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Restaurant owners to hold meeting to discuss recent burglaries
July 24, By Christian Murray
A number of Long Island City business owners will be holding a meeting Tuesday to address the rash of burglaries that have taken place on Vernon Boulevard in the past month. The meeting will be held at Manducatis Rustica,…
LIC residents launch hyperlocal site called ‘Tenant King’
July 23, By Michael Florio
There is a new way for Long Island City residents to meet their neighbors. Tenant King, a website that launched earlier this year, provides residents with the opportunity to connect online with fellow tenants/property owners through a private network of verified users.…
90-year-old robbed outside Stop and Shop on 48th Street
July 22, By Michael Florio
The police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding a suspect who they say robbed a 90-year-old man’s wallet, before making him drive to two ATM machines and take out money. The incident occurred on Friday in front of a Stop and Shop located at 34-51 48th Street.…
G train service shuts down in LIC until September
July 21, By Christian Murray
The G train will shut down for five weeks between Greenpoint and Long Island City starting Friday. The Court Square and 21st/Jackson Avenue stations in Long Island City and the Greenpoint Avenue station in Brooklyn will be closed from Friday,…
5 Pointz to be completely demolished by October, with wrecking ball coming out in two weeks
By Christian Murray
The iconic 5 Pointz graffiti mecca will be completely flattened by the end of October if the developer’s plans pan out. Jerry Wolkoff, who aims to put up two residential towers in its place, said today that the demolition of the building is scheduled to start in about two weeks and should take two to three months to complete.…
Work of Looney Tunes director to go on display at Museum of Moving Image starting Saturday
July 16, By Michael Florio
Meep! Meep! A new exhibit, “What’s Up Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones,” is opening at the Museum of Moving Image this Saturday, which will pay tribute to the work of the famous animation director who helped put together the popular Looney Tunes series.…
Rockaway Brewing aims to sell beer by the can, but first needs funding
July 15, By Michael Florio
A local brewery is calling for community assistance to help it grow. Rockaway Brewing Company, located at 46-01 5th Street, launched a 30-day Kickstarter campaign last month, in hopes of raising $30,000 to purchase a semi-automated canning line.…
Cafe to open on 11th Street by the end of July
July 14, By Christian Murray
A high-end coffee shop is expected to open on the corner of 44th Drive and 11th Street by the end of the month. The café, to be called The Mill, will be owned by Chip Brian and Mike Daddio who own several construction/design businesses that are located inside the 44-16 11th Street building where the café will be.…
Burglar left LIC Bar empty handed after discovering worker, while residents just walk by ransacked Manducatis Rustica
July 11, By Christian Murray
Brian Porter, the owner of LIC Bar, is very fortunate that his cleaner likes to work the early shift—around the same time that the perpetrator of a number of Vernon Blvd burglaries likes to ply his trade.…