A thousand reasons to love Long Island City. Tips: Editor@LICtalk.com
Like piranhas to a cow in the Amazon River, the children of LIC picked the grass in Gantry Park clean of eggs in under a minute. In three waves they came. in three waves they conquered. Sure, there was some jostling, and an occasional … [Continue reading] about THE PIRANHAS OF LONG ISLAND CITY
Last week we uncovered a stealth restaurant, this week we bring you news of a new indoor ice rink in Hunters Point. Hidden among the dichotomy of 46th Road, in a two-story red brick building just east of Vernon Boulevard, L.I.C.-ICE has been … [Continue reading] about L.I.C. ICE: A NEW ICE RINK OPENS IN HUNTERS POINT
First it was food trucks circa 2008, then came the M. Wells phenomenon in 2010, followed by pop-up restaurants in 2013. Long Island City has been an incubator for several of these concepts, now might we be playing host to the latest fad in … [Continue reading] about KOREAN FOOD HAS COME TO LIC: KSFC IN BRICKTOWN BAGELS
Christmas isn't all about gifts, and Easter isn't all about eggs. There's chocolate bunnies too, and those cute yellow chick marshmallows that taste like styrofoam and take centuries to decompose - Little Peeps! As for Good Friday, it wasn't really … [Continue reading] about EGGS, EGGS, EGGS, EGGS, EGGS LIC
PS78Q will add an additional kindergarten class this year, making a total of seven. This followed a boost from four to six classes last year, three to four classes in 2014, and two to three classes in 2013. Unlike in previous years, the additional … [Continue reading] about SEVENTH KINDERGARTEN CLASS ADDED TO PS78Q, TRUNCATION COMING?