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Dumbo Market Coming to Hunters Point

March 25, 2024 by editor 4 Comments

Dumbo Market is coming to the Jasper Building being constructed on 50th Avenue and 5th Street in Hunters Point. Its arrival will basically replace and double the size of the Urban Market across the street, along with a much needed upgrade and the same operator.

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Terrone Restaurant And Butterfield Market Coming to LIC

March 2, 2024 by editor 3 Comments

THEY build the towers, the people come, and they open the restaurants to feed all the new people. A virtuous circle if ever there was and no place is more virtuous than Long Island City.

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The Best Story In Long Island City This Year?

February 14, 2024 by editor 2 Comments

THE Super Bowl may be over, and it may have had a storybook ending for many, and it may have had a world renowned cast of characters, both on the field and off, but in terms of real impact on real people, the glitz and the glamour pale in comparison to the grit and the struggle of a local sports star in Long Island City.

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Juice N’ Bagels On Vernon Boulevard Is Closing

January 30, 2024 by editor 3 Comments

AFTER six weeks of pre-season games where hope springs eternal, 18 weeks of 11×11 hard-hitting full tackle winnowing of the parity pack (w/ NYC & Carolina taking a pass on this phase), and three weekends of blissful playoffs, it’s the Chiefs and the Niners. The pizza and wings of elite NFL teams in the 2020’s. In fact when these two teams actually met in the Super Bowl, the pandemic was not. Picture it, February 2020, Patrick Mahomes was not on television 24/7, nor a recognized name by most Americans. While his counterpart on the 49’ers did have some name recognition as the permanent understudy for Mr. Super Bowl himself, Tom Brady. Such innocent times back then, no?

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