A thousand reasons to love Long Island City. Tips: Editor@LICtalk.com
THE words in the headline above were recently uttered (or is it proclaimed?) by a very wise man, transcribed by an illustrious writer, and published in a highly esteemed journal. Who am I to doubt that it’s not so?
//NOTHING is more boring than a story about something that might happen 2+ years from now, even if it’s highly probable. [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY IS THE NAPA VALLEY OF CRAFT BEER
The basketball courts on 48th Avenue at Gantry Plaza State Park will be re-opening this Saturday, September 17, with a Grand Celebration. The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historical Preservation and the Long Island City Youth Sports League (LICYSL) will be holding youth clinics and games overseen by Coach N, aka Nnamdi Amen, who said about the event:
“Though I love my home at the gymnasium at PS78Q, I’m really excited to finally get a chance to teach and play with the kids of Long Island City on the beautiful new 48th Avenue courts at Gantry Plaza State Park. I’ve got some new drills and games especially for the occasion.”
LICtalk says: “We love the new fiberglass backboards, it does wonders for my two-handed set shot”
For more information on this event and to join the fun click here, or email licyouthsports@gmail.com.
//Beans, Grapes, and Leaves appears to have closed. This news comes [Read more…] about 48TH AVE BBALL COURTS RE-OPENING W/ BIG CELEBRATION SATURDAY
The Queens Gazette is reporting that the owners of a parcel at [Read more…] about BJ’S WAREHOUSE COMING TO LONG ISLAND CITY?
“If you look at where the good food is in New York, it’s really in Manhattan and Queens, I’m sorry, other boroughs, I’m sorry.”
-Pete Wells, the restaurant critic for The New York Times, from a profile in the New Yorker last week
The Bread Box on 11th Street has closed. According to a pic sent to us by LICtalk reader Jeremy Swillinger of Level Group, a sign in the window reads:
“Dear customers due to renovations the Bread Box will be closed. Sorry for the inconvenience we will update you shortly”
Not sure what exactly to make of that, but as we reported a little over a year ago, the lot that it rests upon, as well as the adjacent service station, were put up for sale as a development site.
In other restaurant news, [Read more…] about BREAD BOX CLOSES, THE GREEN STREET BECOMING KOREAN BBQ?
Two days of public school and then a long weekend ((this Monday, Sept. 12 kids are off for Eid al Adha)) – I like those hours! But then no more breaks until October when every child will have to make do with only a pair of three-day workweeks. Forget about daycare, these kids should be getting an internship.
//In the real world, my guess is most of you never made it to one of MoMA PS1’s Saturday Warm-Up parties this summer. Me too, because it’s so convenient I kept saying ‘No problem, I’ll just go next week,’ and then Labor Day arrived. Unfortunately in doing so we all missed out on a performance by a guy The New York Times says has blown up big and is saving hip-hop. Let that gall you through the long winter months, and remember to make it a point to go next year.
//Of greater permanence, I was tipped off from someone in attendance at last nights CB2 meeting that [Read more…] about SCHOOL, HIP-HOP, LIGHTS, STARS, PIRATES