March 23, By Staff Report
Spring is here, and one Italian restaurant is celebrating the season with a new menu.
Oro Restaurant & Lounge, located at 41-17 Crescent St., has made authentic Italian cuisine a highlight of their menu since opening their doors in Dutch Kills last August.…
March 23, By Hannah Wulkan
A digital advertising agency will soon take up residence in Long Island City.
VaynerMedia, a company focused on digital media, announced Tuesday that it will open a 43,000-square-foot production studio in the Blanchard building at 21-10 51st Avenue,…
March 22, Staff Report
Several local musicians are looking to raise money for a good cause through their music.
Long Island City-based children’s musicians Suzanna Bridges and Andy Jobe are hosting a family concert in Hunters Point Saturday to raise money to support the International Refugee Assistance Project,…
March 22, By Hannah Wulkan
Immigrant workers at a Long Island City bakery rallied today after they were threatened with mass firings.
According to workers, Tom Cat Bakery, an industrial bakery at 43-05 10th Street in LIC, threatened about 30 immigrant workers with firings last week following an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security.…
March 31, By Hannah Wulkan
A longtime dentist office in Long Island City will be moving about a block up Vernon Boulevard and expanding its services.
Hunters Point Dental Services, a 35 year institution in the area, will be moving to new offices this summer on the first floor of the residential building One Vernon Jackson at the intersection of Vernon Blvd and Jackson Ave.…
March 20, By Hannah Wulkan
Kiosks providing free Wi-Fi and cellphone charging will soon be live in Long Island City.
As part of a program replacing old payphones, new LinkNYC kiosks have started going up in LIC, and will be activated in the coming weeks,…
Staff Report
After two years at its Jackson Ave location, LIC Kids Cuts has grown up and moved into a larger space at 10-54 47th Ave, just two doors down from the Hunters Point Ladder 113 firehouse at the former location of Christie Real Estate.…
March 16, Staff Report
Long Island City will see nearly 9,000 new residential units hit the market in 2017, according to a report released this morning by the Long Island City Partnership.
The LIC Partnership released its semi-annual real estate report this morning,…
March 16, By Hannah Wulkan
Participatory budgeting voters in Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City will be able to vote online for the first time ever this year.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer will kick off his third annual participatory budgeting vote on March 25,…
March 16, By Hannah Wulkan
As the Citi Bike program prepares to expand in western Queens, the Department of Transportation is looking for community input where to place the bike stations.
The DOT and Community Board 2 will host two community workshops next Thursday,…