The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) operated a field office in Long Island City from January 2012 to January 2015, but USCIS “temporarily” closed that office after a flood caused significant damage. The Queens Field Office was then relocated to 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, where it remains. The LIC office handled a very high number of inquiries, […]
Actor Arrested In Scuffle At Anti-Trump Installation
Local residents wasted no time this week expressing their disapproval of a live art installation outside the Museum of the Moving Image (MMI) in Long Island City. The interactive, live art installation went up on January 20 on a side wall at the museum on 37th Street near 35th Avenue, beneath a large, boldface message that reads, “He Will Not […]
Queens College Tops At Moving Students To Prosperity
The results of a recent study by the Equality of Opportunity Project, as reported on in The New York Times, provide insight into how well Queens College is propelling students up the economic ladder. Using federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data, the study of 2,200 US colleges and universities compared parental income for about 30 million students born between 1980 […]
Look At What’s Coming To Steinway Street
Here’s a first look at the massive 289- room hotel planned for development at the site of a former Western Beef supermarket and four adjacent parcels on Steinway Street and Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. As first reported by the Queens Gazette in September 2016, initial plans for the hotel called for 18,200 square feet of commercial space on […]
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Greg DybecGreg Dybec is the author of The Art of Living Other People’s Lives, a humorous collection of essays. He is currently the Managing Editor of Elite Daily. Keep up with him @gregdybec. He lives in Astoria. QG: Did writing for Elite Daily give you the impetus and/or inspiration to begin writing your book? GD: I’ve been a writer for as […]
Stained Glass Workshop For Older Adults
For the last month the older adult art class at HANAC Harmony JVL Innovative Senior Center has had the opportunity to work with stained glass artist Todd Allen. Allen will be doing a 4-month residency teaching stained glass techniques to HANAC’s members. All participants will learn the techniques of stained glass design and construct an original artwork. All participants are […]
Las Margaritas
Start your night off right with a frosty, frozen margarita at Las Margaritas Restaurant and Lounge on Broadway in Astoria. The busy Happy Hour regales from 4-7pm on weeknights and from 6-11 on Saturday and Sunday where specially priced margaritas, beers, and sangrias flow like the good vibes here. Some of the most popular drinks include the passion fruit and […]
Killing Kompany Visits Riccardo’s With New Mystery Dinner Show
The Killing Kompany, New York’s leading murder mystery dinner theatre group, makes a return appearance at Riccardo’s By The Bridge, 21-01 24th Ave, Astoria, with a brand new comedy murder mystery dinner show, Valentine For Murder, on Saturday, February 11, at 8 pm. Enjoy a night of comedy, dinner, dessert, dancing and mystery! Find out who and why while you […]
Lost In Florence
An interview with Evan Oppenheimer, writer-director of Lost in Florence, by Nicollette Barsamian and Jon Headlee “When Eric Lombard proposes to his girlfriend Colleen during a romantic trip to Florence, he is shocked when she turns him down and heads back home. Heartbroken, he stays behind with his cousin Anna and her Italian husband who introduces him to calcio storico, […]