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A new cafe called Sugarcube Patisserie has opened on 50th Avenue between Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue. It serves pastries, gelato made in house, petit-fours, and of course coffee. The building housing it blasted out a previously non-existent … [Continue reading] about SUGARCUBE OPENS IN HUNTERS POINT
The NYC EDC has put out a request-for-proposal (RFP) to develop the land currently occupied by the Water's Edge Restaurant and the adjacent parking lot along the East River, as well as a long thin lot across the street on the south side of 44th … [Continue reading] about CITY TO BUILD HOUSING & SCHOOL ON WATERS EDGE RESTAURANT
My week-long absence seems to have been a 'Waiting for Godot' moment, in that nothing much actually happened. Unless of course one delves into the details of a routine follow-up, whereby it was revealed that the new streetcar proposal may very well … [Continue reading] about LIC MIGHT GET NEW BRIDGE WITH STREETCAR
Last night at a meeting hosted by the Gantry Parents Association, President Jimmy Van Bramer made the announcement that a new school will be built in LIC. It will be a freestanding school ((not embedded/attached to an apartment building)) located in … [Continue reading] about NEW SCHOOL ANNOUNCED FOR LONG ISLAND CITY
The moment we've all been dreading has arrived, fast food is coming to Vernon Boulevard ((though in some ways it's already here given Dunkin Donuts and Bareburger)). We've heard from a good source that … [Continue reading] about PIZZA HUT COMING TO VERNON BOULEVARD