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INDIAN FOOD HAS COME TO HUNTERS POINT

June 10, 2015 by editor 1 Comment

A little Bombay comes to the corner of 48th and Center — A little Bombay comes to the corner of 48th Ave and Center Blvd

There’s a new dining option for the residents of Hunters Point. A large food cart serving Indian food has appeared on the corner of 48th Avenue and Center Boulevard. It is called Mysstik Masaala and is owned and operated by a native Mumbai resident named Yuvaraaj.

For a cart, it has a pretty extensive menu, which [Read more…] about INDIAN FOOD HAS COME TO HUNTERS POINT

INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITOR

June 9, 2015 by editor 8 Comments

Home to the editor, and soon many others

Here at LICtalk, we receive plenty of correspondence from the neighborhood wanting to know more about the man behind the curtain. I’m not talking about emails or tweet-to’s, I mean long-form hard copy such as love letters, sometimes even with drawings …and cookies.

Despite a longstanding journalistic policy at this site to prevent the reporter from becoming the story, the public outcry has been so great, that the publisher has made the decision to broach the fourth wall and allow The Editor to answer your questions as posed in an interview with Katie Couric.

Katie: Who are you? [Read more…] about INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITOR

MAIELLA LIC TO OPEN ON TUESDAY

June 5, 2015 by editor Leave a Comment

And Center Boulevard was never the same again — And the canyons of Center Boulevard were never the same again

Ok folks, the biggest restaurant opening in LIC occurs this Tuesday, June 9, at Maiella LIC on Center Boulevard. Just like this year’s Macy’s Fireworks, legendary Queens chef Rocco Sacramone’s newest dining establishment is going to help pull the axis of NYC closer to LIC. Expect Uber cars lined up in packs of ten on the street.

//This Sunday [Read more…] about MAIELLA LIC TO OPEN ON TUESDAY

HUNTERS POINT PARK PHASE 2: UPDATE AND SUGGESTION

June 2, 2015 by editor 6 Comments

The wilds of HPS Park will soon be tamed

Last night the NYCEDC gave an update on HPSP, at a meeting held by the HPPC, here’s what was said. Construction will start in late summer early fall and be completed in the 4Q of 2018. The new addition to the park will be more [Read more…] about HUNTERS POINT PARK PHASE 2: UPDATE AND SUGGESTION

IT’S ‘ALL ABOUT THAT COMMUTE’

May 29, 2015 by editor 2 Comments

I'm lookin for me You're lookin for you Were lookin at each other and we don't know what to do — I’m lookin for me
You’re lookin for you
Were lookin at each other and we don’t know what to do

If time is money, then living in Long Island City is the jackpot. This weekend’s real estate section of The New York Times will reiterate that maxim in an article entitled “Long Island City for the Good Commute,” whereby a young accountant who while previously living in his parents home in central NJ stated: [Read more…] about IT’S ‘ALL ABOUT THAT COMMUTE’