April 2024

Council Member Julie Won Holds Town Hall on Long Island City Neighborhood Plan (Queens Post | LIC Post)

Queens to Launch New Diversity Tech Hub in Long Island City (QNS | Queens Post)

NYC Parks Department Wants to Pave Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot (NRDC)

Community Rallies to Preserve Queensbridge Composting as Parks Dept. Eviction Looms (LIC Post | Queens Chronicle)

LaGuardia Community College Partners With CUNY School of Professional Studies to Launch Online Psychology Academy (CUNY)

Families Gather in Queensbridge Park for Inaugural Earth Day Picnic (Queens Post)

Rise Light & Power’s Wil Fisher Featured in “Trailblazers in Clean Energy” (City & State New York)

Rob Basch: Champion of Long Island City Parks (LIC Post)

SculptureCenter Honors Thaddeus Mosley at its Annual Gala (Surface | Document)

Socrates Sculpture Park Celebrates Opening of New Education and Administration Building (LIC Post | Queens Daily Eagle)

Museum of the Moving Image Launches “Open Worlds” Initiative (Queens Post)

Rap Legend Nas Honored With Mural in Queensbridge for ‘Illmatic’s 30th Anniversary (Queens Post)

Queensboro Dance Festival Unveils Summer 2024 Lineup and Venues (QNS)

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Presents “Afro Latin Soul” With Choreographer Sekou McMiller on Friday, April 26 (CUNY)

Seeking LGBTQIA+ Storytellers for Pride Month Shows in LIC (Playbill)

Boro Hotel, Ravel Hotel, Aloft LIC, Hilton Garden Inn LIC, Home2 Suites LIC, and The Local Featured in “The Best Hotels in Queens, NY” (Time Out)

Family Business Finally Opens Marijuana Dispensary in Queens (Spectrum News NY1 | amNewYork | Fior Reports)

Gantry Plaza State Park, Canelle Patisserie, and John Brown BBQ Featured in “The Perfect Spring Day: Queens” (Culinary Backstreets)

Vanessa’s Dumpling House and Petey’s Burger Featured in “21 of the Best Cheap Eats in NYC” (AOL.com)

ZD Jasper Buys Long Island City Waterfront Development Site for $47M (Commercial Observer | Crain’s | The Real Deal | Connect CRE | citybiz)

Butterfield Market to Expand Beyond Manhattan With New Long Island City Location and Commissary Kitchen (LIC Post)

Queens Was the Only NYC Borough to Experience Year-Over-Year Increase in New Listings in March 2024: Report (QNS)

LICP’s Annual Real Estate Breakfast Explores Urban Transformation in Long Island City (Queens Post | LIC Post)

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Delivers ‘State of the Borough’ Address (QNS | Queens Daily Eagle)

Queens Robotics Teams heading to World Championships (Queens Gazette)

This New Secret Speakeasy is Hidden Behind a Soda Vending Machine in Queens (TimeOut)

Where Sushi Noz's Nozomu Abe Goes in New York (Michelin Guide)

The Bicycle Thief Is a Refreshing Negroni-Like Highball (Food & Wine)

Beloved UES Market Expanding to Long Island City This Winter (Crain’s New York Business)

Brazilian Missionary Church Nears Completion at 39-26 30th Street in Dutch Kills, Queens (New York YIMBY)

Long Island City Partnership to Host 19th Annual Real Estate Breakfast (LIC Post)

Queens Borough President Announces 2024 Community Board Appointees (QNS | Queens Chronicle)

See Renderings of the New Pedestrian Roadway on the Queensboro Bridge (TimeOut)

Queens Landing Boathouse Hosts Educational Trips on Newtown Creek’s Ecology (LIC Post)

Hundreds Flock to Gantry State Park in Long Island City for Solar Eclipse Viewing (LIC Post)

LaGuardia Community College Hosts Observation Event for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse (CUNY)

LaGuardia Community College is Named Among Best in New York by Intelligent.Com (CUNY)

LaGuardia Community College Students Selected as 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholars (CUNY)

NYC DOT Unveils Upgraded, Modern Parking Meters to Replace Current System (NYC DOT)

The New York Apartments That Pay for Themselves: How Three Small-Space Influencers Live, Work, and Cover the Rent (Curbed)

A New Black-Owned Dispensary Just Opened in Long Island City (TimeOut | AfroTech | LIC Post)

A Luxe, New Chinese Restaurant Dressed Up Like a Film Set in LIC (Eater New York)

This New Secret Speakeasy is Hidden Behind a Soda Vending Machine in Queens (TimeOut)

Terrone Restaurant & Pizzeria Opens in Long Island City (Eater New York)

The Baroness Featured in “The 21 Best Burgers in America, According to Chefs” (Eat This Not That)

Queens World Film Festival’s Movie Magic a Hit Before Curtain Rises (Queens Chronicle)

Socrates Sculpture Park and Noguchi Museum Featured in “PSA: Kids Can Get Into These NYC Museums for Free” (Aol)

Former LIC Parachute Factory Transformed Into 7-story Life Sciences Space (LIC Post)

41-08 Crescent Street Readies for Excavation In LIC, Queens (New York YIMBY)

MTA Will Open 53K-SF Police Training Facility in Long Island City (Commercial Observer)

LIC Awarded $10 Million From the State (NY1)

LaGuardia Community College Celebrates 10 Years Of Student Success Through The First Year Seminar (CUNY)

F Train Service Between Lexington-63rd, Queensbridge Resumes (ABC7 New York | NY Daily News)

Can We Just Keep Cars Off the Queensbridge Baby Greenway? (Streetsblog NYC)

LIC’s M. Wells Featured in “The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City in 2024” (The New York Times)

Trends Cannabis Dispensary to Open in Long Island City (Commercial Observer)

CLAY DATE: Toshiko Takaezu retrospective at the Noguchi Museum (New York Post)

Mason Tops Out at 40-46 24th Street in Long Island City, Queens (New York Yimby)

New Rendering Revealed for 29-15 40th Road in Long Island City, Queens (New York Yimby)