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Former Astoria Eatery Mundo to Reopen in Long Island City Hotel
Guillermo Lucerofabbi, one of the owners of Mundo at the restaurant’s former Astoria space in 2012. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska LONG ISLAND CITY — Mundo, a popular Astoria eatery that closed two years ago and was known for its unique blend of global cuisines, will reopen at a hotel in nearby Long Island City. […]
Sweetleaf Coffee owner Richard Nieto on Long Island City
Sweetleaf Coffee owner Richard Nieto on Long Island City – am New York 232966353382852 http://www.amny.com/news/sweetleaf-coffee-owner-richard-nieto-on-long-island-city-1.7873638 Richard Nieto opened Sweetleaf in 2008, but it took the now-popular biz about four years http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.7872869.1398877434!/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/display_600/image.JPG News By LISA FRASER April 30, 2014 Richard Nieto, owner of Sweetleaf Coffee and Tea poses for a photo in his shop In Long […]
City Living: Long Island City
The waterfront western Queens neighborhood of Long Island City is undergoing a massive facelift. Once populated with factories and other industrial buildings, it is now burgeoning with high-rise luxury condo buildings, trendy restaurants and a vibrant arts scene. The changes are making it a hot destination spot in Queens: The waterfront is taking on a […]
Juice and Raw Food Chain to Open Superstore in Long Island City
Juice Press will open a retail store and production facility at the Falchi Building on 47th Avenue in Queens. View Full Caption Facebook/juicepressny LONG ISLAND CITY — A growing chain that sells cold-pressed organic juices, smoothies and raw foods will be peddling its healthy wares from a new location in Queens. Juice Press, which has […]
Growing Juice and Raw Food Chain to Open Superstore in Long Island City
Juice Press will open a retail store and production facility at the Falchi Building on 47th Avenue in Queens. View Full Caption Facebook/juicepressny LONG ISLAND CITY — A growing chain that sells cold-pressed organic juices, smoothies and raw foods will be peddling its healthy wares from a new location in Queens. Juice Press, which has […]
Ex-cons to put on play in Long Island City
Four ex-inmates are using their lives behind bars as fodder for the theater, and they’ll perform a dramatic rendition of their years in the clink Tuesday in Long Island City. The play, The Castle II, follows four ex-cons as they share stories about their prison stints and reentry into society. “It makes good theater because […]
Astoria elementary school gets big boost in preschool seats
Astoria is taking the rest of the city to preschool. The neighborhood’s Public School 70 is leading the way for the mayor’s universal pre-kindergarten initiative, doubling the number of preschool seats next year to 144. It’s the city’s biggest addition of full-time seats. The expansion is part of a push to add more than 1,200 […]
Dog Island City to leave Hunters Point, moving to Court Square
April 23, By Christian Murray Dog Island City, which has been located at 5-29 50th Avenue for the past five years, is moving to Court Square. Lidia Lozovsky, the owner of Dog Island City, said she is moving in order to be in a much larger space. Her current store is about 600 square feet, […]
Gourmet Food Store Planned for Hunters Point Building
A gourmet food store, a coffee and wine shop and a medical center are leasing retail space at Gantry Park Landing, an apartment building at 2-14 50th Ave. in Long Island City. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeanmarie Evelly HUNTERS POINT — A gourmet food store is being planned for Long Island City, one of three retailers […]
Long Island City elementary school gets big boost in preschool seats
Astoria is taking the rest of the city to preschool. The neighborhood’s Public School 70 is leading the way for the mayor’s universal pre-kindergarten initiative, doubling the number of preschool seats next year to 144. It’s the city’s biggest addition of full-time seats. The expansion is part of a push to add more than 1,200 […]
Long Island City business owner: the MTA caused me $60000 worth of damage …
When it rains, it pours, and in one Queens business, it also floods. The MTA’s $10 billion East Side Access project has wreaked more than $60,000 worth of damage on a Long Island City business since construction started in 2009, its livid owner says. “It has been very, very frustrating,” said Marc Newman, whose Standard […]
Long Island City business owner: the MTA caused me $60000 worth of damage …
When it rains, it pours, and in one Queens business, it also floods. The MTA’s $10 billion East Side Access project has wreaked more than $60,000 worth of damage on a Long Island City business since construction started in 2009, its livid owner says. “It has been very, very frustrating,” said Marc Newman, whose Standard […]
Police Shoot and Kill Elderly Queens Man After He Kills Daughter
Police shot and killed a man in Queens Saturday after he shot and killed his daughter. Authorities say an 86-year-old man called 911 saying and he that he had shot his daughter and dog with a 12 gauge shotgun, and that he wanted to kill himself. Police responding to the scene on 38th Street in […]
MTA Ad for 7 Train Shutdowns Touts LIC as ‘Best Kept Secret’
A new ad promoting Long Island City — designed to help offset the effects of ongoing weekend service shutdowns on the local 7 train — is now appearing on digital screens in subway stations, according to the MTA. View Full Caption MTA LONG ISLAND CITY — A new ad promoting Long Island City — designed […]
Modern Condos Popular in Long Island City
NEW YORK—Developers of all sizes work in the city and it’s not uncommon for a developer to team up with a marketing firm to design the building they plan to build. David Maundrell, founder of aptsandlofts.com, said the process begins before someone makes a land purchase. Based on the location and what can be built […]
MTA unveils Long Island City marketing material
April 17, By Christian Murray “Experience New York City’s Best Kept Secret.” That is the slogan touting Long Island City that is going to be plastered on subway trains and in stations for much of this year, while No. 7 train weekend service is down. It will be part of the public service announcement notifying No. […]
NY1 For You: Unfair Tickets Stop at Long Island City Muni Meter Trap
Filling the muni meter wasn’t enough in one area of Long Island City where drivers said they were getting taken for a ride until they contacted NY1 For You. NY1’s Susan Jhun filed the following report. “It’s an all out assault, we have people in here that have 90 tickets, 100 tickets in a matter […]
Halal cart rolls into Hunters Point, future unknown
April 16, By Christian Murray A bright orange Halal cart set up shop on the sidewalks of Hunters Point this week and it has already drawn the attention of police and one resident. Navid Ahmed, an Afghani immigrant, rolled onto Vernon Blvd Monday and started cooking gyros—as well as lamb over rice. However, by Tuesday, he […]
July 4th fireworks return to East River
source: aroundthisworld.com April 14, By Michael Florio Things will be lighting up this 4th of July for residents of Western Queens. Macy’s annual Fourth of July Firework Show will return to the East River this summer, providing a better view for those in Long Island City and parts of Astoria. In 2009 the firework show […]
Two Il Mulino chefs to open LIC Italian restaurant
Il Falco April 14, By Christian Murray Two long-serving chefs from the upmarket restaurant Il Mulino will be opening an Italian restaurant in Long Island City. The restaurant will be opening at 21-50 44th Drive where Da Gianni’s Ristorante was located, next door to LIC Market. The restaurant, to be called Il Falco, is likely […]