Jan. 26, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Long Island City Partnership (LICP) is about to kick off its month-long Lunar New Year celebrations, marking the third year of this festive tradition. As Long Island City is recognized for its rapidly growing Asian community, LICP is dedicated to showcasing the area’s rich cultural tapestry through an… Read more »
Jan. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry On any given day, in all corners of Queens, residents see crew members from ACE, the Long Island City-based nonprofit, hard at work keeping communities clean. Bank of America sees them as well and on Monday presented the Association of Community Employment Programs (ACE) with a grant for $200,000… Read more »
Jan. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy (HPPC), a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the waterfront parks in Long Island City, has been awarded two grants totaling $35,636 to enhance Gantry Plaza State Park. The first grant, announced earlier this month, is for $10,625 and will be directed toward acquiring additional… Read more »
Jan. 23, 2024 By Maxwell Murray A new fitness center has just arrived in Long Island City, centered on holistic exercise goals, community, and charity. The Trinity gym, located on 11th Street by 44th Avenue, is owned by Irish immigrants Seamus Keane, 34, and John Collins, 36, born out of an idea and an… Read more »
Jan. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry Around 200 people attended a fire relief benefit in Sunnyside last week, where they raised $10,000 to assist nearly 450 of their neighbors who were displaced by a 5-alarm inferno that destroyed their apartment complex just days before Christmas. The fundraiser, organized by residents under the name Sunnyside Strong,… Read more »
Jan. 23. 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan A former professional boxer, who’s won dozens of brawls in Ireland and New York, opened a new boxing gym in Astoria earlier this month. Donal Ward, the owner and gym’s only trainer, wanted to bring a first of its kind boxing gym to his neighborhood. But the move to… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry No criminality is suspected in the death of a three-month-old infant girl who was found by her mother unconscious and unresponsive inside a migrant shelter in Long Island City on Sunday afternoon. Police from the NYPD 114th Precinct in Astoria and EMS responded to a 911 call of an… Read more »
Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Mount Sinai Health System announced on Tuesday the opening of Mount Sinai Queens-Crescent Street in Astoria, a new outpatient practice offering multispecialty care in a new state-of-the-art facility. Located across the street from Mount Sinai Queens at 30-14 Crescent St., the new location will enhance health care accessibility for… Read more »
Jan. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Sunnyside attorney and community leader Johanna Carmona formally launched her campaign to represent the 37th Assembly District in western Queens and unseat embattled Assembly Member Juan Ardila in the June Democratic primary. Carmona, a lifelong Sunnyside resident, and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, has worked in the Special Victims… Read more »
Jan. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry Sunnyside community leader Ty Sullivan and a core group of friends are organizing a fundraiser for their 450+ neighbors who were displaced by a raging five-alarm fire just days before Christmas. The group is collaborating with Sunnyside Community Services (SCS) to host the Fire Relief Fundraiser on Friday, Jan…. Read more »