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A new Dream Hotel will be built on the Manhattan Cabinetry site at 9-03 44th Rd. I’m not sure if that’s really still Hunters Point, but google maps says it is. Plus the corner of it is about 20 feet from Vernon Blvd., right near Anable Basin and across the street from the Wyndham, so I’m sticking to the headline.
Of greater significance, this will be the first [Read more…] about A DREAM HOTEL IS COMING TO HUNTERS POINT IN LIC
The restaurant group that owns Shi and Skinny’s Cantina will be re-opening the Waterfront Crabhouse in LIC that sits at the end of Borden Avenue. While we don’t know about the timing or details, we hear it will [Read more…] about SHI TO RE-OPEN THE CRABHOUSE IN LONG ISLAND CITY
About a month ago, we received a story idea and a picture from a reader. It concerned cigarette butts and the general attitude of smokers not to treat them as trash. Though this might be considered more of a national or worldwide subject, because many residents in LIC [Read more…] about THE SCOURGE OF LIC, AND BEYOND
There is a lot of news to read below, none of it significant. Instead here are a few recommendations to consider in taking advantage of the nice weather projected for LIC this weekend. [Read more…] about BRING ON THE LIC WEEKEND
Welcome back LICsters from your long holiday weekend. For those who ventured afar, whether it be to the mountains or the sea, we’ve provided a full recap of how the 4th went down here in LIC. To cover this monumental event, I had to forgo my chateau on the Cote, and gave my pilot the week off. In so doing, I had a rare empty night on my exceptionally busy social calendar, and thus decided to do some venturing of my own, but locally.
That is how I found myself at Astoria Seafood. [Read more…] about IS ‘ASTORIA SEAFOOD’ THE BEST RESTAURANT IN LONG ISLAND CITY?