By Staff Report
The silver screens at Kaufman Studios and the Museum of Moving Image will feature works by Long Island City residents and other Queens filmmakers as part of the 7th Annual Queens World Film Festival beginning this Tuesday,…
March 10, By Christian Murray
A restaurant offering pizza and Italian dishes is slated to open on the ground floor at Hunters Point South Commons.
The restaurant, to be located at 1-50 50th Avenue, will face Center Boulevard and will have a bar as well as offer seating for about 65 patrons,…
March 8, By Hannah Wulkan
A prominent development company is looking to install a small seating area on Jackson Avenue but Community Board 2 has several concerns regarding the safety of the location.
Rockrose, which owns several luxury buildings in the neighborhood, …
March 8, By Hannah Wulkan
The Queens World Film Festival will bring more than 100 films to the screen in Astoria throughout next week, and will kick off with an opening celebration on Tuesday.
The festival will celebrate the beginning of its seventh year with a party sponsored by Investors Bank that at the Museum of the Moving Image at 36-01 35th Avenue that will begin at 7 p.m.…
March 7, Staff Report
A city sanitation worker was arrested for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a Long Island City hotel room early Monday morning, according to police.
The victim was in her hotel room waiting for a friend–who had left the room to return–when she heard a knock on the door around 5:40 am.…
March 6, By Hannah Wulkan
A new doggy daycare center with a focus on socializing dogs with one another will open up in Long Island City later this week.
Daycare and boarding facility Happy Dogs will open its fourth location in the City on the ground floor of 5-04 50th Avenue on Friday,…
March 6, By Hannah Wulkan
A Long Island City restaurateur and a local pottery studio are once again working together to combat hunger throughout the City.
Local restaurant Manducatis Rustica and pottery studio Brickhouse Ceramic have teamed up for an Empty Bowls fundraiser once again,…
March 3, By Hannah Wulkan
A popular fitness center in Long Island City is closing its doors after two years in business.
The Workout Factory, a popular gym offering Pilates and fitness classes at 10-25 48th Avenue, will shut down on April 1 after losing its space due to a dispute over the building ownership.…
March 3, By Hannah Wulkan
A community meeting will give LIC residents the chance to share concerns with their political representative.
The monthly Hunters Point Civic Association meeting on March 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the New York Irish Center at 10-24 Jackson Avenue will function in part as a town hall meeting with Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.…
March 2, By Christian Murray
A high-end gourmet deli with an upstairs bar opened on Vernon Boulevard today in the space that was formerly occupied by The Butcher Gourmet Deli.
NU Look, located at 49-16 Vernon Blvd., consists of an extensive ground floor deli,…