Various news outlets are reporting that there is a massive drug raid going on this morning at a tower on Center Boulevard. Federal agents, some wearing hazmat suits, [Read more…] about MASSIVE DRUG RAID ON CENTER BLVD IN LONG ISLAND CITY -UPDATE
MASSIVE SEA TURTLE AND NEW FERRIES IN THE EAST RIVER
IN what has to be the best story of the slow summer, a man fishing from the shore of the East River right near Costco on Vernon Boulevard hooked a giant sea turtle. I mean really big! Then, following a volley of incredulous f-bombs, he and [Read more…] about MASSIVE SEA TURTLE AND NEW FERRIES IN THE EAST RIVER
APOCECLIPSE NOW
I feel bad for millennials, unlike Gen X’ers they never got to experience multiple viewings of the classic movie Apocalypse Now during their formative years. On the other hand, most of them probably still have the good fortune to be able to experience it for the very first time and be awed by it.
What does this have to do with LIC? Well [Read more…] about APOCECLIPSE NOW
AUGUST UPDATES JUST FOR YOU LIC
What’s up with rezoning upzoning of LIC? What’s the latest on the founder of the Long Island City Academy of Music? What really happens behind the walls of MoMA PS1 during a summer Warm-up? When is the CVS in Hunters Point opening? [Read more…] about AUGUST UPDATES JUST FOR YOU LIC
MU RAMEN OWNER TO TAKE ALOBAR & RENAME RAVENSWOOD TAVERN
The Smooklers are expanding their culinary empire by taking over the former Alobar space and renaming it Ravenswood Tavern according to Eater. The menu will have more in common with the prior occupant than Mu Ramen, with chef Joshua Smookler creating [Read more…] about MU RAMEN OWNER TO TAKE ALOBAR & RENAME RAVENSWOOD TAVERN