Topic: Willets Point

Group pushes for 'Silicon City' in Queens

A gleaming "Silicon City" has risen in Queens, complete with a satellite campus of a top-tier university - but you'll have to squint to see it.....
There are few subways that stop in the culinary oases that make up the 7 line, the purple one that stretches from Flushing, Queens, to Times Square...

Referendum could keep Islanders in Nassau

A Nassau County referendum Sunday on a new Islanders arena may end Queens' flirtations with luring the hockey team to form a sports base with the...
Land and property owners in Willets Point want to move the city's plan to build traffic ramps off the Van Wyck Expressway out of the fast lane.....
The city will unveil design plans this week for traffic ramps off the Van Wyck Expressway, a key cog in the city's bid to revamp Willets Point.....
The city's blueprint to turn the gritty chop shop mecca of Queens into New York City's next hot new neighborhood calls for an ambitious slate of...

Bettina Johae’s EMINENT DOMAIN, NYC

Bettina Johae's project, "eminent domain, nyc" (2010), investigates the use of eminent domain-for public and for private use-in New York City over the past centuries: from the creation of Central Park and the forming of New York's streets in the ...
Judge tosses lawsuit over NYC plan to redevelop gritty zone near Mets' new stadiumA federal judge has rejected a lawsuit by a group of businessmen hoping to block the redevelopment of an industrial area near the New York Mets' new stadium.U ...

Golf courses

The course is a 15-minute walk from the subway stop. Price (18 holes) $59 Notes Tiger Woods' late father, Earl Woods, discovered golf at Dyker Beach while stationed at Fort Hamilton. Time to play (hrs) 4-5. Price (18 holes) $56 Notes With ...
Plans to develop 'Iron Triangle' near Mets' stadium on track despite economic downturnThe red brick arches on the facade of the New York Mets' new stadium rise stories above a pristine plaza of plants, bushes and walkways, encasing the baseball team's ...