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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Another Apparent Suicide On Center Boulevard in LIC
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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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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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.’
[Read more…] about Pricey Condos in Long Island City, Are They Selling?Cuomo to Bezos “Furiously” Trying to Bring Back Amazon
So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell: ‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take this anymore!’
I was really close to running a post entitled “Slim Pickings in Long Island City Post-Amazon” when news filtered out about a last gasp at bringing back Amazon. Yesterday came the report from QNS.com about Josh Bowen the founder of JB Smokehouse personally trekking out to Seattle to try to get Amazon to reconsider, an effort I viewed in the manner of Don Quixote. BUT, the media loves a good story and it slowly trickled out of LIC. THEN, The New York Times reported late today that Mario Cuomo has also been begging appealing to Amazon to reconsider, including garnering a phone conversation with Pontiff Bezos. PLUS a letter signed by multiple NYC cognoscenti, including the pontiff of NYC, David Solomon – and many other recognizable cardinals with pull, will be published in tomorrow’s Times, ALL of which lead to the headline above, and what effectively counts as LICtalk’s first ever double-issue. WHOA, that’s serious, time for all of us to go to the window…
Cuomo Speaks With Bezos, Furiously Trying to Win Back Amazon – yes, Bezos!
NY Leaders Urge Amazon to Reconsider – NY Times letter
QueensBridge Grapples with Amazon HQ2 Fallout – yo Mike n Jimmy “Aramark, a food and retail service provider, was looking to hire 300-500 workers on the spot for Citi Field in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, at pay rates of $15.25 to $16.70 an hour, and hired a couple dozen workers from the nearby Astoria Houses, according to Urban Upbound workers.”
—————– Part II aka ‘Slim Pickings’ ————————–
What’s next for Anable Basin? Oh wait, that was last week’s topic, and possibly next week’s too. Or maybe we can discuss apartment prices pre/post/past Amazon? I am truly curious to what extent buyers in the middle go through with their impulsive purchases. [Read more…] about Cuomo to Bezos “Furiously” Trying to Bring Back Amazon