Feb. 26, 2025 By emarshall Feb. 25, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Multiple tenants of an apartment building at 30-02 39th Ave. in Long Island City have submitted a class action lawsuit against their landlord, 30-02 Associates LLC, accusing them of illegal rent overcharges. The lawsuit was filed against the landlord of this 428-unit building,…
Feb. 26, 2025 By sobrien Feb. 25, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The American Planning Association Metro New York (APA) and the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) hosted a conversation at Culture Lab LIC on the future of Long Island City as the OneLIC neighborhood plan prepares to enter the ULURP process. “The…
Feb. 20, 2025 By emarshall Feb. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 109 units in a 49-story residential building at 26-38 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City. The building, situated directly across from the site of “The Sunbather” a well-known pink sculpture along the avenue, has 363… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2025 By emarshall Feb. 14, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Northwest Queens, which includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside, experienced year-over-year growth across all price trend indicators during the first month of 2025, according to a report by the real estate firm Douglas Elliman Real Estate. The median rent across… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2025 By emarshall Feb. 13, 2025 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 126 units in a 26-story building at 25-01 Queens Plaza N. in Long Island City. The building features 417 residences, 291 of which are market rate. The other 126 units have been set aside for… Read more »
Feb. 12, 2025 By emarshall Feb. 12, 2025 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 16 luxury units in The Fifty LIC, an 11-story mixed-use building at 39-26 30th St. in Long Island City. As evidenced by its namesake, the building features 50 residences, 34 of which are market rate…. Read more »
Feb. 11, 2025 By sobrien Feb. 11, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Julie Won and the Department of City Planning (DCP) have announced a new survey for three publicly-owned Long Island City sites near Anable Basin to solicit community feedback about local priorities for the three locations. The three sites, which include the six-story, 672,000-square-foot… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Long before it was one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation, Long Island City was an industrial town along the polluted East River, where generations recall the only good smell emanated from the Gordon Baking Company producing the Silvercup brand of bread. After it was shuttered…
Feb. 10, 2025 By sobrien Feb. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A Long Island City couple has launched a new gym equipment repair and maintenance company, offering residential and commercial gyms throughout Queens an opportunity to make speedy repairs to malfunctioning equipment. Husband and wife Elvis Rodricks and Harshi Patel, who have lived in Long… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2025 By sobrien Feb. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy (HPPC) will host its tenth annual 5k race at the Long Island City waterfront this June. The annual event, which sold out with over 1,800 runners and walkers in 2024, will take place at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June… Read more »