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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
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
‘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
Thanks to an intervention by family and friends, I am no longer addicted to Pokemon Go, and back at my desk to faithfully report to you. On day two of my sobriety, I am happy to announce that it appears we haven’t missed much news-wise.
Oh wait, it seems there was a coup in Turkey, a horrific attack in Nice, and a new vice president in-waiting. Wow, my former dependency induced a complete blackout of the real world! Anyway, the best we could muster locally [Read more…] about LIC GO
There’s nothing more underwhelming than cellphone pictures of fireworks. Except cellphone video of fireworks. Instead, it’s the out of body experience of being in LIC during the lockdown period in the morning and early afternoon of the Fourth, followed by the massive invasion of outsiders – and the actual people themselves coming to attend the Macy’s fireworks shows, who transform our everyday locales into packed staging grounds.
Excluding a half-hour of moderate rainfall prior to the fireworks, this year’s show [Read more…] about JULY 4 DONE, COME AND GONE, MY OH MY