A thousand reasons to love Long Island City. Tips: Editor@LICtalk.com
“NO Parking Tuesday” arrives tomorrow. Not Taco Tuesday, not Two-for-Tuesday, when the pink signs everywhere in Hunters Point say “No Parking Tuesday” then it must be July 4, 2023!!!
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No more pencils, no more books
Mr. Cooper
No more teachers, dirty looks
Out for summer, out ’til fall
We might not come back at all
THE last day of school, sweeter words have never been spoken. In tandem with that comes the news that the Gantry Plaza State Park Sports Field has reopened after a major renovation. There is ‘Open Play’ for everyone at all times through July 8.
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FROM mid-April to mid-June one can typically purchase Haitian mangoes from the produce vendor on 49th Avenue by Vernon Boulevard. This is when the fruit from this region is in season and available. For those in the know, which includes the Hunters Point West Indian Nanny Posse and The Editor, there is no better delicacy in the world.
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In the summertime, when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather’s fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find
HERE we are, Memorial Day Weekend 2023. It’s going to be a beauty. Cue the bbq’s in Queensbridge Park, the crowded outdoor pool scene at Avalon North, the lines jutting from Center Boulevard in front of the ice cream trucks. Enjoy a cold and FRESH beer at one of our many local breweries. Make it an extra long one by “WFH” on Friday and Tuesday.
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Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.
C’mon, you know where this is from
WE can hint it, they can say it, either way it’s out there: LIC is the new Chinatown according to Mahira Rivers at New York Magazine. Though in theory we’ve been saying it for quite awhile.
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