The Queens Gazette is reporting that the owners of a parcel at … [Continue reading] about BJ’S WAREHOUSE COMING TO LONG ISLAND CITY?
BREAD BOX CLOSES, THE GREEN STREET BECOMING KOREAN BBQ?
“If you look at where the good food is in New York, it’s really in Manhattan and Queens, I’m sorry, other boroughs, I’m sorry." -Pete Wells, the restaurant critic for The New York Times, from a profile in the New Yorker … [Continue reading] about BREAD BOX CLOSES, THE GREEN STREET BECOMING KOREAN BBQ?
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 … [Continue reading] about SCHOOL, HIP-HOP, LIGHTS, STARS, PIRATES
SEPTEMBER BRINGS FISH N MEAT TO LIC
It was a quiet Labor Day weekend in town, though given the heavy police presence in the waterfront parks - probably in light of a recent incident - one may have thought there was a J'Ouvert "celebration" occurring. That and construction noise/crews … [Continue reading] about SEPTEMBER BRINGS FISH N MEAT TO LIC
RAMEN SHACK, LEMONS FROM LEMONADE, DEPRIVATION TANKS
Even in the final days of summer, when all eyes and bodies should be at the beach, the news is dominated by real estate in LIC. Lots of development updates, topping offs, and new renderings. One data point, indicative of nothing really, is how the … [Continue reading] about RAMEN SHACK, LEMONS FROM LEMONADE, DEPRIVATION TANKS