March 10, By Jackie Strawbridge
The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy has been awarded $12,000 in State funds for upgrades to Gantry Plaza State Park.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the award Wednesday, which is a 15 percent matching grant from the Environmental Protection Fund.…
March 9, By Michael Florio and Jackie Strawbridge
Dozens of Long Island City community members gathered on 44th Drive on Wednesday afternoon to protest developers’ destruction of a historic local building.
Unique exterior details have been illegally torn from the former Elks Lodge at 21-42 44th Drive,…
March 9, By Michael Florio
A new urgent care center is set to open its doors next week in Hunters Point.
ProHealth will open their 26th urgent care center at 51-01 2nd St., according to ProHealth COO Walter LeStrange.…
March 8, By Jackie Strawbridge
The Queens Council on the Arts, which has called Astoria home since 2013 and was a founding partner of the Kaufman Arts District, plans to relocate to Long Island City in 2018.
The arts nonprofit is slated to move into the Maximilian,…
March 8, By Michael Florio and Jackie Strawbridge
Unique exterior details were illegally torn from the former Elks Lodge on 44th Drive this morning just days after the local community launched an effort to landmark the property and stave off development.…
March 8, By Jackie Strawbridge
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer has released the ballot items for his district’s Participatory Budgeting session, which include upgrades for schools, public housing, parks and more.
Participatory Budgeting is a process that allows constituents to vote on how capital dollars are spent in their district.…
March 6, By Christian Murray
Scandals, the gritty strip club located in the heart of Long Island City, reopened at its former site by the Queensboro Bridge Thursday night.
The club, situated at 24-03 Queen Plaza North, shut its doors in February 2015 but is back in operation seven days per week.…
March 4, By Michael Florio
Court Square has its own civic association.
The Court Square Civic Association was founded in December in an attempt to bring the residents of that section of Long Island City together, according to president and founder Amadeo Plaza.…
March 4, By Christian Murray
Community Board 2 unanimously rejected a developer’s plan to construct a 17-story hotel building at 32-45 Queens Blvd. that would rise significantly higher than zoning permits.
The Board’s denial, which is merely advisory, stems from the YMCA’s attempt to sell its commercial air rights to a hotel developer who owns the adjacent 10,000-square-foot lot.…