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An off-duty police officer was arrested in Long Island City for driving drunk and refusing to take a breathalyzer test on Sunday. According to police, 39-year-old Hitesh Arora was driving in the vicinity of 11-24 Borden Ave at 10:04 p.m., when his car stalled. Arora, who has been on the force for three years at a Brooklyn precinct, […]

LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) — A man who purchased storage unit Monday afternoon in Long Island City made a gruesome discovery, at least 40 dead cats inside two freezers. The auction was held by American Self-Storage Facility for abandon storage lockers. The auction winner, who paid $150, went to review the locker and found […]

Six of the seven subway lines that connect Queens to Manhattan converge at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge, where Queens Plaza meets Queens Boulevard, Northern Boulevard, and Jackson Avenue. There, the elevated Queensboro Plaza station handles the N, Q, and 7 trains, while the E, M, and R serve the underground Queens Plaza stop. […]

Thanks to The Daily Meal, my family and I had the pleasure of experiencing a recent food tour of Long Island City, Queens. Our group ranged from Queens natives to New Yorkers from “other boroughs” to tourists from Germany, all of whom were equally entertained, not to mention well fed. A few of us may […]

Book lovers in Long Island City will now have another outlet to pick up interesting reads with the grand opening of a community-supported free library. M. Wells Steakhouse, located at 43-15 Crescent St., will utilize an empty lot next door to create a space for the community to choose from about 1,000 books collected through […]

Talk about a door-buster deal. Two bandits who smashed their way through the entrances of cellphone stores in Middle Village and Long Island City and stole high-tech merchandise this month remain on the lam.   Authorities said the brazen crooks used a vehicle to smash open the front door of the RadioShack store located at 69-18 Metropolitan […]

Automotive (0 – 3) and Long Island City are both heading into their Saturday contest this week after losing their previous games. Long Island City was within striking distance but couldn’t close the gap last week as it fell 20 – 14 to Douglass Academy. The loss dropped Long Island City’s record to 1-2. Meanwhile, […]

With the Citywide Ferry Service on track to launch next summer, city officials announced last week that a new ferry landing will arrive in Long Island City as part of the first phase of expansion seeking to better connect outer borough residents to Manhattan. Metal Shark and Horizon shipyards have been contracted to build the […]

Developers have been filling Long Island City with new residential projects for several years but the area is still lacking in some basic services. Now, residents will be able to pick up their prescriptions, snacks, school supplies from their children and more when a CVS comes to Hunters Point South Commons, LIC Talk first reported. […]

(L. to r.); Maria Torres-Springer, Commissioner, NYC Economic Development Corporation; Debra Markell Kleinert, District Manager; Elizabeth Lusskin, Executive Director, Long Island City Partnership; Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer; Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan; state Senator Michael Gianaris and Leslie Wright, NYC Regional Director, NYS Parks. Assemlywoman Cathy Nolan released a statement in which she commended the NYC Economic […]