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Webster Hall’s Richard Pawelczyk to Open The Arc in Long Island City, Queens
Former Webster Hall executive vp and chief operating officer Rich Pawelczyk has joined the management team at The Arc, a 20,000-sq.-ft. new concert and recording venue in the Kaufman Arts District of Long Island City in Queens, considered New York’s fastest-growing neighborhood. The venue is part of John Belitsky‘s DMNDR network, a global community of artists, musicians and fans that user […]
Long Island City residents can beat the heat this summer at returning pop-up ice cream shop
A popular ice cream shop returned to Long Island City for the summer. To celebrate their three-year anniversary, Ice Vice opened up a pop-up store in the neighborhood where it all started. The popular ice cream and frozen dessert shop popped-up in the converted studio of renowned local artist William Lamson. The shop is located at 27-20 Jackson […]
Mixed-Use Building Takes Shape at 11-52 44th Drive, Long Island City, Queens
By: Sebastian Morris 7:00 am on June 29, 2018 Permits filed for 11-52 44th Drive in Long Island City reveal a new seven-story development coming to the bustling Queens community. The mixed-use structure will contain both commercial and residential space for a total built area of 15,341 square feet. The residential portion will account for […]
Former Webster Hall executive vice president brought on board Long Island City music venue project
Developers of The Arc, a new performing arts center coming to Long Island City, announced a new chief operating officer for the project on Tuesday evening. Richard Pawelczyk, the former executive vice president of Webster Hall, has been brought on to the team of the music venue and concert hall. “I’m thrilled to join the team as the The […]
Shootings Rising at Astoria/Long Island City’s Public Housing Projects: NYPD
June 28, 2018 By Christian Murray There has been a significant increase in the number of shootings in the 114th Precinct this year, despite the overall crime rate for the Astoria precinct remaining low. The NYPD reports that that 10 people have been shot in the precinct for the year through June 17, up from […]
A gigantic music venue is coming to Long Island City
Listen up, Long Island City: A huge music venue plans to open up your way by early next year. Set in a refurbished warehouse that dates back to the early 1930s, The Arc will have two performance spaces (an intimate one holding about 400 peeps, and a larger one holding about 1,700), a 24-hour cafe […]
In Long Island City, second phase of Hunter’s Point South waterfront park debuts
The city officially debuted the second phase of the waterfront park that’s part of the Hunter’s Point South megaproject, in Long Island City, on Wednesday. This second stretch measures 5.5 acres, and follows the opening of the first phase of the park in 2013. Together, these two phases of development offer up 11 acres of […]
Choosing The Road Less Traveled In Long Island City
Barone Management is developing a 100,000-square foot office and industrial-flex space building, in Long Island City, NY. Multifamily and hospitality development has soared over the last decade in Long Island City, the slice of Queens hugging the East River’s eastern shore. One- and two-story warehouses had long squatted along the city’s industrial byways, but steel-and-glass […]
Artist debuts glass art installation in a newly opened Long Island City gallery
For a limited time, art lovers can view pieces by an internationally renowned glass artist in a Long Island City gallery. Oregon-born, Hawaii-based artist Charles Lowrie will debut “Ancestral Knowledge: Spheres of Consciousness” at the newly opened 23 Space gallery at 23-22 51st Ave. The installation features over a dozen curated works that take viewers on a “labyrinth […]
Broadway Star Jason Daneiley to perform in Long Island City
Photo by Justin Patterson Broadway star Jason Daneiley is coming to Long Island City for a free performance at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. By Merle Exit TimesLedger Newspapers Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like TimesLedger on Facebook. Broadway star Jason Daneiley will give a free performance at the LaGuardia Performing Arts […]
‘Cheering Station’ at Court Square Aims to Energize Passing Runners During NYC Marathon
Volunteers from the 2016 cheering station interacting with NYC Marathon runners (Queens Center for Progress) Nov. 2, 2017 by Nathaly Pesantez COURT SQUARE — A “cheering station” will be set up in Court Square during the Nov. 5 TCS New York City Marathon to encourage runners passing through Queens, fresh off the race’s halfway mark. […]
‘That’s What Happens,’ Says Driver Who Ran Over Teen 3 Times for Egging Car
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Alan Neuhauser LONG ISLAND CITY — The driver who ran over a 17-year-old for egging his car on Halloween night told a shocked witness “that’s what happens” after repeatedly crushing the teen under the wheels of his minivan, leaving him with […]
UPDATE: Man runs over 17-year-old three times in Long Island City after teens throw eggs at his car on Halloween
A 50-year-old Long Island City resident whose car was hit pelted with eggs by teenagers on Halloween night retaliated by running over a 17-year-old with his car. According to police, Keith Richard was driving a 2008 Dodge caravan when he started arguing with teenagers who had vandalized his car at the intersection of 23rd Street and […]
Driver Mows Down Teen Who Threw Eggs at His Car on Halloween, Police Say
Keith Richard, 50, drove his car onto the sidewalk on Jackson Avenue, striking a 17-year-old boy, police said. View Full Caption Shutterstock LONG ISLAND CITY — A man drove his minivan onto a sidewalk to mow down a 17-year-old who had been with a group of teens throwing eggs at his car on Halloween night, police said. Keith […]
‘That’s What Happens,’ Says Driver Who Ran Over Teen 3 Times for …
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Alan Neuhauser LONG ISLAND CITY — The driver who ran over a 17-year-old for egging his car on Halloween night told a shocked witness “that’s what happens” after repeatedly crushing the teen under the wheels of his minivan, leaving him with […]
CBS2 Exclusive: Mother Speaks After Teen Is Run Over By Van In Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Queens teenager’s mother spoke out Friday, after the boy was run over not once, not twice – but three times. As CBS2’s Marc Liverman reported exclusively, tubes and needles are all over 17-year-old Christopher Miraba’s body. He was lying in a hospital bed Friday, three days after being hit by […]
Long Island City community arts center needs help to continue providing free programs
A nonprofit in Long Island City that provides free access to the arts is looking for funding to continue its work in the neighborhood. Long Island City Artists (LIC-A), which was established in 1986, operates out of a 12,000-square-foot space provided by a plastics manufacturing company, Plaxall, last October. Since then, LIC-A has used the space to […]
Real estate experts see big things for Queens as the borough continues to expand
More than a dozen real estate and development experts took the stage at the QNS Real Estate Conference 2017 on Nov. 2 at Gantry Loft in Long Island City to talk about the current state of the real estate market in Queens, and what the future holds. Before the three different panels came on to speak to […]
Live across from Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City for $867/month
Rendering of Vernon Tower, via PACS Architecture and Excel Development On Monday, the lottery opens for 21 affordable units in a new luxury residential building located on the border of the trendy Queens neighborhoods of Astoria and Long Island City. The mixed-use rental at 11-06 31st Drive, called the Vernon Tower despite being just eight-stories, […]
UPDATE: Man runs over 17-year-old three times in Long Island City …
A 50-year-old Long Island City resident whose car was hit pelted with eggs by teenagers on Halloween night retaliated by running over a 17-year-old with his car. According to police, Keith Richard was driving a 2008 Dodge caravan when he started arguing with teenagers who had vandalized his car at the intersection of 23rd Street and […]