August 25, By Hannah Wulkan
Developers poured the ceremonial final bucket of cement yesterday to complete the concrete structure for the first new high-rise mixed-use residential and retail building in east Long Island City.
The building, located at 37-14 36th Street,…
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August 24, By Hannah Wulkan
Lincoln Center is bringing a Silent Disco party back to Long Island City for the third year running on Friday.…
August 23, By Hannah Wulkan
Several hundred construction workers and members of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York protested outside of the 5Pointz development site in Long Island City today, saying the developer reneged on a promise to use all union labor for the project.…
August 22, By Hannah Wulkan
Sales have officially begun on the new luxury condominium building The Monarch, marketed by Modern Spaces real estate firm.
The building will be completed this summer, with occupancy beginning in the fall.
The new 21,000 square-foot building,…
August 18, By Hannah Wulkan
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer announced today that the Court Square Library will now be open six days per week, adding hours on Saturdays in addition to the standard Monday through Friday hours.
These extra hours are possible thanks to the $43 million in baseline funding for the three city library systems that was added to the city budget this year.…
August 18, By Christian Murray
Hunters Point residents were calling on the commanding officer of the 108 Police Precinct and a NYS Parks Police lieutenant to put more boots on the ground at the waterfront parks at a meeting Tuesday on park safety.…
By Hannah Wulkan
The owner of John Brown Smokehouse, Josh Bowen, is opening a new Texas barbecue joint called Mothership Meat Company, equipped with a BBQ pit big enough to roast a whole hog.
Bowen has teamed up with the Queens Dinner Club to offer a sneak peak of the cuisine next week.…
August 16, By Hannah Wulkan
Local entrepreneur Richard Mumith is expanding his Queens Food Tour business after winning $10,000 in the Queens Economic Development Corporation and Citi Foundation 10th Annual StartUP! Business Plan competition in May.
Mumith won the grant in the best “Community plan” category,…
August 16, Staff Report
A joint meeting held by two Long Island City organizations to address park safety will be taking place at the Plumbers Union Building on 5th Street at 7 pm this evening.
The meeting was initially scheduled to take place at the City Lights Building but has been moved since attendance is likely to be far greater than first anticipated.…
August 14, Staff Report
A motorcyclist died after a collision at the upper level entrance of the Queensboro Bridge threw him off his bike and off the span Sunday morning, police said.
Joshua Persaud, 26, of Queens Village, was riding west toward Manhattan on a 2006 Honda motorcycle when he struck the back of a Toyota Hylander and was ejected from his bike at the Thomson Ave.…