May 11, Staff Report
An MTA conductor was punched in the face by an irate 7 train rider after being told that he was not permitted to smoke on the train, police said.
The conductor, 50, caught the man smoking on a Manhattan-bound train as it was approaching the Hunters Point Avenue station at 3:45 am on May 9.…
May 10, By Christian Murray
A Greek restaurant is slated to open on Vernon Boulevard in the location formerly occupied by San Remo.
The restaurant, to be called Vernon Grill, is expected to open by the end of June,…
May 9, By Jason Cohen
A book store is opening in the Court Square section of Long Island City, an area where developers have struggled to find retail tenants.
Book Culture, which has three stores on the Upper West Side,…
May 7, By Christian Murray
Several residents went to a meeting in Long Island City Tuesday to express their concerns about quality-of-life issues that they say are negatively affecting the enjoyment of the waterfront parks.
The meeting, hosted by the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy in tandem with the Hunters Point Civic Association,…
May 5, Staff Report
Police are looking for a man who was allegedly masturbating on the 7 train on Wednesday.
The man was observed by a 22-year-old woman masturbating at approximately 2 pm on May 3, as the Manhattan-bound train was pulling into the Court Square station,…
May 4, By Jason Cohen
The Long Island City Partnership will host its fourth annual “LIC Springs” Community Festival this Saturday.
The event will take place on Vernon Boulevard, between 50th and 46th Avenues, from 12 to 5 p.m.…
Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at a town hall meeting in Long Island City Thursday and addressed several local issues from traffic safety, the lack of green space to the sanitation garage by Ravenswood Housing.
The meeting took place at Queens Vocation &…
May 2, Jason Cohen
A quarrel between a state prison guard and her ex-boyfriend ended in an attempted murder and suicide this morning, police said.
A female correction officer, whose name has yet to be released, and her ex-boyfriend got into an argument at 6:30 am outside the Queensboro Correctional Facility,…
May 2, By Christian Murray
The Hunters Point Library will not open until early 2018 as the project continues to besieged by construction delays.
The City agency in charge of building the elaborate structure estimates that the completion date will be pushed back six weeks due to delays in obtaining the glass that will be used for the windows.…
May 1, Staff Report
Work is close to being completed on a CVS pharmacy that will occupy more than 11,000 square feet of the ground floor at Hunters Point South Commons.
The drug store, to be located at 1-50 50th Avenue,…