Tag: long-island-city

Grubhub donates 400 meals to veterans at Long Island City shelter

Residents of the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence receive free meals provided by Grubhub, Photo: Institute for Community Living.

Oct. 22, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 22, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Food delivery platform Grubhub has teamed up with non-profit Institute for Community Living (ICL), Council Member Julie Won and Maspeth-based pub O’Neill’s to provide 400 meals for veterans at a Long Island City shelter. The donation, which took place on Wednesday, Oct. 16 was… Read more »

Hunters Point Parks Conservancy to host annual Halloween Festival on Oct. 26

Crowds gather for the screening of Hocus Pocus during HPPC's 2023 Halloween Festival. Photo: Hunters Point Parks Conservancy.

Oct. 11, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 11, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Hunters Point Parks Conservancy (HPPC) will host a Halloween Festival the weekend before the actual holiday, featuring a Halloween March and a special outdoor screening of “The Addams Family.” HPPC has teamed up with Long Island City Partnership, PS/IS 78Q PTA and a number… Read more »

Hundreds attend 10th annual LIC Summit at Museum of the Moving Image

From left to right: Peter Papamichael, Dan Mogolesko, Eric Benaim, Crystal Xu and Patricia Dunphy at Tuesday's real estate panel discussion at LIC Summit. Photo: Charles Yu

Oct. 9, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 9, 2024 By Shane O’Brien  Long Island City Partnership (LICP) held its annual LIC Summit at the Museum of the Moving Image on Tuesday, bringing together leaders from diverse sectors across the neighborhood to discuss various issues and showcasing LIC as one of the most dynamic neighborhoods in New… Read more »

LIC Jewish Community Center to commemorate anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks

Oct. 1, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 1, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The Jewish Community Center (JCC)-Chabad of Western Queens will host a candle-lit commemoration at its Long Island City headquarters next Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel. The event will take place outside the JCC building… Read more »