Long Island City

Life

Proposal for ‘5Pointz Towers’ Library May Have Sad Ending

Oct. 10, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

Queens library officials signal interest in community board’s 11th-hour demand, but the developer of the old graffiti art site isn’t on the same page.

Schools

Queens School Pens New Chapter on Teaching Kids to Read

Oct. 8, 2019, 1:47 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

Parents and educators are watching as Long Island City’s P.S. 111 puts paraprofessionals on the front lines of literacy, with an emphasis on phonics.

Life

LIC Community Board Changes Colors on ‘5Pointz’ Towers After Library Added

Oct. 4, 2019, 12:03 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

Community Board 2 had twice shot down the proposal to develop a 1,000+ luxury apartments on the famed former street art space in Queens.

Public Safety

Cold Water on Queens Firehouse Reopening Hopes After Amazon Breakup

Aug. 21, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

Discussions for reviving a long-shuttered engine company stall, despite FDNY acknowledgment the booming area needs more emergency responders.

Life

Community Board Pans Bulked-Up Plans for 5Pointz Towers

July 30, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

The board nixed a last-minute add-on of 100 units and two stories to the former street art site after an unusual private meeting with the developer.

Life

Queens Community Board Holds Private Meeting With 5Pointz Developer

July 25, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

Artists blast restaurant get-together ahead of a deadline for input on the latest plan to build luxury apartment towers at the former graffiti mecca.

Life

Developers Hope to Draw Artists Back to Queens’ 5Pointz

July 2, 2019, 4:15 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

After the whitewashing of the Long Island City graffiti mecca spurred a lawsuit, owners want artists at the planned luxury apartment complex.

Queens

City Building in Queens is a Notorious Trash Heap. Just Ask the Rats

June 18, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

Garbage grows as patience shrinks in Long Island City, where residents share the sidewalk with rodents. Complaints, meanwhile, go largely unanswered.

Queens

Library in Queens Tower Amazon Coveted Won’t Get Shelved Yet — Lease Extended

April 30, 2019, 2:58 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:57 p.m.

The Citigroup Building’s owners won’t kick out the library this summer, giving the Long Island City branch until March to find permanent new digs.

Queens

With Amazon Gone, Queens Building’s Owners May Boot Local Library Branch

April 24, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:57 p.m.

After 30 years in Long Island City’s Citigroup Building, beloved Court Square library branch is reading into an uncertain future.

Long Island City

Proposal for ‘5Pointz Towers’ Library May Have Sad Ending

Queens School Pens New Chapter on Teaching Kids to Read

LIC Community Board Changes Colors on ‘5Pointz’ Towers After Library Added

Cold Water on Queens Firehouse Reopening Hopes After Amazon Breakup

Community Board Pans Bulked-Up Plans for 5Pointz Towers

Queens Community Board Holds Private Meeting With 5Pointz Developer

Developers Hope to Draw Artists Back to Queens’ 5Pointz

City Building in Queens is a Notorious Trash Heap. Just Ask the Rats

Library in Queens Tower Amazon Coveted Won’t Get Shelved Yet — Lease Extended

With Amazon Gone, Queens Building’s Owners May Boot Local Library Branch

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