June 17, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The Court Square Civic Association’s first annual block party will take place this Sunday. The event is being held on Crescent Street, between 43rd Avenue and 44th Road, from noon until 7 p.m. and as many as 600 people are expected to attend. The block party will feature seven… Read more »
June 17, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A colorful piano with a bright orange fish painted on it sits in Gantry Plaza State Park and park-goers are able to play it until Sunday. The piano, which is part of the Sing for Hope public art program, is one of 50 scattered in parks and public spaces… Read more »
June 14, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A number of Long Island City-based fur workers went to Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer’s office Monday to urge him to oppose a bill calling for the ban of fur sales. Employees of Long Island City-based Stallion and Astoria-based Funtastic Furs lined up outside Van Bramer’s district office in Sunnyside on… Read more »
June 14, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Space in a Court Square office building is available and the owner is looking to rent it to an arts organization at a discounted rate. The owner of the Santander Bank Building, located at 24-29 Jackson Ave., is looking to find a second-floor tenant for the next two years…. Read more »
June 13, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The Hampton Jitney will be serving Long Island City this summer with a designated pick up spot in Hunters Point. The Jitney, a popular bus service that goes from New York City to the Hamptons, is adding a Long Island City link over the summer. The Jitney will leave… Read more »
June 11, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan An upstate man will serve 11 years in prison for the attempted murder of a woman in Queensbridge, the Queens District Attorney’s office announced today. Snooze Brown, 23, of Middletown, New York pleaded guilty in May to shooting a bystander during a violent altercation with his girlfriend in January… Read more »
June 11, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The MTA held a town hall meeting in Long Island City last night and its leader Andy Byford told the audience that the agency will be installing a new system designed to catch falling debris. Byford, speaking at an MTA Fast Forward event at LaGuardia Community College, said that… Read more »
June 10, 2019 By Staff Report A six-part music program will be kicking off this Thursday on the Long Island City waterfront. The 4th annual “LIC Landing Live,” a summer music series that will feature performances from a variety of artists until Aug. 22, will run every other Thursday from 6 p.m. through 8 p.m…. Read more »
June 7, 2019 By Max Murray The police are looking for seven people who attacked and robbed two men at a Long Island City park last month. The suspects, five men and two women, approached the victims at Rainey Park, located at 34th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard, at around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16,… Read more »
June 6, 2019 By Christian Murray Plans have been filed for a nine-story building at 27-55 Jackson Ave. The development, which will consist of 40 residential units and ground floor retail space, will replace a prominent three-story brick building on the corner of Jackson Avenue and 42nd Road. The corner building, which was occupied in… Read more »