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Tishman Speyer, Qatari Diar partner on $700M Long Island City mixed-use development
Dive Brief: New York City-based developer Tishman Speyer has partnered with Qatar-backed investment fund Qatari Diar to build a $700 million, 1.1 million-square-foot, mixed-use office complex in Long Island City, NY. Shared office space provider WeWork, with a lease deal for 250,000 square feet, will anchor the 27-story, two-tower office and retail development and represent the […]
Permits Filed: 38-23 28th Street, Long Island City
Brooklyn and Queens may already have more hotel rooms than they need, but developers keep building hotels in Long Island City. Last week’s crop of filings brought plans for a five-story hotel at 38-23 38th Street, between 38th and 39th avenues in the Dutch Kills section of the neighborhood. The building would replace a little two-story wood-frame house […]
Police: 69-year-old pushed down subway stairs in Long Island City, suffers broken knee
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Police: 69-year-old pushed down subway stairs in Long Island City, suffers broken knee
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Tishman Speyer’s Massive Long Island City Office Complex Moves Forward
Tishman Speyer’s plans to bring additional office space in Long Island City are moving forward, Curbed has learned. Partnering with global investment firm, Qatari Diar, the development firm is going ahead with its planned 1.1 million square foot office project that will be located next to the 22-story office tower, Gotham Two, that Tishman developed […]
Tishman Speyer’s Massive Long Island City Office Complex Moves Forward
Tishman Speyer’s plans to bring additional office space in Long Island City are moving forward, Curbed has learned. Partnering with global investment firm, Qatari Diar, the development firm is going ahead with its planned 1.1 million square foot office project that will be located next to the 22-story office tower, Gotham Two, that Tishman developed […]
Suspect Charged After Subway Assault In Long Island City, Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A suspect was arrested and charged Monday in a callous attack at a subway station in in Long Island City, Queens. Jerone Blakely, 44, whose address is listed at a homeless shelter on the Bowery, was charged with second-degree assault, police said. As CBS2’s Scott Rapoport reported, police said the assailant […]
Suspect Charged After Subway Assault In Long Island City, Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A suspect was arrested and charged Monday in a callous attack at a subway station in in Long Island City, Queens. Jerone Blakely, 44, whose address is listed at a homeless shelter on the Bowery, was charged with second-degree assault, police said. As CBS2’s Scott Rapoport reported, police said the assailant […]
Police: 69-year-old pushed down subway stairs in Long Island City, Queens, suffers broken knee – WABC
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) — The search is on for the suspect who pushed a 69-year-old man down a set of stairs at a subway stop in Queens. Police reports say that on Wednesday, the 69-year-old was pushed inside the 36th Street M/R station in Long Island City. The victim fractured his knee in […]
40 Pre-K Seats Secured At PS/IS 78
July 8, By Jackie Strawbridge The DOE has secured 40 additional pre-K spots at PS/IS 78 in the 2016/2017 school year, according to a statement from Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer. “I’m pleased that after much advocacy and pushing from parents and my office, the DOE has confirmed that they have found room for an […]
Coffeed To Expand Into Astoria With New Location
July 5, By Michael Florio The popular Long Island City-based coffee chain Coffeed will soon expand yet again with a new spot in Astoria. According to owner Frank Raffaele, the new cafe will open at 26-08 Hoyt Avenue South in the next two weeks. Raffaele wanted to open a shop in the neighborhood since he previously lived there […]
Wolkoff is building his 5Pointz towers in Long Island City without union workers
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. Over a dozen cement mixing trucks lined up for several blocks on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City Friday morning. The drivers in each truck waited patiently for their turn to enter the construction site, where the 5Pointz […]
5 Fascinating Facts About Macy’s July Fourth Fireworks
Fireworks light up the night sky during a Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks show View Full Caption Macy’s/Kent Miller Studios Bursts of light in colors from lemon to lavender will illuminate the night sky over the East River Monday night as part of the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks show. With more than 56,000 shells set to […]
Hunters Point Library Takes Shape on Long Island City Waterfront
The partially affordable towers of Hunters Point South have formed a neighborhood within a neighborhood in Long Island City, and like any thriving community, they need a library. Now, the new library, with its unique cut-out design, is coming along nicely on the East River waterfront, and prolific construction chronicler Tectonic has photos. Designed by Steven Holl Architects, […]
Woman makes false bomb threats at a Long Island City factory, cops say
Police are searching for a woman who phoned in and emailed a bomb threat to a company in Long Island City. At approximately 10:40 a.m. on May 19, a 29-year-old female employee of Propper Manufacturing Company, located at 36-04 Skillman Ave., received a phone call from a woman saying that she was going to blow up the […]
Construction workers walk off $875 million Long Island City complex project due to low wages and unsafe conditions
Four non-union steamfitters walked off of a multimillion-dollar residential project being constructed in Long Island City after claiming their employers were exploiting them with low pay and unsafe working conditions. The 1,789-unit residential complex on Jackson Avenue is being developed by Tishman Speyer and the three towers are located at 28-10 Jackson Ave., 28-30 Jackson Ave. and 30-02 Queens Blvd. They are slated […]
Underused Stretch of Long Island City Envisioned as Rich Urban Wilderness
Photography by Nathan Kensinger. A proposal has been released to open up the Montauk Cutoff, a short abandoned rail line of Long Island City, to the public as a haven of urban wilderness. Brooklyn Grange and Bang Studio released the plan, dubbed the Wild Line, with an intent to “transform the Long Island City community […]
Issues facing LIC residents and businesses discussed at annual summit
Photo by Bill Parry Panels discuss issues facing Long Island City during the 3rd annual LIC Summit at the Museum of the Moving Image. By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. The challenges facing residents and businesses in Long Island City were discussed at length […]
This ‘swanky’ converted taxi van in Long Island City is listed on Airbnb for $39 a night
A listing on Airbnb is offering those who want the true New York City experience a chance to spend a night in a “cozy one-of-a-kind NYC taxi van” in Long Island City. The van, which has been in service since 2002, has serviced thousands of people including actors and real estate tycoons, according to the listing. It is […]
Nolan Announces Assembly Reelection Bid
June 27, By Christian Murray Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, who has represented Sunnyside, Long Island City, Ridgewood and parts of Astoria for more than 30 years, is running for her office again. Nolan was elected to the Assembly in 1984 and was one of the youngest women to be elected in New York at the time. […]