March 16, By Hannah Wulkan
A man who lives on the border of Long Island City and Astoria was sentenced to a year in prison for dropping his dog out of a third story window last summer, announced Queens District Attorney Richard Brown today.…
March 15, Staff Report
Service on the No. 7 train was down for nearly two hours this morning after a train was evacuated at the Hunters Point Ave. station following a loud noise in one of the cars, said an MTA spokesperson.…
March 14, By Hannah Wulkan
A developer is building townhouses in Long Island City with units large enough for families.
Developer GDC Properties is in the process of building a 76-unit complex that consists of 38 four-story town houses with two duplexes in each.…
March 14, By Hannah Wulkan
A new Pilates studio will open up in Long Island City next month, bringing a classical approach to the exercise classes.
LIC Pilates will open up on the second floor of 12-17 Jackson Avenue on April 4,…
March 13, By Hannah Wulkan
A developer filed plans last week to build a new five story mixed use building in Long Island City.
According to the plans, the building at 2-22 51st Avenue would stand about 50 feet tall,…
By Staff Report
The silver screens at Kaufman Studios and the Museum of Moving Image will feature works by Long Island City residents and other Queens filmmakers as part of the 7th Annual Queens World Film Festival beginning this Tuesday,…
March 10, By Christian Murray
A restaurant offering pizza and Italian dishes is slated to open on the ground floor at Hunters Point South Commons.
The restaurant, to be located at 1-50 50th Avenue, will face Center Boulevard and will have a bar as well as offer seating for about 65 patrons,…
March 8, By Hannah Wulkan
A prominent development company is looking to install a small seating area on Jackson Avenue but Community Board 2 has several concerns regarding the safety of the location.
Rockrose, which owns several luxury buildings in the neighborhood, …
March 8, By Hannah Wulkan
The Queens World Film Festival will bring more than 100 films to the screen in Astoria throughout next week, and will kick off with an opening celebration on Tuesday.
The festival will celebrate the beginning of its seventh year with a party sponsored by Investors Bank that at the Museum of the Moving Image at 36-01 35th Avenue that will begin at 7 p.m.…
March 7, Staff Report
A city sanitation worker was arrested for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a Long Island City hotel room early Monday morning, according to police.
The victim was in her hotel room waiting for a friend–who had left the room to return–when she heard a knock on the door around 5:40 am.…