December 19, Staff Report
Rental prices fell in Long Island City toward the end of 2015, as hundreds of new rental units hit the market, according to the latest market report released by real estate firm Modern Spaces.
Average rental prices in luxury,…
January 19, Staff Report
Mayor Bill de Blasio heralded the City’s traffic safety Vision Zero program Tuesday, announcing that 2015 was the safest year for New York City roads on record.
According to City statistics, 231 people lost their lives to traffic crashes in 2015,…
Jan. 19, Staff Report
Police are searching for a man who allegedly stole a woman’s cell phone while riding the M train near the Court Square-23rd Street station on New Year’s Eve.
The 26-year-old woman was on the northbound M train at about 6:10 am on Dec.…
January 18, Staff Report
The developers who plan to revamp the Paragon Paint building and erect three residential buildings on adjacent parcels—including a 28-story tower—will be presenting their plans at a public hearing on Wednesday.
Brent Carrier and Matt Baron,…
An application has been filed by a budding restaurant owner for a liquor license on 47th Road in Hunters Point.
The applicant, who is looking to open an establishment at 10-39 47h Road, received some push back from Community Board 2 Wednesday in her quest for a liquor license.…
January 14, By Michael Florio
The city plans to make Socrates Sculpture Park an officially mapped park, in order to be preserve the space from future development.
The Parks Department brought an application to officially map the outdoor sculpture museum,…
January 14, By Michael Florio
Scandals, the gritty strip club located in the heart of Long Island City, is about to reopen at its former site by the Queensboro Bridge.
The club shut its doors at 24-03 Queen Plaza North about a year ago but plans are in the works for it to reopen soon at the same highly visible location.…
January 12, By Christian Murray
A group of guerilla farmers who have been planting fruit and vegetables on an abandoned industrial site in Long Island City may be in jeopardy of losing their Skillman Avenue lot.
The urban farmers,…
January 12, By Jackie Strawbridge
In an effort to make R train rides less “infrequent and unreliable,” transportation advocates and more than 40 elected officials are calling on the MTA to conduct a comprehensive review of the line.
The Straphangers Campaign,…
January 11, Staff Report
Construction has started on a $30 million garbage-trapping project intended to protect Newtown Creek from pollution, according to the City Department of Environmental Protection.
The project consists of four below-ground “litter capture devices” that will grab trash and debris that would otherwise wash into the creek,…