LONG ISLAND CITY – This summer, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art will get a taste of Queens, in the form of LIC’s Cake and Shake, serving all-organic cupcakes, milkshakes and premium coffee from a solar-powered cart parked outside the museum. “The Met is a global destination,” says co-owner Gina Ojile. “People come and stay fo [...]
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Eco-Friendly Treats: Organic Cupcakes...
LONG ISLAND CITY – This summer, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art will get a taste of Queens, in the form of LIC’s Cake and Shake, serving all-organic cupcakes, milkshakes and premium coffee from a solar-powered cart parked outside the museum. “The Met is a global destination,” says co-owner Gina Ojile. “People come and stay fo [...]
Fear and Loathing At Latimer Gardens
Sixty-three-year-old Mary Peters was just looking forward to a quiet Easter weekend with her son and two grandchildren. But on April 3, that feeling was shortlived as a bullet whizzed into her first floor apartment in Latimer Gardens, a city-owned housing development in Flushing.
The bullet shattered her kitchen’s upper window and narrowly mi [...]
MTA Public Hearings Annoy Queens Comm...
Angry straphangers and elected officials gathered at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing on Tuesday for the borough’s public hearing on plans for massive service cuts intended to close the MTA’s $750 million budget deficit.
In Queens, the MTA proposed not just eliminating the W subway line and numerous bus routes, but also city-wide [...]
Remembering “Mr.Steinway Street...
Julian "Julie" Wager, affectionately known as "Mr.Steinway Street" passed away this month. (Pic Courtesy: Queens Gazette)
Those who knew Julian “Julie” Wager would agree that Frank Sinatra’s classic tune “My Way” reflected perfectly Wager’s life — a life lived on his own terms. Wager, affectionately dubbed “Mr. Steinway St [...]
Best Italian Food in NYC? AstoriaR...
Astoria's L'Incontro has been rated by Zagat as having the best Italian food in NYC. Eat dust, Manhattan!
Eat this, Manhattan!
Astoria restaurant L’Incontro has been rated by Zagat as having the best Italian food in NYC. The restaurant at 21-76 31st St. in Astoria topped the Zagat 2010 NYC Restaurants Survey, which was released [...]
In Jackson Heights – Part 1
As the 7 train climbs overland and clatters noisily into Queens, the demographic shift in the subway car is perceptible. Skin tones get darker, hemlines lower and necklines higher.
The car slowly fills with Koreans, Hispanic families and middle- aged Indian men reading the newspaper.
Incomprehensible chatter fills the air and boils down to a [...]
“W” Train Elimination ...
The MTA is getting set to eliminate the Queens bound W train, drawing howls of protest from Astoria residents (Pic Courtesy: The Daily News)
The “W” line that runs from Astoria, Queens, to Manhattan’s South Ferry is the quintessential middle child. It has trouble attracting attention and competes with its three other sib [...]
Astoria Battles Noisy Bar-hoppers
Traffic problems, noise and trash dropped by party goers annoy Norwood Gardens', Astoria, residents ( Pic courtesy: Donnelly Marks)
For the last couple of months, Norwood Gardens, Astoria resident Helen Carter has been waking up on weekends to find broken liquor bottles in her backyard. Donnelly Marks, another Norwood resident filled an e [...]
Astoria’s Rally For Safer Stree...
Residents rally for safer streets on Astoria's 21st Avenue; a lack of stop signs and traffic lights from 21st St to 28th St make crossing the roads impossible
Astoria residents are hopeful that 2010 rings in not just new tidings but also better traffic safety regulations on 21st Avenue. A seven block stretch on this Avenue, from 21st Stre [...]
Queens Day Laborers Draw Residents...
Day laborers gather at Hart Part, Queens for a hot breakfast given by a local soup kitchen. Residents are angry at the increasing crowds milling outside the park (Photo: Smriti Rao)
On any given day, you would find day worker Jose Manuel at Hart Park, 69th at 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights. The painter from Mexico comes to the park each morning [...]