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NO this is not an April Fool’s Day joke, the playing courts, both basketball and tennis/pickleball courts will be closed for a year long renovation by the NYS Parks Department. Not really sure why, these courts were just renovated a decade ago, but signs were posted today and that is that.
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IT’S that time of year when we take the measure of the preceding 365, and 3650. And a recently installed traffic sign encapsulated the weariness of LIC in the 2020’s in the wizened eyes of The Editor. Exhibited all the way to the right in the photo above, its placement indicates that this one block stretch of 5th Street in Hunters Point is no longer 2-way. Back in the day, when everything was fresh, that actually would have been newsworthy in Long Island City. Lesser publications may have even devoted a whole article to it. Today it is just a street sign.
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THE basketball courts at Murray Park have just undergone a complete renovation. In addition to resurfacing and new fiberglass backboards, the courts now sport a pair of murals by Edgar Heap of Birds on their pavement. Here is the story behind it.
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WITH bikini season coming up, I’ve just started a new weight reduction program: The Food Truck Diet. Given that it was created by doctors and nutritionists at Harford, it’s a surefire way to drop 15 lbs in a month. It’s also a perfect occasion to mill about Gantry Plaza State Park while foraging.
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THE NYS Parks Department has reserved the eastern basketball court on 48th Avenue (by Vernon Boulevard) for ‘Girls Time’ every Wednesday and Friday from 4pm to 5:15pm beginning April 23 through June 25, 2021.
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