September 2024

Second Annual Climate Justice Forum Focuses on Progress, Locally and Nationally (City & State)

USCIS Opens New Long Island City Office as Queens Public Library Launches Citizenship Workshops (LIC Post)

LaGuardia Community College Receives $4.5 Million for Facility Upgrades From CM Won (LIC Post)

Register Now: Sunnyside Post Mile Returns in One Month With Halloween-themed Race to Support Local Community (Sunnyside Post)

Long Island City Astoria Lions Club Marks 10 Years of Thanksgiving Food Drive, Seeks Community Support (LIC Post | Queens Post)

What to Order at a New Queens Restaurant That Looks to Kolkata (Eater New York)

Free ASPCA Clinic Opens for Pets in Queens Offer Tender Loving Care From Experts (amNY)

Pumpkin Picking With a View: Long Island City’s Cityside Patch Returns With Family-friendly Halloween and Fall Fun (LIC Post)

LIC’s Sushi Saint Featured in “Have We Hit Peak Hand Roll Yet?” (The New York Times)

The Trinity Gym Fitness Center to Celebrate Long-Awaited Grand Opening in LIC This Saturday (LIC Post)

New York Harley Dealership to Close September 28 (PowerSports Business | RIDE-CT)

Rep. Velázquez’s Recently Unveiled Portrait in Capitol Was Decades in the Making for Artist (Sunnyside Post)

Queens World Film Festival to Host Special Screening in Long Island City of ‘Listening Tour’ Stories on Hope and Resilience (QNS)

With George Heslin as Executive Director, the NY Irish Center Celebrates 20 Years as a Culture Hub for Its Community (Times Square Chronicles)

Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for Amara at 31-90 29th Street in Long Island City, Queens (New York YIMBY)

Sam Chang Sells Site of Planned Long Island City Hotel for Way More Than He Paid (Crain’s New York Business | Commercial Observer)

Durst Lands $105m Recap From Affinius for Long Island City Resi Tower (Commercial Observer)

Long Island City Luxury Apartment Complex Begins Leasing (CoStar)

New York City Council Approves Expansion of Long Island City's Business Improvement District (New York Business Journal | LIC Post)

Podcast, 9/17/24, LIC Partnership President Laura Rothrock Talks Shop (It’s In Queens)

City Planning Dept Appoints New Leadership for Queens Office to Lead Development Plans in Long Island City and Jamaica (NYC Planning | QNS | Sunnyside Post)

CB 2 Backs One LIC Rezoning Plan (Queens Chronicle)

Queens Public Library Tentatively Agrees Deal to Open New Court Square Branch (LIC Post | 6sqft)

Public Housing Community Fund Receives $25K Spectrum Digital Education Grant (Queens Gazette)

Art Installation Honoring New York Immigrant Experience Launches at Hunter’s Point South Park (LIC Post)

Play’s Trauma Yields Catharsis and Commonality (Queens Chronicle)

LaGuardia Community College Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 (CUNY)

Pepsi Cola Sign Featured in “Unusual and Unexpected NYC Landmarks” (Village Preservation Blog)

LIC’s Cityside Pumpkin Patch and Socrates Sculpture Park Featured in “Best Pumpkin Patches and Harvest Festivals Right in NYC” (Mommy Poppins)

ASPCA Opens Third Community Veterinary Clinic in New York City, Providing Affordable Veterinary Care in Queens (ASPCA | PR Newswire)

Here's the Company Behind the Majority of the World's Fortune Cookies (The Takeout)

Trends Dispensary Presents: Shattering the Stigma With NY Cannabis Experts (Leafly)

I was Excited for the Empty-Nest Years. Then my Husband Discovered Pickleball (Aol)

LIC’s Focal Point and Court Square Diner Featured in “Restaurants That Are Perfect For Screaming Children” (The Infatuation New York)

Mixed-Use Development Eyed Next to MoMA PS1 in Long Island City (Crain’s New York Business)

Housing Lottery Opens for 59 Rent-Stabilized Apartments in Long Island City (Brick Underground)

Marcus & Millichap Closes Sale of Adjacent Office and Industrial in Queens (Connect CRE)

20-Story Residential Tower Completes Construction in Long Island City, Units Start at $3,596 (LIC Post | Queens Post | QNS)

Fall 2024 Exhibitions – SculptureCenter (E-Flux)

They Didn’t Want to Leave the City, So They Updated a Home to Channel the Suburbs (Dwell)

BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center Presents: The 2024 Annual Holiday Craft Show (Newswires | PR.com)

Casa Enrique Featured in “Top 10 Best Mexican Restaurants In New York City” (Knowinsiders)

Lawmakers Representing ‘Asthma Alley’ Push for Free Inhalers Under Law (Astoria Post)

New York City’s Piers, Once Abandoned, Are Now Full of Life (The New York Times)

Council Member Won Announces $12 Million for Queensbridge Park (Queens Post | Queens Chronicle)

G Train Service Back to Normal After Summer 2024 Shutdown (CBS News | NY Daily News)

DOT’s ‘Blissville Greenway’ Will Make Vital Connections in Queens (Streetsblog NYC)

LIC Nonprofit Receives $25K Grant From Spectrum (LIC Post)

Unpacking the LIC Draft Scope of Work (Prameet Kumar on Substack)

MoMA PS1 to Debut Jasmine Gregory’s First US Exhibition ‘Who Wants to Die for Glamour’ in October (LIC Post)

First ‘Korea Fest’ Brings K-Food and Culture to Long Island City (PIX11 | FOX 5 New York | LIC Post)

The Chocolate Factory Featured in “Dance Performances, Festivals and More Coming This Fall” (The New York Times)

New York Irish Center in LIC Launches 20th Anniversary Season (LIC Post)

Vintage Circus-Themed Party Coming to Culture Lab in LIC for Annual Gala (LIC Post)

Queens Artist Collective to Host Annual Networking Event in LIC (LIC Post)

QTC Highlights Diverse Dining Options Along the 7 Line for US Open Fans (QNS)

Italian American-Inspired Speakeasy Opens in Long Island City (LIC Post)

Korean Fried Chicken and Street Food Franchise to Open in Long Island City Next Month (LIC Post)

8 Court Square Completes Construction in Long Island City, Queens (New York YIMBY)

Housing Lottery Launches for 27-01 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens (New York YIMBY | Queens Post | LIC Post | Brick Underground)

Acre NY Realty Successfully Held LIC Young Professional Networking Event at Athena LIC (PR Newswire)