July 27, 2018 By Christian Murray The Hunters Point Library will not open until the summer of 2019 as the project continues to be besieged by construction delays. The city agency in charge of overseeing the construction estimates that the library will be completed by the end of the year, with the Queens Library taking… Read more »
July 27, 2018 By Tara Law An armored truck driver from Queens faces up to 25 years in prison for allegedly stealing more than $1.6 million in cash from a vehicle in Long Island City that he’d been hired to protect. The driver, 37-year-old Howard Beach resident Riguerson Avril, allegedly pilfered the funds from a… Read more »
July 25, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A beer-focused festival will be taking place in Long Island City this weekend for the second year in a row. “Cheers To QNS!”, the name of the event, features breweries exclusively from Queens serving up unlimited beers in a day filled with music, pop up food stalls, and more… Read more »
July 24, 2018 By Christian Murray A Vernon Boulevard restaurant that aimed to offer something for sports fans and foodies alike closed on Thursday after being in business just five months. S3 Sushi, which was located at 47-34 Vernon Blvd, was a sports bar and sushi eatery that served Asian cuisine. It also promoted soju—a… Read more »
July 24, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Modern Spaces, the Long Island City-based brokerage, has recently been granted a temporary restraining order against a competitor it accused of stealing confidential data and poaching agents. The restraining order against Compass, a coast-to-coast competitor, was handed down by a judge last month, and follows a lawsuit Modern Spaces… Read more »
July 23, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Yet another tower could be heading to Long Island City, with reports of a 70-story skyscraper in the works for the Queens Plaza neighborhood. The massive development has been pegged at 42-50 24th St., according to City Realty, just one block away from the Queensboro Plaza station, meaning the… Read more »
July 23, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A store specializing in tech repairs has opened in the Hunters Point neighborhood. uBreakiFix, the name of the shop at 10-50 Jackson Ave., opened last week, marking the nationwide brand’s first Queens location. The store’s services “anything with a power button,” including smartphones, tablets, computers, game consoles, drones, and… Read more »
July 20, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Hunters Point residents will soon see splashes of color in the neighborhood thanks to a kid-envisioned mural currently being painted with the help of local children. The mural, called “Rising in the Community”, has already been laid out in recent days onto a large section of the wall bordering… Read more »
July 19, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The city has relocated a center aimed at helping refugee and immigrants gain employment to Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. The Human Resources Administration’s Refugee and Immigrant Job Center now operates out of 32-20 Northern Blvd., moving from its prior location at 88 Third Ave. in Brooklyn. The… Read more »
July 19, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A commercial and retail development in the works within the Court Square neighborhood for several years is making headway, with demolition permits filed for the one-story building currently at its site. Permits were filed yesterday to demolish the 14-foot tall, black-surface building at 23-20 Jackson Ave. The site, leased… Read more »