June 24, By Christian Murray
The Department of Transportation will be converting 5th Street (btw. 46th Road and 50th Ave.) into a one-way, south bound street the week of July 7th. Community Board 2 and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s office were notified by the DOT of the plans recently—and were also informed that two speed bumps will be added at the same time the street is converted.…
June 23, By Christian Murray
A new bakery is opening on Jackson Avenue Wednesday that will be focusing on specialty cakes and cupcakes. The bakery, called Pink Canary Desserts, is located at 13-11 Jackson Avenue, and represents a joint venture between the owners of the restaurants Shi and Skinny Cantina,…
June 20, By Christian Murray
Hunters Point residents have complained for years about the excessive number of production companies filming in neighborhood—taking valuable parking spaces, creating noise and shining bright lights through people’s windows. Residents will no longer have to contend with these issues for the next six months.…
June 19, By Christian Murray
Several of Long Island City’s leading real estate experts believe that developers will start focusing on building condos now that the neighborhood is starting to mature. Developers have largely focused on building rental units since coming to the neighborhood a little over a decade ago.…
June 18, By Christian Murray
Tishman Speyer and a Toronto-based real estate investment company announced Tuesday that they are developing as many as 1,600 residential units on a site next to 2 Gotham Center, which is located on Queens Plaza South.…
June 17, By Christian Murray
The train is about to pull into the station. Station LIC, a restaurant to be located at 10-37 Jackson Avenue, will be opening in about four weeks, according to co-owner Gregory Okshteyn. Okshteyn, a Long Island City resident who designs restaurants for a living,…
June 16, By Christian Murray
A mortgage brokerage firm, which is a division of Douglas Elliman, will be opening on 48th Avenue next month. DE Capital is opening a Long Island City branch at 10-29 48th Avenue that will have 15 employees—12 of whom will be mortgage brokers.…
OPINION June 15, By John O’Reilly
During recent Community Board 2 meetings, the term “transparency” has been used with greater frequency to describe the Board and its various committees’ actions and functions. Is this description accurate? No. Community Board 2 fails to make important community information easily accessible and does not provide details about who sits on the Board and how its decisions are made.…
June 14, By Christian Murray
El Ay Si, the popular restaurant located at 47-38 Vernon Blvd., has changed hands. Two men, both of whom work in the IT business, have bought the restaurant and have no plans to change it.…
June 12, By Christian Murray
An eye-care center is opening in Hunters Point this Saturday, where residents will be able to get their eyes examined as well as purchase prescription glasses. The store, called OptimEyes Vision of LIC, is located at 5-27 50th Avenue,…