Oct. 23, 2023 By Emily Davenport
Cops are looking for a shooter who injured a man in Queens over the weekend.
Cops seek shooter who injured man outside Queens gentleman’s club
Tag: Long Island City
New Apex Technical School facility opens in Long Island City
Oct. 12, 2023 By Nevine Salameh Apex Technical School opened its new facility in Long Island City on Sept. 14, intending to expand and offer its high-level education in construction trades to more. The new facility is centrally located at 11-05 44th Dr., providing better accessibility to public transportation for commuting students. The school will… Read more »
Fire breaks out at abandoned Water’s Edge restaurant on Long Island City waterfront
Oct. 10, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A fire tore through a well-known shuttered waterfront restaurant in Long Island City early Tuesday, Oct. 10. The blaze broke out at 4-01 44th Dr. — the site of a dilapidated former restaurant called Waters Edge that sits atop a barge — and the FDNY responded to the scene… Read more »
Northwell-GoHealth urgent care facility to open this month in Long Island City, next to Target
Oct. 5, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A new Northwell-GoHealth urgent care facility is set to open next to a Target store in the Court Square section of Long Island City. The new facility will open later this month at 1 Court Square West, a retail building connected to the former Citigroup Building known as One… Read more »
Girl Scouts brave bad weather to learn about environment at Gantry Plaza State Park in LIC
Sept, 27, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Members of the Girl Scouts of Greater New York (GSGNY) braved the rain and wind at Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City on Sunday, Sept. 24, to learn about the environment. Sporting rain gear and holding umbrellas, the Girl Scouts and volunteers took part in an initiative… Read more »
Stylish new bar/restaurant opens on Long Island City waterfront
Sept. 20, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An elegantly styled new bar/restaurant has opened on the Long Island City waterfront offering craft cocktails and an elevated twist on American classic comfort foods. The new establishment, called The Waterfront Club, opened Sept. 8 and is located on the ground floor of 4720 Center Blvd., a 32-story apartment… Read more »
Muslim civil rights group calls for swift NYPD investigation into violent attack on imam in Long Island City
Sept. 18, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The New York chapter of one of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organizations has called on the NYPD to carry out a swift and comprehensive investigation into a violent attack on an imam outside a mosque in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City earlier this month…. Read more »
CityPickle to open first permanent indoor pickleball club in Long Island City on Friday
Sep. 14, 2023 By Sarah Belle Lin CityPickle, the brand that brought pickleball to iconic places around New York City such as Central Park and JFK Airport, is opening its first permanent pickleball club in Long Island City on Friday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for the morning. The club — the first of…
Man slugged unconscious outside mosque in Long Island City: NYPD
Sep. 13, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a suspect who punched a man unconscious outside a mosque in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City on Friday, Sept. 8. The suspect entered The Islamic Center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a mosque located at 37-46 Crescent St. within the 114th Precinct, at… Read more »
Ready to work: Economic migrants at new Long Island City mega shelter waiting on permits to get jobs
Sept. 12, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Hundreds of economic migrant men have started moving into a new mega shelter in Long Island City and some of them say they have nothing to do all day but wait for work permits to be approved, while some residents have raised safety concerns about the facility opening. Around… Read more »