A controversial Long Island City strip club is refusing to have its last dance — despite losing its fight for the right to party with alcohol. Show Palace, formerly known as Gypsy Rose, is slated to open on May 31 at 42-50 21st Street in L.I.C. — despite strong community opposition and having its request [...]
The city recently opted to “share” its bikes with the borough. The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer announced on May 11 that “Citi Bike,” New York’s bicycle share program, will add 10 stations in Long Island City – building upon the locations currently planned in Manhattan and Brooklyn. “Citi Bike,” which [...]
A Maspeth street was renamed for a former police officer who passed away last year from the after effects of working at Ground Zero. Kevin Czartoryski, who died in 2010 at 46, was honored on Sunday, April 29 with the renaming of the street he lived on when he passed. He suffered from pulmonary fibrosis. Fifty [...]
Sunnyside residents can feel safer under one Good Samaritan’s watch. Mike Novak woke up to the sound of a woman screaming at 5:45 a.m. on April 8 – Easter Sunday. The 54 year old rushed downstairs, thinking of his wife’s safety first. After finding her unharmed, Novak ran outside to find a woman being attacked [...]
The city has reinvented “parking” in Dutch Kills. Elected officials united on April 4 to officially unveil a new park in the community, Dutch Kills Green at Queens Plaza – which was a former John F. Kennedy Airport commuter parking lot. The space, which is one-and-a-half acres large, extends along Queens Plaza North and Queens [...]
JetBlue has landed in Long Island City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined numerous local legislators for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 4 – unveiling JetBlue’s new corporate headquarters in the historic Brewster Building, located at 27-01 Queens Plaza North in L.I.C. JetBlue announced its decision to keep its headquarters in New York City in 2010, and [...]
Students and teachers of William Cullen Bryant High School came out in force to show they give a “hoot” about their school. Bryant – whose mascot is an owl – is in danger of being “turned around” by the Department of Education (DOE), resulting in the closing of the school at the end of the [...]
The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently moved parallel to the parking demands of Sunnyside residents. DOT Queens Commissioner Maura McCarthy joined Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer on March 23 to announce the creation of additional unregulated parking spaces in Sunnyside. Roughly 360 feet of parking – amounting to between 18 and 20 spaces – will be [...]
Parents of P.S. 229 are seeing red, claiming the Department of Education (DOE) is attempting to save some green by endangering their children and denying them yellow bus service. Residents of the Big Six Towers in Woodside are furious with the DOE for rejecting a hazard variance for their children who are forced to cross [...]
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and residents of western Queens recently “pedaled” closer to protecting bike riders. Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer sponsored the first-ever Queens Bike Forum in Sunnyside on March 2, allowing members of the DOT’s Bike Program Staff to receive recommendations from residents regarding the best ways to develop safe and efficient bike [...]
