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Girls Basketball Coming to Hunters Point This May/June

April 25, 2019 by editor 1 Comment

Hey parents, the NYS Parks Department is hosting a new basketball program at the outdoor courts on 48th Avenue this May/June for girls currently in grades 3 – 8. Called ‘Queens Rules’ the basic idea behind this program is to get girls comfortable with going to the outdoor courts and playing pickup basketball, while simultaneously creating a universe of girls comfortable with doing so to help reinforce the impetus to get out there.

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Mighty Quinn’s BBQ Opening Location in Long Island City

April 18, 2019 by editor 2 Comments

Everybody’s building ships and boats
Some are building monuments, others are jotting down notes
Everybody’s in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here, everybody’s gonna jump for joy

Come all without, come all within

you’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn

Mighty Quinn’s BBQ is coming to Long Island City! According to a report in Restaurant News, the fast-casual joint will open their first location in Queens

Will The Hunters Point Library Open This Summer?

April 17, 2019 by editor 3 Comments

As the lengthy travails of Josh Bowen and Nick Giovanniello demonstrate, there’s nothing more frustrating than being 99% of the way there but needing final sign-off to open your restaurant in Long Island City. Nothing that is, but trying to open a library in Long Island City. This month we have heard a pair of contrasting anecdotes [Read more…] about Will The Hunters Point Library Open This Summer?

Mothership Meat Company in Long Island City Finally Opens!

April 12, 2019 by editor 1 Comment

It’s been over three years in the making, but Mothership Meat Company in Long Island City has finally opened! The new BBQ restaurant from Josh Bowen, the founder of John Brown Smokehouse, has been through hell and back over that period which included [Read more…] about Mothership Meat Company in Long Island City Finally Opens!