October 7, By Michael Florio
The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has scheduled hearings for nearly 100 backlogged properties, including the iconic Pepsi-Cola Sign and the Old Calvary Cemetery Gatehouse located in the Blissville section of Long Island City.…
October 6, By Jackie Strawbridge
A “March for Safety” will take place at Hunters Point South Park this weekend, to promote autism awareness, and to pay tribute to Avonte Oquendo on the second anniversary of his disappearance from the Riverview School.…
October 6, By Jackie Strawbridge
Fifty volunteers will paint a zig-zagged blue, pink and green mural over Vernon Boulevard’s concrete bike lane protectors this week.
The mural will stretch between 31st Avenue and 40th Avenue, covering 1,080 feet of the concrete barrier along Vernon Boulevard’s protected bike lane.…
October 5, By Jackie Strawbridge
A new homeless shelter will open in western Queens, this time in the Dutch Kills area.
The 200-resident shelter, which will be for women, will open at the Verve Hotel, located at 40th Avenue and 29th Street,…
October 2, Staff Report
Michelin Travel Publications rolled out its New York City’s 2016 Michelin Guide Wednesday, and two out of the 76 area restaurants that earned the highly sought honor—a star–are from Long Island City.
Casa Enrique, the Mexican restaurant located at 5-48 49thAve,…
October 1, By Jackie Strawbridge
New City Church’s second annual family carnival at Hunters Point South Park will take place as scheduled on Saturday, with hopes that a looming storm will miss the festivities.
The free LIC Community Carnival will run Saturday from 11 a.m.…
October 1, By Christian Murray
While crime continues to fall throughout Sunnyside/Woodside and Long Island City, police warn that there has been an uptick in stolen motorcycles in Hunters Point and several rental scams throughout western Queens.
Captain John Travaglia,…
Sept. 29, By Jackie Strawbridge
Subway masturbators will face harsher sentences starting in November, now that a new law has been signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Currently, first-time offenders who subject another person to sexual contact on public transit can receive a maximum sentence of ninety days in prison or one year of probation.…
Sept. 29, By Christian Murray
Communitea, the popular tea house and coffee shop that had been located on Vernon Blvd for a decade, reopened on 46th Road today.
Kafia Saxe and Lloyd Canning, the husband-and-wife duo who own of Communitea,…
Sept. 29, Staff Report
A 35-year-old man jumped off the roof of a Court Square apartment building to his death last night.
The police were called to 42-77 Hunter Street at about 9:30 pm Monday and discovered the man lying face up on the street,…