July 21, By Christian Murray and Jackie Strawbridge
The Long Island City Partnership’s goal to expand its sanitation and marketing services into Hunters Point will be taking a big step forward next week.
The Partnership, which aims to incorporate the Vernon Blvd/Jackson Avenue area as part of its existing LIC Business Improvement District,…
July 17, By Jackie Strawbridge
The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy will celebrate and remember its late founder, Bill Bylewski, on the grass of the park this Saturday that he dedicated much of his life to supporting.
Bylewski was a founding member of the Friends of Gantry Neighborhood Parks,…
July 17, By Michael Florio
Modern Spaces, the Long Island City based real estate firm, announced today that it has started selling some of the units contained in a new condo building located at 47-28 11th Street.
The seven-story development,…
July 17, By Jackie Strawbridge
Developers are eyeing 37th Avenue, near the water and neighboring Ravenswood Houses, for a new nine-story, 175-room hotel.
Plans were filed Thursday with the Department of Buildings for the hotel at 12-02 37 Ave.…
July 16, It’s in Queens
The New York Irish Center will screen a documentary on its founder, Father Colm Campbell, and a booze-heavy comedy during a special movie night on Saturday.
In the 1990s, western Queens absorbed a large wave of immigrants from Ireland.…
July 16, By Michael Florio
Five men approached a 19-year-old man at Queens Plaza North last month and went through the victim’s pockets after striking him with a metal object, according to police.
The victim was walking in front of the Basic Sale shop,…
July 15, By Jackie Strawbridge
A new comedy venue is up and running where the Laughing Devil formerly stood.
The Standing Room, located at 47-38 Vernon Blvd., soft-opened in late June. The venue comes from the team behind The Stand in Manhattan;…
July 14, By Jackie Strawbridge
Free kayaking, fishing, yoga and other activities will take place on the Long Island City waterfront this weekend as part of City of Water Day.
City of Water Day, an annual waterfront festival, takes place July 18 in all five boroughs and in New Jersey along the Hudson.…
July 13, By Jackie Strawbridge
The Thomson Avenue Bridge became a canvas for the community on Monday.
Volunteers kicked off a community painting event for a new mural designed by local artist Mark Salinas, which he is bringing to the bridge between Skillman Avenue and 44th Drive in collaboration with the Department of Transportation and the Long Island City Partnership.…
July 10, By Christian Murray
Additional cops, greater library funding and an injection of money into local schools, arts institutions and parks were among the items in the City budget that Long Island City and Sunnyside/Woodside residents will benefit from in upcoming years,…