Long Island City

"Smash,"  the mid-season NBC replacement TV show all about the process of creating a new Broadway musical, had what the producers said was the first screening of its pilot episode before "real people" on Monday night in Chicago. Brian D'Arcy James, one of...

A reader recently asked, "With Manhattan hotel prices so high, would I be better off staying somewhere else and commuting when I visit New York?" I've heard the similar question from other readers about other expensive city centers. And, as with so many...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said. Police posing as building...

Louis S. "Lou" Parlato, 94, of Hagerstown, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Nov. 7, 1918, in Long Island City, N.Y., he was the son of the late Vito Louis and Esther (Englehardt) Parlato. Lou served...

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene--based now in new offices in Long Island City, Queens--told PIX 11 Monday it's in the process of contacting local, medical facilities that may have purchased tainted medicine from the Massachusetts...

It's now official. Soon, you will no longer be able to buy large sodas or other sugary drinks in New York City. It's a measure designed to help avert a growing health crisis, but far more people have voiced opposition to the large sugary drink ban than...

Louis Gregory LaSorsa, former president and CEO of Phoenix Color Corp., 66, of Waynesboro, Pa., died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Louis was born to Sam and Nellie LaSorsa, Jan. 9, 1946, in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Louis graduated from the New York High School of...

After three men gang-raped a young woman in Long Island City, Queens, some of the biggest names in city government have joined the NYPD in the search for the suspects. One expert on the effects of sexual violence applauds the efforts, but says even more...

Police are searching for three suspects wanted in connection with a rape that happened this past weekend in Queens. According to authorities, the 20-year-old victim was walking along Vernon Boulevard and 10th Street in Long Island City just before 4 a.m....

At the American gas station on Van Dam Street in Long Island City, Queens, gas prices are relatively reasonable by New York standards. A gallon or regular is going $3.55, and premium for 3.81, but that could all change very soon. Tension between the...

A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims from data compiled by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The overall death toll from the attacks stands at 2,977 -- including 2,753 killed as a result of the attacks at the World Trade Center, 184...

A Queens teenager was stabbed in the back by another student inside a Queens high school Wednesday afternoon, police said. According to authorities, the 16-year-old victim was stabbed just before 12:15 p.m. inside Long Island City High School. It wasn'...