July 23, By Michael Florio
The LIC YMCA is hosting a block party fundraiser so it can offer discounted memberships to residents who struggle to afford it.
The party takes place on Saturday, July 25, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,…
July 22, By Christian Murray
The residential real estate giant Halstead is opening an office in Long Island City–its first foray into Queens.
The office will be located at 47-12 Vernon Bvd and is expected to open in late August,…
July 22, By Michael Florio
While developers continue to roll out with thousands of apartment rentals, there are some condos that are hitting the market.
Units in The Factory House, a condo building located at 42-60 Crescent Street, have just gone on sale.…
July 21, By Jackie Strawbridge
After finally starting work on the long-delayed Pulaski Bridge bikeway, the DOT has hit another setback, with the project’s completion date pushed back to the spring of 2016.
The Department of Transportation told the LIC Post
on Tuesday that completion of the bikeway is now expected in April 2016,…
July 21, By Christian Murray
The Waterfront Crab House has been taken over by the owners of Shi and Skinny’s Cantina.
Joseph Lucil, one of the new owners along with Shih and Skinny Lee, confirmed that they have leased the 2-03 Borden Avenue space and said that they plan to reopen it by the end of the year or the beginning of 2016.…
July 21, By Christian Murray and Jackie Strawbridge
The Long Island City Partnership’s goal to expand its sanitation and marketing services into Hunters Point will be taking a big step forward next week.
The Partnership, which aims to incorporate the Vernon Blvd/Jackson Avenue area as part of its existing LIC Business Improvement District,…
July 17, By Jackie Strawbridge
The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy will celebrate and remember its late founder, Bill Bylewski, on the grass of the park this Saturday that he dedicated much of his life to supporting.
Bylewski was a founding member of the Friends of Gantry Neighborhood Parks,…
July 17, By Michael Florio
Modern Spaces, the Long Island City based real estate firm, announced today that it has started selling some of the units contained in a new condo building located at 47-28 11th Street.
The seven-story development,…
July 17, By Jackie Strawbridge
Developers are eyeing 37th Avenue, near the water and neighboring Ravenswood Houses, for a new nine-story, 175-room hotel.
Plans were filed Thursday with the Department of Buildings for the hotel at 12-02 37 Ave.…
July 16, It’s in Queens
The New York Irish Center will screen a documentary on its founder, Father Colm Campbell, and a booze-heavy comedy during a special movie night on Saturday.
In the 1990s, western Queens absorbed a large wave of immigrants from Ireland.…