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LAST week I received an email from a reader who shared that the rent on her 3-br was recently increased from $6,900 to $7,900 a month. 'Interesting data point' I thought whilst simultaneously calculating in my head its equating to a 14.5% boost and … [Continue reading] about Long Island City Rents & Other Real Estate Stuff
… So I wrote to the paperTook out a personal adAnd though I'm nobody's poetI thought it wasn't half bad The children at the local public schools in Long Island City will not be getting off for Cinco De Mayo tomorrow. They did get off for Eid … [Continue reading] about Margaritas in May or Pina Colada’s in January LIC?
On occasion I will take the liberty to write about a topic not exactly LIC-centric, and in this case it only has a tenuous link to Queens overall. Yet this topic entails a quantitative analysis that would give a leg up to any second year investment … [Continue reading] about Queens Store #1 In NYC Bagel Survey
AFTER 8.5 years, Liz Lusskin is stepping down as head of the Long Island City Partnership. Her departure comes at the end of a period where LIC evolved from its emergence as an up-and-coming neighborhood to fully established on the national scene. A … [Continue reading] about More Beer, Lusskin Leaving, Hero a Zero?
MOTHER Nature LICtalk has declared that Spring Has Sprung in 2022 here in Long Island City. We are also happy to declare that the Gantry Plaza Easter Egg Hunt is back on for 2022. No, we don't really make these proclamations, no more so than The … [Continue reading] about Spring Has Sprung In LIC 2022 +Eggs!