January 14, By Michael Florio
The city plans to make Socrates Sculpture Park an officially mapped park, in order to be preserve the space from future development.
The Parks Department brought an application to officially map the outdoor sculpture museum,…
January 14, By Michael Florio
Scandals, the gritty strip club located in the heart of Long Island City, is about to reopen at its former site by the Queensboro Bridge.
The club shut its doors at 24-03 Queen Plaza North about a year ago but plans are in the works for it to reopen soon at the same highly visible location.…
A major expansion of Mount Sinai Queens is almost ready to open.
Mount Sinai Queens, located at 25-10 30th Ave., will begin to open its new building – an expansion of the existing hospital – in February, starting with the emergency department.…
January 13, By Michael Florio
The owners of Vite Vinosteria will branch out to open a new bar featuring Italian draft beers and wine.
Vite Bar, an Italian bar serving beer, wine and tapas, is slated to open at 25-07 Broadway in early February.…
January 12, By Jackie Strawbridge
In an effort to make R train rides less “infrequent and unreliable,” transportation advocates and more than 40 elected officials are calling on the MTA to conduct a comprehensive review of the line.
The Straphangers Campaign,…
January 12, By Michael Florio
The Durst Organization is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for the massive Hallets Point development on Thursday.
The $1 billion project, which includes seven buildings, will bring 2,200 units of housing as well as a supermarket and a school.…
January 8, By Michael Florio
The team behind the popular Indian restaurant Seva, located near 30th Avenue, have opened a second restaurant.
Yaar Indian Restaurant, named after a Hindi term that means “beloved friend,” opened at 22-55 31st Street in October,…
January 11, By Jackie Strawbridge
The bathroom at Astoria Park that was shut last summer, which recently inspired a petition with hundreds of signatures for its repair, will not reopen until 2019, according to the Parks Department.
This bathroom sits within Charybdis Playground,…
January 10, By Christian Murray
Four rundown N/Q subway stations in Astoria are going to be upgraded as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s transportation plan that he announced Friday.
Thirty stations—including the 30th Avenue, Broadway, 36th and 39th Avenue stations—are expected to be modernized by 2018,…
January 8, By Jackie Strawbridge
Hundreds of residents have signed a petition calling for the re-opening of a bathroom at Astoria Park that was closed last summer.
The bathroom sits within Charybdis Playground, located near the Hell Gate Bridge adjacent to Shore Boulevard.…