May 22, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The MTA will host a community conversation next month to discuss its plan to modernize the city’s transit system. The meeting, which will be held on Monday, June 10 at the Mainstage Theatre of LaGuardia Community College, will feature MTA President Andy Byford and other agency officials. Doors will… Read more »
May 22, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The 14th annual Taste of Long Island City will take place on June 12 on the backlot of the Kaufman Astoria Studios, the organizers announced yesterday. The Chocolate Factory, a local non-profit that offers space to experimental artists, is holding the event at the 36-12 36th St. studios for… Read more »
May 20, 2019 By Meghan Sackman The Queens County Democratic Party is hosting a town hall on Wednesday featuring 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. The town hall, to take place at LaGuardia Community College on May 22 at 1 p.m., will be moderated by NY1’s Cheryl Wills who will start the event by interviewing Buttigeig. The… Read more »
May 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan An immersive junglescape will be built in MoMA PS1’s courtyard this summer. The upcoming installation, titled Hórama Rama, was chosen as this year’s winner of the museum’s Young Architects Program. The program, now in its twentieth year, challenges emerging architects to create a temporary and sustainable outdoor installation that… Read more »
May 20, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A bouncer was shot twice outside a troubled Long Island City strip joint early Monday morning, police say. A 42-year-old bouncer was shot once in the left leg and again in the left arm while guarding the door of Show Palace Gentlemen’s Club, located at 42-50 21 St., around 4:42… Read more »
May 20, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A man was slashed in the face and shot at after a verbal dispute erupted in a playground behind I.S. 204 in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City on Friday. The 23-year-old victim, according to police, was approached by six unknown individuals while watching a baseball game at… Read more »
May 16, 2019 By Shane O’Brien This weekend the Long Island City Arts Open will be in full swing for the ninth successive year in celebration of the neighborhood’s most talented artists. Taking place across multiple venues, scores of galleries will be open to the public this weekend, where residents can view art, converse with… Read more »
May 16, 2019 By Christian Murray A street co-naming is taking place in Long Island City Saturday in honor of Terri Adams, a long time Hunters Point civic leader who died in September 2017. The south east corner of Vernon Boulevard and 49th Avenue will be co-named Terri Adams Way, after a life-long resident who… Read more »
May 16, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly stole a man’s wallet and iPhone X while riding on the N train. The victim, 26, was on the N train at the 36th Avenue stop last Friday around 3:30 a.m. when he asked the suspect, who police say he had recently… Read more »
May 15, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Queens Borough president Melinda Katz has announced that she will be hosting a town hall meeting on gun violence later this month, which will be co-hosted by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and representatives of various community-based organizations. The meeting, scheduled to take place at Queen Borough… Read more »