The Queens Gazette is reporting that the owners of a parcel at [Read more…] about BJ’S WAREHOUSE COMING TO LONG ISLAND CITY?
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SCHOOL, HIP-HOP, LIGHTS, STARS, PIRATES
Two days of public school and then a long weekend ((this Monday, Sept. 12 kids are off for Eid al Adha)) – I like those hours! But then no more breaks until October when every child will have to make do with only a pair of three-day workweeks. Forget about daycare, these kids should be getting an internship.
//In the real world, my guess is most of you never made it to one of MoMA PS1’s Saturday Warm-Up parties this summer. Me too, because it’s so convenient I kept saying ‘No problem, I’ll just go next week,’ and then Labor Day arrived. Unfortunately in doing so we all missed out on a performance by a guy The New York Times says has blown up big and is saving hip-hop. Let that gall you through the long winter months, and remember to make it a point to go next year.
//Of greater permanence, I was tipped off from someone in attendance at last nights CB2 meeting that [Read more…] about SCHOOL, HIP-HOP, LIGHTS, STARS, PIRATES
ESCAPING THE SUMMER HEAT
I got to get away
Feel I got to get away
Oh oh oh yeah
Marbella, Mykonos, Nantucket, Newport, or even Atlantic City, the place to be is anywhere but roasting in LIC. Sure there’s still news happening locally, but [Read more…] about ESCAPING THE SUMMER HEAT
FIRE! RAPE? & NEW RESTAURANTS
In case you were wondering what all the smoke was coming from the northeast last night, it was a 5-alarm fire at a workshop on Queens Boulevard near the Sunnyside border which began around 7:30pm and quickly ravaged the building. Over two hundred fire fighters were called to the conflagration, and two were seriously injured.
In case you were wondering about the police cars on the wooden promenade in Gantry Park yesterday, and the police tape cordoning off the platforms where the red chairs are, according to a post on a local Facebook site, a rape/attack allegedly occurred there Monday night around 10pm. So far there has only been one witness who was the Facebook poster, and the victim has yet to come forward. We tweeted out the actual post and the news of the police investigation on Tuesday, but unlike the fire above, there is nothing very tangible. One LICtalk reader has suggested that it would be very helpful if a police sketch based on the witness’ description were circulated.
//NEW RESTAURANTS NOW AND COMING SOON DEPT: [Read more…] about FIRE! RAPE? & NEW RESTAURANTS
THE NUDGER FROM QUEENSBRIDGE
‘We’re on one side of the river and the millionaires are on the other, but we have the better view.’ Elizabeth McQueen, Queensbridge
Stories about Queensbridge are infrequent here on LICtalk, and positive stories about it are practically nil. This weekend though, The New York Times wrote a very inspirational profile on Elizabeth McQueen, a former resident of the houses who spent many years nudging politicians and parks employees to refurbish and re-buttress the long-closed esplanade in Queensbridge Park. Though she passed away in February at the age of 83, she was able to witness her accomplishment with the re-opening of the esplanade in 2014. In light of all that she did to make it happen, this week it was officially declared “Elizabeth McQueen Way” by the city.
Now I can’t say that you’ll have anything named after you, but [Read more…] about THE NUDGER FROM QUEENSBRIDGE