YOU want retail LIC, you got retail. Sephora is coming to 22-44 Jackson Avenue, aka the building fka and cka 5Pointz, but not Printz or Prince. What is Sephora? What planet do you live on? (And Sephora is not a planet, or a star, or the name of a movie star).
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Such a long, long time to be gone
And a short time to be there
MY favorite week in NYC is upon us. On the platform at VJ this morning is a foreign family (British, I presume) in tracksuits, ready to tour the city before they run the city on Sunday, as well as a smattering of costumed commuters. When I get to midtown there’s many more of the same motley mix. Motley only if you’re not from NYC. And the weather, need I say more?((random disclosure about global warming))
[Read more…] about Costumes & Track SuitsOverflow Coffee Has Opened on Vernon Boulevard
OVERFLOW Coffee has opened at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard in Hunters Point. Formerly the home of Matted LIC, there’s a long exposed brick wall, simple clean design, and standard coffeehouse offerings and nibbles. According to a post I saw it bills itself as family-owned, and there doesn’t seem to be any other locations in NYC/ROW.1 We like independents, check it out!
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Frankie’s Brooklyn Pizza & New Sushi Place Coming to LIC
THE restaurant hits just keep on coming to Hunters Point and the greater Long Island City Metropolitan Area (population 63,000). Frankie’s Brooklyn Pizza and Matsuzuki Sakura have been announced as tenants of the new rental building Jasper located on 5th Street between 49th and 50th Avenues.
[Read more…] about Frankie’s Brooklyn Pizza & New Sushi Place Coming to LICThe Long Island City Halloween Parade Is Back ON For 2024
PARENTS rejoice, after an unexplained hiatus, the Long Island City Halloween Parade down Vernon Boulevard is back on for 2024. This year it will take place on Saturday, October 26 from 2pm to 4pm.
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