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Pink ‘Sunbather’ Is Coming To Long Island City
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) will be erecting an 8.5-foot-tall bright pink sculpture on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City. The artwork would be located there permanently and the cost to taxpayers would be about a half million dollars. Yes, you read that right. The DCA, through its Percent for Art initiative, has selected […]
Long Island City’s Mu Ramen Offers Japanese With an NYC Twist
I had the good fortune of living for three years in Fukuoka, Japan, a city famed throughout the island nation for its tonkotsu ramen. The noodle soup comes in several iterations, but tonkotsu is the richest, with an intense, creamy broth that is made by simmering pork bones for days at a time. I found […]
Vandalized Long Island City War Memorial Restored
Before and after photos of the Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty monument in Long Island City. The replacement bronze crosses were funded by the Newtown Historical Society. View Full Caption NYC Parks Department COURT SQUARE — Two bronze medals stolen from a Long Island City Spanish-American War Memorial were replaced recently thanks to funding from the […]
Broths Take a Beefy Turn at Long Island City’s Mu Ramen
Mu Ramen famously began as a tiny pop-up in a bagel shop, then moved on to a six-seat table in the apartment of proprietors Joshua and Heidy Smookler. After being overwhelmed by the public response, they decided to find a permanent location, and settled on a small storefront on Jackson Avenue, Long Island City’s busiest and most […]
LIC building blocks stabilized renters from their terraces
LIC building blocks stabilized renters from their terraces The Q41 building uses “Jurassic Park”-style fence on the affordable units December 07, 2014 12:00PM Q41 in Long Island City It’s no “Poor Door” but a luxury tower in Queens is putting up a fence. Long Island City’s new Q41 building, which was bailed out by the […]
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has pulled a plan to remove almost …
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has pulled a plan to remove almost 100 sites from landmark consideration after an outcry from the city’s preservation community. Included in the list was the iconic Pepsi-Cola sign in Long Island City. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly MANHATTAN — The Landmarks Preservation Commission has yanked a plan to remove almost […]
Casa Enrique: Michelin-Starred Mexican in Long Island City, Queens
Courtesy Casa Enrique It was the ceviche that cinched it: I knew I’d return to Casa Enrique, and soon. At this Long Island City Mexican restaurant, slices of fresh fluke caught that morning off the coast of Montauk, Long Island, were bathed in lime juice with a brash mix of green chilies, red onions and […]
Step Inside LIC’s 75000 Square-Foot International Food Bazaar
From Jackson Heights’ heady masalas to the pickled herring of Brighton Beach, we New Yorkers enjoy unparalleled access to a diverse range of international products. But like most aspects of urban living, the reality of these pursuits is decidedly less glamorous than it seems: cross-borough schleps, narrow aisles, and snaking checkout lines have long been […]
Long Island City Clock Tower Building Sold as Locals Look to Landmark It
The former Bank of Manhattan building in Long Island City, known for its clock tower. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska QUEENS PLAZA — The former Bank of Manhattan building in Long Island City known for its clock tower has been sold to a new owner — for the second time this year — as local […]
All aboard! Station LIC finally opens
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers A new ponzi scheme is a big hit in Long Island City. The long-anticipated opening of Station LIC finally happened Nov. 17 and several of the 200 customers ordered the Ponzi burger, which you get for free provided you buy the burger for the next diner. “I had a tear […]
Restaurants in Long Island City form association to battle hipster reputation
Long Island City is defiantly not the new Brooklyn, a new restaurant group proudly states. More than a dozen restaurateurs in the increasingly trendy community have formed the Long Island City Restaurant Association to promote the neighborhood and challenge recent misperceptions of what the area is — and what it will not be. “It’s very […]
Long Island City Is the Latest Hot Spot for Office Real Estate
Nov. 30, 2014 9:03 p.m. ET Real-estate players long focused on Manhattan’s office market have turned their attention to Long Island City, betting on rising office rents as tenants look for low-cost alternatives in the Queens neighborhood. Vornado Realty Trust announced last week it had agreed to buy the Center Building, a former industrial structure […]
Restaurants in Long Island City form association to battle hipster reputation
Long Island City is defiantly not the new Brooklyn, a new restaurant group proudly states. More than a dozen restaurateurs in the increasingly trendy community have formed the Long Island City Restaurant Association to promote the neighborhood and challenge recent misperceptions of what the area is — and what it will not be. “It’s very […]
Long Island City Is the Latest Hot Spot for Office Real Estate
Nov. 30, 2014 9:03 p.m. ET Real-estate players long focused on Manhattan’s office market have turned their attention to Long Island City, betting on rising office rents as tenants look for low-cost alternatives in the Queens neighborhood. Vornado Realty Trust announced last week it had agreed to buy the Center Building, a former industrial structure […]
Vornado Buying Madison Marquette LIC Property for $142M [Updated]
33-00 Northern Boulevard. Vornado Realty Trust is buying the Center Building, an eight-story, 437,00-square-foot office building in Long Island City, Queens, from Madison Marquette in partnership with Perella Weinberg Partners, Vornado announced today. The building, at 33-00 Northern Boulevard, is 98 percent leased, the firm noted. Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment firm Madison Marquette paid $84.5 million for […]
LIC organization first Queens-based nonprofit to win prestigious award
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers There are more than 4,200 non-profits in the borough, representing 15 percent of the New York City total, but no Queens organization has ever won a prestigious New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Award. Until now. Row New York, a 12-year-old Long Island City-based organization that empowers youth from under-resourced […]
City is close to erecting big pink statue in Long Island City: report – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX
LONG ISLAND CITY (PIX11)– A new pink statue will likely be erected inside a Queens neighborhood as part of a wider city initiative, but many residents are against it because of its cost and appearance, according to a report. LIC Post said the Department of Cultural Affairs, through the ‘Percent for Art’ program, wants to […]
Vornado Drops $142M On Long Island City Office Building
By Benjamin Horney Law360, New York (November 25, 2014, 2:46 PM ET) — Vornado Realty Trust said Monday that it has agreed to buy an 8-story office building in Long Island City for roughly $142 million, the real estate investment trust’s second deal topping $100 million this month. Vornado purchased the property, known as the […]
Long-Awaited Mu Ramen Returns to Long Island City on Monday, December 1
Following a summer full of renovations to the chosen Long Island City location for their permanent ramen shop, and then months of the runaround from Con Edison, Joshua and Heidy Smookler will finally open Mu Ramen on Monday, December 1, the couple confirmed to The New York Times. As you might recall, Mu Ramen was […]
Group seeks BID expansion in Long Island City
The Long Island City Buisness Improvement District wants to grow. The nine-year-old organization is seeking to more than double its area, with an ambitious plan that would cover an additional 200 merchants. Reps from the Long Island City Partnership, which runs the existing BID, said the idea was proposed by businesses and landlords in the […]