OK, ENOUGH ALREADY

Once again The New York Times has an article in their Sunday real estate section on LIC, this time with a particular focus on the Court Square area.  Do they really need to resort to segmentation of our town? Can’t they find something interesting to say about another outer boro up-n-comer like Bushwick or Red Hook?  Or possibly anoint a new ‘hood to look out for, such as Maspeth?  Probably not, and I cannot say I blame them.  As any astute real estate writer knows it all comes down to the three L’s, and we have them, whether they be Court Square, Hunters Point, or Queens Plaza.  The article discusses a lot of projects I have noted, as well as a few new ones I had yet to hear about, and basically concludes that LIC is exploding residentially.  Unfortunately, it failed to make any mention whatsoever of the big elephant in the room:  an extraordinary gap in public school seating capacity in the neighborhood, even before these projects are completed.  Oh well, that’s exactly why you need someone like me: to get All the News That’s Fit to Print about Long Island City!

In the spirit of there being enough already written about our neighborhood, I will pass on links to only two additional stories about LIC today.

A Neighborhood Built From Scratch – lotsa new buildings mentioned and some detail on the new M. Wells restaurant

Revisiting John Brown Smokehouse – a review of the new location w/ some pics of it

Mayor Bloomberg Drops in on Hot Long Island City Restaurant… – the Mayor seems to like bacon, make of that what you will…