Hey LICsters, the 7-train is down this weekend so you’re stranded like Gilligan and the Captain. Now if you had Ginger and Mary Ann, [Read more…] about STRANDED IN LIC
HAVE NO FEAR, HALLOWEEN IS NEAR
“Enjoy every sandwich” Warren Zevon1
So the news desk has been getting a lot of queries from new LIC mothers regarding trick-or-treating and other local Halloween events for kids. Fear not, because as veteran parents in the neighborhood know, everything is rolled up into one during the Annual Kids Halloween Parade along Vernon Boulevard. Where/when/how will it occur? [Read more…] about HAVE NO FEAR, HALLOWEEN IS NEAR
- Letterman asked Zevon if his condition (terminal cancer) had taught him anything about life and death. ”How much you’re supposed to enjoy every sandwich,” Zevon answered.
Weeks later, Letterman was still struck by the reply. ”Here’s a guy looking right down the barrel of the gun,” he said. ”And if a guy wanted to indulge himself in great hyperbole in that circumstance, who wouldn’t forgive him? But that was perfect, the simplicity of that. If this guy is not a poet, who is?” [↩]
FIFTY SEVEN 3-BEDROOMS IN HUNTERS POINT SOUTH
Three bedrooms are in enormous demand in Long Island City now. Indicative of this is the recently announced sale of two out of three 3-bdrm units in a new townhouse conversion on 47th Road. They were available for a single day before both were gobbled up at the full asking prices of $1.77 million and $1.8 million each.
Fret not, because [Read more…] about FIFTY SEVEN 3-BEDROOMS IN HUNTERS POINT SOUTH
LONG ISLAND CITY’S FORTUNE COOKIE KING
The weekend is here, let’s dispense with the heavy topics of real estate and affordable housing and script a nice puff piece. Did you know that Long Island City is home to the largest fortune cookie factory in the United States? [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY’S FORTUNE COOKIE KING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO ALL IN SUNNYSIDE
So what is one to do if they don’t win or qualify for the HPS Lottery and desire housing that’s affordable? How about trying the neighborhood right next door to LIC? In Sunnyside one will find apartments such as this: [Read more…] about AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO ALL IN SUNNYSIDE