October 2, Staff Report
Michelin Travel Publications rolled out its New York City’s 2016 Michelin Guide Wednesday, and two out of the 76 area restaurants that earned the highly sought honor—a star–are from Long Island City.
Casa Enrique, the Mexican restaurant located at 5-48 49thAve,…
October 1, By Jackie Strawbridge
New City Church’s second annual family carnival at Hunters Point South Park will take place as scheduled on Saturday, with hopes that a looming storm will miss the festivities.
The free LIC Community Carnival will run Saturday from 11 a.m.…
October 1, By Christian Murray
While crime continues to fall throughout Sunnyside/Woodside and Long Island City, police warn that there has been an uptick in stolen motorcycles in Hunters Point and several rental scams throughout western Queens.
Captain John Travaglia,…
Sept. 29, By Jackie Strawbridge
Subway masturbators will face harsher sentences starting in November, now that a new law has been signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Currently, first-time offenders who subject another person to sexual contact on public transit can receive a maximum sentence of ninety days in prison or one year of probation.…
Sept. 29, By Christian Murray
Communitea, the popular tea house and coffee shop that had been located on Vernon Blvd for a decade, reopened on 46th Road today.
Kafia Saxe and Lloyd Canning, the husband-and-wife duo who own of Communitea,…
Sept. 29, Staff Report
A 35-year-old man jumped off the roof of a Court Square apartment building to his death last night.
The police were called to 42-77 Hunter Street at about 9:30 pm Monday and discovered the man lying face up on the street,…
By Jackie Strawbridge
Developers who construct new buildings in the Court Square/Queens Plaza section of Long Island City will most likely be required to make sure one-quarter of the units are affordable, if a proposal from the Department of City Planning goes through as written.…
Sept. 24, By Christian Murray
Work has begun on the second and final phase of Hunters Point South Park.
The waterfront park, which will be more than 10 acres when it is finished, is expected to be completed toward the end of 2018.…
Sept. 24, Staff Report
A cab driver was robbed at gunpoint by a passenger in Long Island City last month, according to police.
The victim picked up the alleged perpetrator at 46th Street and 5th Avenue at around noon August 30 before driving him to 45th Road and 23rd Street.…
Sept. 22, By Jackie Strawbridge
A four-story, 51-room hotel is planned to join the ever-growing hotel scene in Long Island City and Astoria.
Called The Gantry, the hotel will be located at 38-22 28th St., near Growing Up Green Charter School and the Fisher Landau Center for Art,…