks will return with a bang over the East River this summer for the fourth year in a row, officials announced Monday. The 25-minute pyrotechnic display will kick off at 9:25 p.m. on […]
Starbucks moving into Jackson Avenue space in Long Island City
Long Island City residents will be able to get their grande lattes at the neighborhood’s second Starbucks location. The franchise will open the new addition at 26-14 Jackson Ave., Court Square Blog first reported. The retail space is located within Dutch LIC, a mixed-use building with condos. The space used to be occupied by the development’s sales […]
$1 Movie Tickets Offered For Kids Films At Long Island City Theater
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A Queens movie theater is offering $1 tickets to kids movies for nine weeks through the summer. UA Kaufman Astoria Stadium 14 RPX, located at 35-30 38th Street in Long Island City, will be showing two kids movies on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m between July 4 and Aug. […]
Long Island City’s Hunter’s Point South phase 2 may be back on track
After a “slight hiccup” last year involving complications with the Amtrak tunnel and power lines that run under the site, the second phase of the Hunter’s Point South megaproject may finally be back on track, Crain’s reports. The troublesome train tunnel required developers TF Cornerstone to rejigger plans for the 1,197-unit building to include a […]
Starbucks moving into Jackson Avenue space in Long Island City …
Long Island City residents will be able to get their grande lattes at the neighborhood’s second Starbucks location. The franchise will open the new addition at 26-14 Jackson Ave., Court Square Blog first reported. The retail space is located within Dutch LIC, a mixed-use building with condos. The space used to be occupied by the development’s sales […]
Annual Taste of LIC Moves to Kaufman Studios After 8 Years on Waterfront
A vendor serves up treats at a previous Taste of LIC event. View Full Caption Timothy Lee LONG ISLAND CITY — Taste of LIC, the neighborhood’s annual food festival, will be held at Kaufman Astoria Studios this year after an eight-year run on the Hunters Point waterfront, organizers said. The 12th annual restaurant-tasting event — […]