The iconic St. Mary’s Church on Vernon Boulevard will be knocked down to make way for a luxury residential tower according to plans filed with the NYC Department of Buildings yesterday. The proposal calls for a 62-story “pinner” building – one that’s very tall and very narrow – with many of the apartments full-floor 4-bedrooms with keyed access. According to the developer [Read more…] about ST. MARY’S CHURCH ON VERNON BLVD TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR TOWER
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L.I.C. ICE: A NEW ICE RINK OPENS IN HUNTERS POINT
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 operating for about a month. As pictured above, it’s a long and very narrow rink whose main focus is [Read more…] about L.I.C. ICE: A NEW ICE RINK OPENS IN HUNTERS POINT
KOREAN FOOD HAS COME TO LIC: KSFC IN BRICKTOWN BAGELS
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 millennial dining – stealth restaurants? [Read more…] about KOREAN FOOD HAS COME TO LIC: KSFC IN BRICKTOWN BAGELS
SEVENTH KINDERGARTEN CLASS ADDED TO PS78Q, TRUNCATION COMING?
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 class was added at the outset instead of wait-listing kids. This waitlist understandably led to fraught parents -> riots -> quick capitulation and the addition of new classes a week or two later. Why the DOE didn’t follow this model from the beginning, instead of creating tremendous agita for both parents and themselves and then caving in to the resulting uproar is beyond me.
The downside of eliminating a waitlist for the first time in four years, is [Read more…] about SEVENTH KINDERGARTEN CLASS ADDED TO PS78Q, TRUNCATION COMING?
GET READY FOR PACKED SUBWAY CARS LIC
The Mayor and the City Council reached an agreement to increase building size allowances in a number of zones in NYC, one of which is in the Court Square/Queens Plaza neighborhood. In return for this increased density, developers will set aside a portion of the new apartments for affordable housing. I’m not going to delve deep into this story as I have already done so recently here and here. The distillation of it then and now continues to be: [Read more…] about GET READY FOR PACKED SUBWAY CARS LIC