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Queens Lit Fest in Long Island City will feature local poets and musicians
One former journalist is hoping to expose the Queens community to the borough’s best poets while giving aspiring artists a platform to showcase their work. Mike Geffner started the Queens Lit Fest last year, where more than 300 people came out to LIC Bar for a two-day poetry and prose reading series. This year, Geffner […]
Meghan Trainor to take the stage in LIC tonight, part of Macy’s pre-taping of July 4th Celebration
June 24, Staff Report Meghan Trainor, a well-known singer/song writer, will take the stage on the Long Island City waterfront tonight. Her performance will take place at Hunters Point Park South and is part of the Macy’s July 4th celebration, … June 23, By Michael Florio Long Island City’s beer scene is growing again with a new beer hall slated for Borden […]
Long Island City North Community Meeting: Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX)
WhenJune 23, 2016 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmWhereLong Island City Library, QBPL 37-44 21st StreetQueensRSVPRSVP The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) invite you to come learn more about the Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX). This proposed streetcar from Astoria to Sunset Park was announced by Mayor de […]
Beer hall, food and retail tenants will move into Long Island City’s Blanchard Building
The Blanchard Building in Long Island City will get a $15 million renovation along with a beer hall and food and retail tenants. Located at 21-09 Borden Ave., the 168,000-square-foot property was purchased by Related Companies in March. It was previously owned by J.F. Blanchard who was a manufacturer of fire proof doors and shutters, according […]
Beer Hall To Open In Renovated Blanchard Building
June 23, By Michael Florio Long Island City’s beer scene is growing again with a new beer hall slated for Borden Avenue. The Blanchard Building, located at 21-09 Borden Ave., will open as an office building next year following renovations and will include a ground floor beer hall, according to a spokeswoman with Related Companies, […]
Long Island City becomes a draw to fashion firms
Fashion firms are flocking to Long Island City. Clothing rental service for plus-size women Gwynnie Bee recently expanded in the Queens neighborhood, and three other fashion companies are eyeing space in the area, according to the New York Times. Asking rent was $33 per square foot at the end of the first quarter of this […]
Investment firm Brickman sells Long Island City, Queens, office building at47-25 34th Street for $90 million
Photo: Propertyshark.com 47-25 34th St. in Long Island City, Queens Real estate investment firm Brickman is selling a Long Island City office building for $90 million, 50 percent more than it purchased the 342,000-square-foot property for two years ago. The firm is in contract to sell the four-story commercial building, located at 47-25 34th St., […]
Long Island City Becoming the New Fashion District, Experts Say
Clothing company Madewell recently moved its flagship offices to The Factory building on 47th Avenue in Long Island City. View Full Caption Getty Images/Andrew H. Walker LONG ISLAND CITY — Queens is making its mark on the fashion world, as more clothing and style-related companies are setting up shop in Long Island City — from […]
Driver Killed In Long Island City Crash
A 53-year-old Glendale man died on June 13, when he ran through a stop sign and was struck by a box truck on Review Avenue, police said. Cops said Bruce Lanzer was traveling southbound on 37th Street at about 8 p.m. on June 13, when he blew through a stop sign at Review Avenue. Lanzer’s […]
Man steals $25K urethroscope from apartment building in Long Island City
Police are looking for a man who illegally entered a Long Island City apartment building and removed a package containing a $25,000 digital urethroscope from the lobby. On June 4 at approximately 12:40 a.m., a male suspect entered a building at the intersection of 28th Street and 41st Avenue and removed the package. He then fled […]
Long Island City office building sells for double what it was purchased for two years ago
A Long Island City office building is selling for $90 million, double what is was purchased for two years ago by real estate investment firm Brickman. According to Crain’s New York, the property at 47-25 34th St. will be purchased by Metropolitan Realty Associates and investment firm TIAA. Only 45 percent of the 342,000-square-foot building is currently being used and […]
LIC Summit: Community and business leaders see opportunities rising in Long Island City
For the third year in a row, hundreds of business leaders, city and state officials, Long Island City stakeholders and residents gathered at the Museum of the Moving Image for the Long Island City Partnership’s annual LIC Summit: Ideas and Impacts. Co-hosted by Modern Spaces and The Queens Courier, the summit featured panels discussing topics […]
Sleep in a Cozy, Converted Taxi in Long Island City for Just $39 a Night
Here’s your chance to sleep in a yellow cab without worrying about the meter. A listing has popped up on Airbnb for a “cozy one-of-a-kind NYC taxi van” that’s been “renovated into swanky living quarters.” This renovation outfitted the vehicle with a full-size bed that comes with soft pillows and bright yellow sheets (how fitting), […]
Price and Proximity Draw Fashion Industry to Long Island City
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Permits Filed: 42-22 Crescent Street, Long Island City
By: Rebecca Baird-Remba 7:00 am on June 20, 2016 Another day, another new residential building planned in Long Island City. Last week we spotted plans for a nine-story development at 42-22 Crescent Street, between 42nd Road and the Queensboro Bridge approach. Flushing-based developer Jian Tian Zheng hopes to build 29 apartments and 1,400 square feet […]
Discuss the changing landscape of Long Island City at 3rd annual LIC Summit: Ideas and Impacts
Join city, state and local elected and government officials, along with business and civic leaders to discuss the changing landscape of Long Island City. For the third year in a row, hundreds of professionals are gathering together in Long Island City for the LIC Summit: Ideas and Impacts, presented by LIC Partnership. This year the event […]
Long Island City/Hunters Point Street Reconstruction Open House
The DOT is proposing to enhance safety and streetscape design in Long Island City/Hunters Point by reconstructing the streets from 44th Drive to Jackson Avenue and Borden Avenue to 5th Street. Please join us to learn more about DOT’s Street Safety and Design Proposal for the area.
A $10 Art & Music Festival Series Joins Long Island City
Francesca Capossela — Jun 17 2016 Images courtesy the artist, unless otherwise noted For three summer Saturdays of experimental music and art, Long Island City is the place to be. Tomorrow is the second installment of HOLDING SPACE, the outdoor event series which is one of the many facets of SculptureCenter’s 2016 summer program. The concerts are […]
Kids commission the darnedest things: New York high-schoolers choose public art for Long Island City
Like it or not, most public art is chosen by people in suits. (Think real estate executives, architects and local officials.) But a funky outdoor sculpture unveiled on 9 June in Long Island City, New York, was selected by a very different panel of judges: high school students. For the project, more than three years […]
EDC brings BQX to Long Island City
Supporters of the proposed 17-mile streetcar route between Astoria and Sunset park in Brooklyn admit they have challenges ahead of them. One they don’t have is generating interest among residents, business owners and civic leaders in the Queens side of Newtown Creek. More than 40 attended an informational session in Long Island City Tuesday night. […]