Nov. 16, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez
Police are on the lookout for a suspect who allegedly shoved a uniformed NYPD officer to the ground after she stopped him for jumping the turnstile at the Queens Plaza station in Long Island City.…
Nov. 14, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez
A modern Mexican restaurant is heading to Long Island City into a small space in Queens Plaza.
Waheyo, the name of the restaurant, will be serving modern Mexican-inspired dishes at 27-16 Queens Plaza.…
Nov. 14, By Christian Murray
Plans are in the works for the rezoning of a 15-acre swath of land surrounding Anable Basin that would make way for eight large mixed-use buildings—including a 65-story tower–that would consist of nearly 5,000 residential units,…
Nov. 13, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez
A prototype of a BQX car was unveiled today at the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s New Lab technology space in a bid to bring the 14-mile Brooklyn-Queens connector closer to reality.
The prototype shows the car that would carry passengers through the Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) a light-rail route along the waterfronts of the two boroughs,…
Nov. 13, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez
Police are searching for a woman shown on surveillance footage shipping two photographs stolen from MoMA PS1 back to the art institute.
The two print photographs, at an estimated total value of $105,000,…
Nov. 10, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez
A restaurant, with a focus on southern comfort food and best known for its chicken and waffles is making its way to Hunters Point.
Sweet Chick, the name of the Williamsburg-based locale, will open its fourth New York City location at 46-42 Vernon Blvd.,…
Nov. 9, 2017 By Nathaly Pesantez
Bloomingdale’s reportedly has plans to move into a Queens Plaza office building that is currently under construction in 2020 and bring with it 1,000 jobs.
The company, owned by Macy’s, will take 550,000 square-feet of office space at the site of the ongoing Jacx development at 28-01 Jackson Ave.,…
Nov. 8, 2017 by Nathaly Pesantez
A fundraiser has been set up for the 17-year-old who sustained serious injuries after the driver of a minivan ran over him several times on Halloween over an alleged egging incident.
The victim,…
Nov. 8, 2017, by Nathaly Pesantez
A jury delivered a verdict in favor of the graffiti artists involved in a court case against the real estate developer of the 5Pointz site, where 21 artists said their rights as visual artists were violated when the developer whitewashed and destroyed their artwork over the Long Island City building in 2013.…
Nov. 7, 2017, by Nathaly Pesantez
Book Culture, the Upper West Side-based book store, will likely be opening its Long Island City location in the next two weeks, near Thanksgiving day.
The store, located at 26-09 Jackson Ave., is in the final stages of its set up,…