October 27, By Hannah Wulkan
Visitors to Long Island City will now have the chance to enjoy a futuristic robot butler and food delivery courtesy of emojis from the comfort of their own hotel room.
Aloft, a hotel brand owned by the Starwood group,…
October 27, By Hannah Wulkan
LIC is gearing up for its annual Halloween festivities.
This Sunday hundreds of people will flood Vernon Boulevard for the annual Halloween parade, followed by free activities including a haunted house, games and a photo booth,…
October 26, By Hannah Wulkan
The mobile library will make its final rounds in Hunters Point early next month.
The final day of mobile library service will be on November 12, before the bus-turned-library is decommissioned for good, according to Elisabeth de Bourbon,…
October 26, By Hannah Wulkan
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer announced yesterday that he has allocated nearly $2.8 million of city funds for school capital projects in his Sunnyside/Woodside and Long Island City district this year.
The capital funds have been spent on a wide range of school improvements,…
October 26, By Hannah Wulkan
Look out for pint-sized zombies rolling through the neighborhood this weekend.
For the third year in a row Make Queens Safer and Kidical Mass NYC are teaming up to host the Kidical Mass Zombie Ride,…
October 25, By Hannah Wulkan
The illegal Cash-For-Cars signs that can be found throughout Queens have caught the attention of an elected official.
State Senator Tony Avella, who represents a large portion of central Queens, announced his intention to take action against these signs last week after receiving many complaints from his constituents and witnessing someone putting up the signs for himself.…
October 25, By Christian Murray
A slice of Long Island City has made its way to Astoria.
The popular pizzeria, sLICe, which opened on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City nearly 18 months ago, has taken over space on 30th Avenue,…
October 24, By Hannah Wulkan
A man has been sentenced to up to life in prison for abducting a Woodside resident and holding him hostage in a Sunnyside/Long Island City warehouse for more than a month in 2013.
District Attorney Richard Brown announced today that 42-year-old Eduardo Moncayo of New Jersey had been found guilty of first degree kidnapping by a jury earlier this month,…
October 20, By Hannah Wulkan
A Transformer-themed sculpture that went missing has been returned to the artist after a well-known restaurant owner who took it discovered that it had an owner who was looking for it.
Annalisa Iadicicco, an artist based in Long Island City,…
October 18, By Hannah Wulkan
A local barbershop just opened a second location, more than doubling its capacity to meet the needs of LIC residents.
The barbershop Otis & Finn opened its new location at 11-11 44th Road last Tuesday to serve the growing demand for its services.…