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Man at Long Island City ATM tries to rob man of cash – WABC
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. (WABC) — Police are looking for a suspect in an attempted ATM robbery this week. On Monday, at about 4 a.m., a man entered the Citibank ATM vestibule at 1 Court Square, and approached a 32-year-old man who was withdrawing cash. According to the New York City Police Department, the suspect […]
PMG pays $31M for Long Island City clock tower
PMG pays $31M for Long Island City clock tower Developer shelled out $46M earlier this month for adjacent property November 24, 2014 12:48PM By Rich Bockmann From left: Long Island City’s clock tower building and Kevin Maloney Kevin Maloney’s Property Markets Group paid nearly $31 million to snap up Long Island City’s clock tower building, city […]
Volunteers Pack 231000 Pounds of Food to Feed the Hungry
City Harvest RepackathonView Full Caption LONG ISLAND CITY — Anti-hunger organization City Harvest got a jump on the holiday season Friday when volunteers sorted more than 231,000 pounds of food for the group’s second annual “Repackathon.” Hundreds of helpers, including Chelsea Clinton and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, turned out to City Harvest’s food rescue warehouse in […]
Uprising Runs Strong Card in Long Island City, NYC
BY The Sweet Science ON November 15, 2014 UPRISING PROMOTIONS SUPPLIES ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT OF FIGHTS IN LONG ISLAND CITY Co-promoter Peter Quillin, former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi and Uprising Promotions’ Rory Frank at the fights. New York, N.Y. (Friday, November 14, 2014) – Ronson Frank’s Uprising Promotions, in association with Peter “Kid Chocolate” […]
Affordable and Reliable, Queens Real Estate Ascends
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LIC resi parcel seeks record at $315 per foot
LIC resi parcel seeks record at $315 per foot November 19, 2014 04:00PM By Adam Pincus Aerial photo of 22-12 Jackson Avenue (Photo credit: Microsoft) and Ron Solarz A residential development site in Long Island City near the 5Pointz project and MoMA’s PS 1 is asking $315 per foot, which would break price records for […]
City vetting sites for displaced homeless
On a city lot beside the Southeast Expressway, somewhere between massive piles of rock salt and rows of garbage trucks, city officials have found a site to house hundreds of homeless people who have lived in limbo since engineers last month condemned the bridge to their shelter on Long Island. The unsightly spot on the […]
Urban Market Debuts Newest Location In Long Island City
Nassry Mujalli, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, Urban Market owner Sam Mujalli, Key Food Vice President of Business Development John Durante, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, state Senator Michael Gianaris, and CEO Dean Janeway, and Vice President of Strategic Planning Chet Koby get ready to cut the ribbon at the Urban Market grand opening celebration. Key […]
In at $8M, out at $46M — just three years later
In at $8M, out at $46M — just three years later Steve Cheung sells LIC property for close to six times original purchase price November 13, 2014 03:11PM By Rich Bockmann From left: Joseph Stern and 29-37 41st Avenue A Queens-based developer who bought a prime Long Island City site for $8 million three years […]
Astoria Cove a boon for Long Island City
I am a resident of Astoria Houses for 17 years. Astoria Cove is extremely important to me because I have younger siblings that are being raised in this neighborhood. I have heard many positive ideas about the Astoria Cove development so far. One thing I am very excited about is the opportunity for this project […]
Back in Action this Friday Night in Long Island City, Queens
New York, N.Y. (Tuesday, November 11, 2014) – This Friday night at the Five Star Banquet Hall in Long Island City, Queens, Ronson Frank’s Uprising Promotions, in association with Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, will be returning to action with a loaded card of top prospects. Leading the way on the show will be undefeated Uprising […]
Hearty group cheers on marathon runners in Long Island City
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Carmen Rosario gave her lungs and legs quite a workout during Sunday’s 44th annual New York City Marathon, and she wasn’t even running the race this year. Normally around 150,000 runners enter the lottery and only one in three win a spot in the field of 50,000. “I run every […]
NYC Marathon runners cruise through Long Island City
On Sunday, runners from around the globe took to the streets for the annual New York City Marathon. According to the New York Road Runners, which organizes the event each year, it was the largest field in history with a total of 50,266 finishers — more than any marathon in the world. As per tradition, […]
Long Island City Megaproject Will Be Built on a Graveyard
[Jackson Avenue and Orchard Street, where bones and caskets were unearthed in 1925] HR Real Estate Investment Trust and Tishman Speyer recently teamed up to build 1,600 new rental units and 30,000 square feet of retail in Long Island City, and in addition to the regular amenities that the megaproject will contain there will be […]
Long in Repose, Last Remnants of a Founding Family Will Leave Long Island City
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Drill Bit Plows Into Subway Tunnel, Grazes Train Car In Queens
TRI-STATE NEWS HEADLINES From our newsroom to your inbox weekday mornings at 9AM. Sign Up NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An enormous drill bit plowed right into a subway tunnel and grazed an occupied F Train in Queens on Thursday. The train had just pulled out of the 21st Street station in Long Island City, Queens, […]
The 9 coolest spots to watch the NYC Marathon
On Sunday, 50,000 runners from the Big Apple and around the world will race through the five boroughs during the New York City Marathon — a course that winds its way from the Verrazano Bridge up to the melting pot of Bay Ridge, through the heart of brownstone Brooklyn and industrial Long Island City, all […]
10-inch drill bit almost strikes F train in Long Island City
A massive drill bit nearly hit an F train packed with about 800 riders Thursday when it busted into a train tunnel, according to the MTA. The drill bit, 10 inches in diameter, pierced the subway tunnel from the street as the Queens-bound F train rolled out of the 21st Street station in Long Island […]
New Digs in Long Island City
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Locals Look to Landmark Clock Tower Building in Queens Plaza
Residents who live near the former Bank of Manhattan building in Queens Plaza — known for its iconic clock tower — are pushing to see the structure recognized as a New York City landmark. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska LONG ISLAND CITY — Residents who live near the former Bank of Manhattan building in Queens […]