A cyclist was killed on 21st Street by MoMA PS1 yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a driver opening the door of his parked car according to Politico. [Read more…] about CYCLIST KILLED ON 21ST ST. NEAR MoMA PS1
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SPRING HAS SPRUNG 2018!
THE Mets are in first place – it must be April! In conjunction with that we’ve trotted out the hackneyed title above, which basically means there’s no local news of import. Unless of course you’re a foodie [Read more…] about SPRING HAS SPRUNG 2018!
THE OTHER LONG ISLAND CITY
The news cycle is slowing down in Long Island City just in time for the Easter/Passover break. The only real stories below deal with ‘other’ areas/aspects of the town. So put aside restaurant openings and school capacity during Holy Week and see how the other [Read more…] about THE OTHER LONG ISLAND CITY
SNOW DAY LONG ISLAND CITY
On Day 2 of the new season, I really really wanted to write an Ode to Spring, with sonnets and poems and crocuses and newborn foals running free in Gantry Park. Instead we got a SNOW DAY!!! Sure, I’m now a grown getting paid by the hour word, but when our Mayor waved his magic wand I felt obliged to obey. So instead of ballads and verse, I offer ye a limerick [Read more…] about SNOW DAY LONG ISLAND CITY
MONA COAL-ICE ON VERNON BOULEVARD
So what’s with the recently painted gold-lettered “Mona Coal-Ice” on Vernon Boulevard? Is it an olde-tymey steam-punk themed haberdashery? Is it a spin-off from the ice cream store next door? Or maybe we should take it literally and get our ice for parties and coal for umm, you know, like burning? No. no, thanks to a little sleuthing from my desktop [Read more…] about MONA COAL-ICE ON VERNON BOULEVARD