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The man is accused of purchasing a $5,600 handbag from the Chanel store on E. 57th Street. (NYPD) LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens — A man accused of using a stolen credit card to buy a $5,000 Chanel bag in August was arrested Wednesday. Paul Pinedo-Perez turned himself in to the 108th Precinct in Long Island City […]

A city sanitation worker posing as a cop was arrested on Monday for groping a 19-year-old at a Long Island City hotel. Jason Alvear, 40, entered the Red Roof Inn located at 38-05 Hunters Point Ave. at about 5:20 a.m. and knocked on the victim’s door after her friend left the hotel room. When she opened the door, […]

A “Street Seat” in front of 425 Mother Gaston Blvd. in Brooklyn. View Full Caption New York City Department of Transportation COURT SQUARE — A mini-plaza with tables and chairs may be coming to a stretch of Jackson Avenue in Long Island City. Rockrose, a developer that owns several retail properties on Jackson Avenue, has […]

March 6, By Hannah Wulkan A new doggy daycare center with a focus on socializing dogs with one another will open up in Long Island City later this week. Daycare and boarding facility Happy Dogs will open its fourth location in the City on the ground floor of 5-04 50th Avenue on Friday, offering dog […]

By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The MTA will suspend service on the No. 7 subway line from Queensboro Plaza to Manhattan during all four weekends in March. The agency will operate free shuttle buses for Long Island City straphangers who use the Vernon […]

The man fled the bank empty-handed after the teller refused his demand to hand over cash, police said. View Full Caption NYPD LONG ISLAND CITY — A man tried to rob a bank in Queensboro Plaza but fled empty handed after the teller refused his demand to hand over cash, according to the NYPD. The […]

Mundo, located at the Paper Factory Hotel, gives you a great reason to make the short trip from Manhattan to Long Island City. This restaurant offers a top-notch food and beverage experience in an inviting setting with stylish furnishings. The spacious bar and bi-level venue is well designed for parties of all sizes and the […]

This Bushwick building includes four subsidized apartments for singles and couples making up to $38,100. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Gwynne Hogan MANHATTAN — Two Albany lawmakers hope to change the formula determining eligibility for affordable housing. Astoria and Long Island City’s Sen. Michael Gianaris and Rep. Brian Barnwell want to create income bands for affordable units funded with […]

In the past, the Museum of Modern Art’s Young Architects Program has addressed environmental issues as thorny as geopolitical water conflict and the American suburb in crisis through glowing tubes and exquisitely detailed models. This year’s winner is no less ambitious, exploring the crossover between material science and architecture with a soft forest of glowing, […]

This Bushwick building includes four subsidized apartments for singles and couples making up to $38,100. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Gwynne Hogan MANHATTAN — Two Albany lawmakers hope to change the formula determining eligibility for affordable housing. Astoria and Long Island City’s Sen. Michael Gianaris and Rep. Brian Barnwell want to create income bands for affordable units funded with […]