May 20, Staff Report
A new 160-room hotel is now open on Queens Plaza North.
The Marriott Courtyard Hotel opened Tuesday at 29-15 Queens Plaza North. Focused on business travelers, the hotel includes a computer library, several meeting rooms,…
May 20, By Christian Murray
The owner of SHI and three of his employees are partnering up for a Japanese restaurant that will be opening on Jackson Avenue at the beginning of 2017.
The restaurant, which will be called Sapps,…
May 18, Staff Report
Some of the names behind the push for a new streetcar system between Queens and Brooklyn will sound familiar to western Queens residents, due to major projects they are developing here.
The Friend of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector (BQX) – which has been working on the Connector plan since 2014 – has released its board of directors list (online here).…
May 18, Staff Report
Two pillars of Long Island City’s character – art and manufacturing – will combine for a new art exhibit as part of the 2016 LIC Arts Open.
Several local artists will create new works using plastics and the “thermoforming” heat-molding process developed in 1938 by Plaxall founder Louis Pfohl,…
May 17, By Jackie Strawbridge
After two years of planning and two public meetings, the final step toward expanding the Long Island City Business Improvement District to include a section of Hunters Point has begun.
The Department of City Planning has received formal plans for the BID expansion and referred them out for community board review,…
May 16, By Christian Murray
Defying the wishes of Community Board 2 and Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, the Board of Standards and Appeals has given the all clear to a developer to construct a 17-story hotel building at 32-45 Queens Blvd.…
May 13, Staff Report
Plans have been filed for yet another tower in the Court Square district.
This one will be 66 stories and will be located just one block from Rockrose’s Linc LIC.
The development company Stawksi Partners filed plans Friday with the Buildings Dept.…
May 13, By Jackie Strawbridge
The sixth LIC Arts Open kicks off May 18 with hundreds of artists in venues spread across Long Island City, plus new rooftop live performances and a focus on public art.
The annual festival will span about 60 venues and 500 artists total,…
May 10, By Christian Murray
The team behind the popular watering hole LIC Bar opened their second Vernon Boulevard venture in February with Gantry LIC.
Four months in and the gastropub has been a hit, with its timber and metal interior and old pictures of the gantries on the walls,…
May 12, By Christian Murray
A Vernon Blvd pizzeria is calling on the community board to allow it to serve alcohol to customers who use its backyard space.
L’inizio, an old-school pizzeria located at 47-23 Vernon Boulevard, went before Community Board 2’s City Services/Public Safety Committee last night seeking permission for its patrons to drink alcohol in its rear yard.…