By Michael Florio
The Queens World Film Festival (QWFF), which will showcase more than 100 independent films from across the globe, is coming back for a fourth year. The film festival will open March 4 at the Museum of Moving Image in Astoria and will run until March 9.…
Feb. 12, By Michael Florio
A massive sculpture of a reclining woman will be resting on the western Queens shoreline this summer. The sculpture, titled “Queen Mother of Reality”, is 50-feet long and 18-feet high and is made out of reclaimed materials,…
Feb. 12, By Christian Murray
Three optometrists are opening an eye-care center on 50th Avenue where residents will be able to get their eyes examined as well as purchase prescription glasses. The store, to be called OptimEyes Vision of LIC,…
Feb. 11, By Christian Murray
The shuttered playground located on the corner of 5th Street and 48th Avenue is likely to be revamped and then reopened by the end of 2015. Karen Phillips,
the director of the New York City region of New York State Parks ,…
Feb. 11, By Christian Murray
The development of the highly-anticipated Hunters Point Community Library continues to face delays as builders remain unwilling to erect it for the $28 million on offer. “No one should give you a date as to when we can do a groundbreaking,” said Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer,…
Feb 11, By Christian Murray
The police are looking for two suspects they believe assaulted a woman inside the Queens Plaza subway station on Christmas Eve. The police released a video of a man and woman who they say pushed and shoved a 51-year-old woman at the E-train platform at 3:20 pm. …
Feb. 10, By Michael Florio
A popular Long Island City café is getting into the wholesale coffee business. Coffeed, located on the first floor of the iconic Standard Motors Building (37-18 Northern Blvd), is in the process of doubling the size of its store –from 1,500 square feet to 3,000 square feet —in order to expand its coffee roasting operation.…
Feb 10, By Michael Florio
A tower comprised of organic bricks will be erected in the MoMA PS 1 courtyard, which will serve as the urban landscape for the 2014 Warm Up summer music series. The artwork,…
Feb. 7, By Christian Murray
State officials presented the design plans for a proposed dog run that would be located next to Center Boulevard, sandwiched between the new P.S./I.S. 78Q building and the Queens West Sports Field. The design,…
Feb. 7, By Christian Murray
The MTA plans to come to Long Island City and explain to residents why it needs to shut down the subway—between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza–for 22 weekends this year, according to Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer.…