Nov. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenager was robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight on Oct. 30 inside the 33rd Street-Rawson Street subway station in Long Island City, according to the NYPD. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are searching for a stranger who approached the 14-year-old victim just before 8… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry An F train rider was injured during a random attack in the Queens Plaza subway station on Sunday, Oct. 29. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who approached the 29-year-old victim as he was standing on… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry A 19-year-old was slugged and robbed of tens of thousands of dollars after he was apparently set-up by a stranger he had arranged to meet near Queens Plaza South on Monday, Oct. 23. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City reported that the victim and his 25-year-old… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City announced that an additional 50 tickets will be made available for the New York City-based contemporary music collective BlackBox Ensemble’s performance in the museum’s first-floor gallery Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 7-9 p.m. Tickets for this concert program had been sold out prior… Read more »
Nov. 1, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Over the last decade, Long Island City has experienced a lot of growth when it comes to housing. There are still many more opportunities for more growth, but this also comes with more challenges. Brad Zackson, the director of development and co-founder of the real estate development, investment and… Read more »
Nov. 1, 2023 By Bill Parry One of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation now features the largest public electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station in Queens. Revel, the Brooklyn-based EV infrastructure and rideshare provider, opened the LIC Superhub on Nov. 1 in the accessory garage of the JACX, Tishman Speyer’s 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2023 By Ethan Marshall A new mixed-use, mixed-income multifamily project is currently in the works in Long Island City. Referred to as the Jasper Project, this 13-story building is being worked on along 50th Avenue and 5th Street by Domain Companies, LMXD and the Vorea Group. The building is expected to have 499 housing… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2023 By Bill Parry A mother and her child were subjected to an act of public lewdness when a stranger exposed himself on board an F train near the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City last week. Police from the 114th Precinct and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who… Read more »
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 »
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 »