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Flooding, Shooting & Rents In Long Island City

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FLOODING, shooting, the plagues are upon us in LIC. Pestilence anyone? No, that’s been temporarily superseded by Gamestop this week.1 Yet the real story for the large majority of residents is the increasing evidence of significant rent reductions here in Long Island City. According to a recent report by real estate firm MNS, rents here are down 14.42% year over year. Of course readers of LICtalk won’t find this overly surprising, as that’s the exact percentage we predicted back in May.

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  1. requisite mention for all journalists this week, and if you don’t know, don’t bother [↩]

Priced To Move In Long Island City

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numbers too big to ignore

TODAY I came across an interesting rental listing on Streeteasy offering a 2br/2ba in Hunters Point for $3,500. It’s located in the Citylights Building which though a little dated and not quite amenity rich as nearby towers, is still very well located across the street from Gantry Park and near the 7 line.1 It’s also spacious at over 1,000 square feet, and on a high floor with good views and light and a renovated kitchen.2. Most importantly it’s only $3,500 a month and No-Fee.

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  1. if commuting becomes important again; and it also has its own tennis court – which is usable now, unlike many others amenities which may or may not be [↩]
  2. spacious = for NYC; good views = great views for NYC, pretty good for LIC [↩]

Another Apparent Suicide On Center Boulevard in LIC

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Gantry Plaza State Park wedding
No better setting for a wedding

A reader tipped us off that according to the Citizen App another person jumped from the tower 4545 Center Boulevard last night. Around 9pm a passel of police cars zoomed to the site, followed quickly by a large area cordoned off with police tape – though the app mentioned this person landed on the 7th Floor rooftop of the building. If so, this is the second jumper this year in this building, and the fourth known fatal jumper along Center Boulevard this past decade.

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LIC Waterfront Food Trucks Get Tasted And Tested

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Center Boulevard food trucks
Frontier?

Local news has taken a backseat worldwide during the pandemic, as the mundanity of everyday life seems trivial.. Being locked down doesn’t help on that front. Restaurant news has been even more scarce: few new restaurants are opening, buildouts have halted, and reviews are basically on lockdown too. So I understand the need for food writers (and sports and travel writers too) to stretch to create content.

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Pricey Condos in Long Island City, Are They Selling?

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What prices lurk in the hearts of…

WHILE the temperature is hot, hot, hot, are real estate sales in LIC not, not, not? Given the continued paucity of local news we ask that question to drum up readers, and also in light of a somewhat erroneous headline out today entitled ‘Queens Priciest Condo Ups Asking Price to $3.9 Mil.’

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