August 5, Staff Report
A large eatery/salad bar is about to open near Queens Plaza. Cranberry, which is located at 42-51 Hunter Street, will primarily be a lunch-time salad bar. The establishment will offer everything from salads, pastas, Mexican fare to pizza.…
July 10
, Staff report
The Laughing Devil Comedy Club is up for sale and is likely to be sold in weeks. Steve Hofstetter, a co-owner with Jacob Morvay at the 47-38 Vernon Blvd. venue, said that he would try to find a buyer that would maintain it as a comedy club.…
The New York City Police Department is searching for a man who allegedly robbed a livery car driver at gun point in Long Island City last Saturday. The alleged perpetrator got into the victim’s livery car in front of a grocery store at 40th Avenue &…
July 9, By Christian Murray
A rental building located near Queensboro Plaza has sold for $85 million, according to a report by Crains. The Crescent Club, which is located at 41-17 Crescent Street, was bought by Charles Dayan, who is well known in Manhattan real estate circles. …
July 9, By Bill Parry
Live at the Gantries, a free summer music series at Gantry Plaza State Park, begins tonight. The series runs for six straight Tuesday nights with shows beginning at 7:00pm. Trombonist John Yao kicks things off with his 17 piece contemporary jazz band.…
July 5, By Christian Murray
The latest luxury rental building to be developed alongside the East River starts leasing next week. The 12-story building, called Gantry Park Landing, is located at 50-01 Second Avenue, and provides plenty of amenities to pamper and entertain residents.…
Jerry Wolkoff, the owner of the 5 Pointz building, was livid when he learned that his plan to build two residential towers where the graffiti icon now stands was rejected by Community Board 2 last month. “I wasn’t upset with the community,” Wolkoff said.…
July 1, By Bill Parry
With hundreds of thousands of visitors coming to the borough for two world-class sports events this summer, the Queens Chamber of Commerce rolled out a new free mobile phone app on Wednesday. With 1500 downloads in the first two days,…
June 28, By Bill Parry,
MoMA PS1 kicks off its 16th summer live music series on Saturday. The series, called Warm Up 2013, gets underway at 3pm in the museum’s courtyard at 22-25 Jackson Avenue Warm Up 2013 runs every Saturday through September 7th and features experimental live music,…
June 27, By Bill Parry
The owner of a Hunters Point bicycle shop does not believe that his rental business will suffer when Citi Bike reaches Long Island City later this year. Citi Bike users have logged more than a million miles since the bike sharing program launched last month.…