Like the commandos who killed Bin Laden, the closing of the Delta Force Army and Navy store on Vernon Boulevard was a completely covert operation. Always known as a forbidding kind of place, no one I know actually went in there on the rare occasions it was open. Nevertheless, its quirkiness and grittiness were an ever present reminder to all of the old Long Island City, due to its prime location on the most well trafficked block in Hunters Point.
Out with the old, in with the new, and these days what’s a better example of new than children? We have ranted about shortage of school capacity ad nauseam. We have lamented that one of the quick fixes to alleviate, but far from fully cure this shortage, is to increase class size. One of the things that many parents think about to augment their child’s chances of getting into the Ivies is classes outside the classroom. Here in LIC they seem to be provided in a piecemeal manner. Thus LICtalk is more than willing to act as a conduit for the providers. Aqui esta un ejemplo perfecto de une clase just starting up and offered by an LIC local. May my truncated Spanish be a perfect example of what happens when one’s child does not start learning the language until 7th grade. You have been forewarned!
Amiguitos – Winter 2013 Semester – 12 weeks(no classes Feb. 16 and Mar. 30)
For children ages 4-6; Saturdays 10am-11am. Classes are drop off at Lolly’s
$360, 20% sibling discount
For more information contact maestralilly@gmail.com
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John says
January 29, 2013 at 1:57 pmUp until about a year and a half ago, the Army Navy surplus store was open every day. Brian used to hang up t-shirts outside in the summer, raincoats before rainy days and wintercoats/snow gear just before winter hit. I’ve been in the store a few times, but you could just walk into the entrance way because there was no room to walk inside…it was basically part of his inventory warehouse. Not sure what happened to Brian, I haven’t seen him in quite some time, but I used to see him at local bars/restaurants all the time. I’ll miss the store and the fake bombs he used to have outside during business hours.
Paul says
January 29, 2013 at 10:15 pmThe Delta Force website is as weird and clunky as the store. It appears they have a dozen locations in the tri-state area, but they almost all have the same tele#.
anon says
February 5, 2013 at 3:59 pmThe Delta Force store is NOT closing.