March 19, 2018 By Jackie Strawbridge The Chocolate Factory has announced that its 13th annual Taste of LIC will return to the Kaufman Astoria Studios backlot on June 5. This will be the second year that the event is held in the Kaufman Astoria backlot, located on 36th Street between 35th and 34th Avenues. It… Read more »
March 19, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A Long Island City FDNY Fire Marshal was identified as one of seven airmen killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq last week. Christopher T. “Tripp” Zanetis, 37, died on March 15 after a modified U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq, the Department of Defense announced on… Read more »
March 16, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Blissville residents showed up in droves at the Department of Homeless Services’ town hall last night to demand that the city throw away plans to open a new homeless shelter in the neighborhood. The permanent shelter is set to open at the current site of the Fairfield Inn by… Read more »
March 16, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The NYPD is searching for a man from Hunters Point who was last seen on Wednesday. Larry Bialke, 72, was last seen on March 14 just before 2 am inside his residence near 47th Avenue, according to police. Bialke is described as white, 5 feet 10 inches, and weighing… Read more »
March 14, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The Department of Transportation will embark on a study of Center Boulevard and 5th Street in Hunters Point to see if traffic treatments could potentially be implemented along those roadways. DOT officials at last night’s Hunters Point Civic Association meeting said the studies will begin sometime this spring. The… Read more »
March 14, 2018 By Tara Law and Nathaly Pesantez Students in Long Island City and Astoria joined a nationwide school walkout this morning to protest gun violence. High schoolers in Long Island City from the Academy of American Studies, the Academy for Careers in Television and Film, Bard High School Early College Queens, as well… Read more »
March 14, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The Court Square Civic Association is calling on the city to turn a large building along Jackson Avenue into a permanent elementary school for the neighborhood. In a petition created a week ago, the civic group points to the four-story building at 27-35 Jackson Ave. to be purchased and… Read more »
March 13, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Plans for the two elementary schools long slated for Hunters Point at last reached the City Council, with a subcommittee unanimously approving their locations yesterday. This vote paves the way for an expected approval from the full City Council on March 15. The SCA plans for construction on one… Read more »
March 13, 2018 By Tara Law Features and short films made by Queens filmmakers will grace the silver screen alongside movies from around the world at the 8th annual Queens World Film Festival in Astoria this month. The festival will take place from March 15 to 25 at Kaufman Astoria Studios (34-12 36th St.) and… Read more »
March 13, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are working to identify a man who allegedly stole a wallet from a 34-year-old’s back pack at the Queensboro Plaza train station several weeks ago. The NYPD announced yesterday that the victim was on the top platform of the station at 5 a.m. on Jan. 4, when he… Read more »