Feb. 16, 2019 By Christian Murray Payless Shoes, which has about 15 stores in Queens, is closing all its United States locations. The company, known for its inexpensive footwear, announced Saturday that it would be liquidating all 2,100 of its American stores and winding down its online business. Payless Shoes has an enormous presence in… Read more »
Feb. 16, 2019 By Jon Cronin The first of seven buildings that will make up the massive Halletts Point development is complete and apartments are now available for rent. The first building, known as 10 Halletts Point, consists of two towers and 404 units, with studios starting at $1,895, one-bedrooms at $2,525 and two-bedrooms at… Read more »
Feb. 15, 2019 Staff Report Plans are underway to tear down an Astoria warehouse just off Vernon Boulevard to make way for a new eight-story residential development, according to building filings submitted in late January. The proposed building, put forth by BlueMountain Capital, would cover more than 33,000 square feet at 11-35 31st Dr., and… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2019 By Meghan Sackman An off-duty police officer from the 114th Precinct saved the life of a badly injured motorcyclist who had been struck by a tractor trailer on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway earlier this month. Officer Mandeep Kaur was driving to work on Feb. 6 when she spotted a 30-year-old female motorcyclist lying… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Amazon has pulled out of its plans to build a campus in Long Island City, the company said today in a bombshell announcement. The e-commerce giant released a lengthy statement on its blog earlier this morning that said the reasoning was tied to the opposition the project faced since… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2019 By Meghan Sackman The Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) in Astoria will be showing several science fiction films in March as part of an annual festival in New York and California that pays homage to Phillip K. Dick, the prolific author of the genre. The museum will host the opening day… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2019 By Christian Murray Councilmember Costa Constantinides introduced a bill in the city council today that calls for the creation of a new department dedicated to fighting climate change and tackling environmental issues. The new agency, which would be titled the Department of Sustainability, would be structured in the same manner as the… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Con Edison officials were grilled at a city council hearing yesterday about the cause of the blue flash that lit up the sky at the company’s Astoria plant in December. Councilmember Costa Constantinides, who led the hearing as chair of the Environmental Protection Committee, asked what Con Ed was doing… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police are searching for one of two suspects who allegedly robbed a 20-year-old man at knifepoint in Long Island City in December. The two thieves approached the victim with a knife at around 12:28 p.m. on Dec. 12 in front of a 31-06 35th Ave., police say. They then removed… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2019 Staff Report Police are searching for a man who broke into an Astoria building and made off with electronics from a storage room in a burglary last month. The unidentified man entered a building near 33rd Street and 34th Avenue through an unlocked door at around 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 7, and… Read more »