February 2024

LIC Biological Engineering Firm Gets $57M City Contract for Covid-19 Sequencing (Crain’s New York Business)

Artists Wanted for Second Phase of Community Mural Project at the LIC Waterfront (LIC Post)

Seven Decades of Toshiko Takaezu Ceramics, Together at the Noguchi Museum (The New York Times Style Magazine)

Everything’s Bigger in Long Island City Right Now (Curbed)

Butterfield Market to Open 10K-SF Long Island City Location (Commercial Observer)

LaGuardia Community College Signs 10-year Extension on Lease for Queens Atrium in LIC (LIC Post)

LIC Waterfront 5K Returns to Long Island City This Summer (Queens Gazette)

An NYC Transit-inspired Cannabis Dispensary Opens in LIC With a Life-sized Subway Car (TimeOut | PIX11 | LIC Post)

Queens Restaurant Seeks Visual Artists For Major Community Mural Project (It’s in Queens)

Kanga’s Indoor Playcenter Featured in “9 Best Indoor Play Spaces for Kids in New York City” (New York Family)

City Announces Plan for Next Development in the Hunters Point South Community on the Long Island City Waterfront (LIC Post)

LaGuardia Community College Signs Lease Extension at 30-20 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens (New York Yimby)

Long Island City Hotel Trades for $18M (Commercial Observer)

Monthlong Celebration of Lunar New Year is Underway in LIC (NY1)

Interview with Brandon Carter of LIC’s Trends Dispensaries (Syracuse)

Lupo Rosso Featured in “Happy National Pizza Day! Celebrate With These Local NYC Pizza Stories” (amNY)

Love on the Court – Couples Pairing up for Pickleball at Court 16 in LIC (Fox 5 New York)

State Awards Long Island City $10 Million for Economic Development Projects (Queens Post | New York Business Journal)

Long Island City BID Looks to Greatly Expand its Territory as Neighborhood Booms (Crain’s New York Business)

Fun Ways to Celebrate The Lunar New Year in Long Island City (NBC New York Live)

More than 80 Entities Participate in Lunar New Year Specials in Long Island City in February (It’s in Queens)

LIC Waterfront 5k Returns to Long Island City This Summer (LIC Post)

Check out What Children’s Camps are Taking Place This Summer at Queens Camp Fair in LIC This Sunday (LIC Post)

Gospel Music Hall of Famer Bishop Hezekiah Walker Headlines Benefit Concert for NYC Kids Rise at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in LIC (LIC Post)

Dutch Kills has a New Bar Devoted to the Ghost Haunting its Halls (Eater New York)

LIC Restaurants Featured in "The Hottest New Restaurants in Queens, February 2024" (Eater New York)

Governor Hochul Announces New York City Winners of Seventh Round Downtown Revitalization Initiative and Second Round of NY Forward Program (New York State)

Long Island City Partnership Kicks Off Month-long Lunar New Year Festival Celebrating Year of the Dragon at Red Sorghum Restaurant (Queens Post)

Long Island City About to Kick Off Month-Long Lunar New Year Festivities, Reflects Growing Asian Population (LIC Post)

8 American Cities That are Going All Out for Lunar New Year (Condé Nast Traveler)

Red Sorghum Brings Vintage Chinese Glamour to Long Island City (The New York Times)

Restaurant on LIC-Sunnyside Border Offers Fusion of Mexican and Japanese Food With a Great View of the City (LIC Post)

LaGuardia Community College Extends Its 210K SF in Long Island City (Commercial Observer)

Durst Exploring $800M Sale of Luxury Queens Rental Building (Crain’s New York Business)