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THE DEAD OF WINTER IN LONG ISLAND CITY
A reminder of summer, Court Square style, and by next summer this might be the last remaining open lot there too. Now that the holidays are over, reality hits us here in LIC. The final TF Cornerstone...
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COCAINE & HOOKERS LEAD LOCAL MAN ASTRAY, PLUS MORE PROSAIC WEEKEND ACTIVITIES
Check it out, while you can.(click on pic) Have you heard about the latest big Wall Street expose? It’s an autobiography about a hedge fund trader and his decade of lost weekends, climaxing in a lucid...
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THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
It looks the same, but change has come. Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown Two weeks ago I walked over to Mario’s Deli on Vernon to pick up a...
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7-TRAIN TO BE CLOSED IN LIC FOR 18 WEEKENDS
They look ok to me In an 8-page memo, the MTA announced its 7-Train weekend closures to the powers that be. While these closures are a regular annual event in LIC, mostly occurring in the winter, the...
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AVONTE OQUENDO REMAINS MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND IN WATER
Not much to say about that headline, except it is a sad but not completely unexpected outcome. Kind of makes the 7-train protests trivial. Nevertheless, we said we’d show you the apologetic letter...
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CENTER BOULEVARD CROSSWALK: TODAY NOT TOMORROW!
SilverCup to get new neighbor, and looks like they’ve already solved their traffic problem We bring you a guest editorial, on a request that we made and briefly commented on late last year: Almost 4...
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LIC & QUEENS: THE PRESS IS CATCHING UP
Subways and Streetcars? Three articles over the last few days, summarize what the LICtalk juggernaut has been saying for the last two years. The first, in The New York Times ((a little name dropping))...
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CENTER BOULEVARD STOP SIGN PROTEST TOMORROW
It’s amazing how fast government can work when pushing it’s own initiative, like affordable housing. It has finally come to this. The need for traffic safety measures has spurred a press event that...
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JORA HAS OPENED, PERUVIAN FOOD COMES TO LONG ISLAND CITY
UBER’S NYC headquarters on Jackson Ave. Get this guy to chauffeur you to Jora It’s time to pisco everybody! Jora, the Peruvian Restaurant on 11th Street at the foot of the Pulaski Bridge, has...
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OVERCROWDING COMING TO LIC?
Nice and peaceful here, one last look at summer. As the Vernon/Jackson subway platform gets more crowded with each passing day, the question arises “At what point will it be too much?” City planners...
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TOLLS COMING TO QUEENSBORO BRIDGE AND A NEW LIC FERRY STOP?
Someone has to pay A new congestion pricing plan that’s gaining traction calls for an $8 toll both ways for the Queensboro Bridge. If it makes you feel any better, for most in LIC it’ll only be $5.44...
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VERNON/JACKSON SUBWAY RIDERSHIP UP OVER 50%
Have we hit critical mass? Back in reality land, the MTA released citywide subway ridership data this week, and it reveals that average weekday ridership at the Vernon/Jackson stop is up 57% between...
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A STREETCAR NAMED DE BLASIO
The march up Jackson after the 7-train was canceled Mayor de Blasio has proposed a new streetcar line that will run near the East River and link Brooklyn to Queens. More specifically, it would start...
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LIC MIGHT GET NEW BRIDGE WITH STREETCAR
Good to get away from this for a week 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...
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BEER HALL COMING TO BORDEN AVENUE
Admit that the waters around you have grown A new beer hall is coming to the Blanchard Building on Borden Avenue according to Patrick Sweeney of Related Companies, which is the new owner of the...
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LONG ISLAND CITY IS THE NAPA VALLEY OF CRAFT BEER
The big kick-off at the 48th Ave Basketball Courts. Courtesy Nick Knight THE words in the headline above were recently uttered (or is it proclaimed?) by a very wise man, transcribed by an illustrious...
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CITY ANNOUNCES BQX STREETCAR ROUTES IN LIC, NEW BRIDGE?
Likewise, LIC might get a lot closer for Greenpoint too CITY officials unveiled potential streetcar routes for the proposed BQX connector in a presentation yesterday. Long Island City options include...
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FOR WHOM THE TOLL TOLLS
Who needs a bridge when we have all the essentials? Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Just kicking down the cobblestones Looking for fun and feelin’ groovy It won’t be...
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SUMMER OF HELL BRINGS TEMPORARY NEW FERRY TERMINAL TO LIC
Gilligan, remind me again which side is fore and which is aft? Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me. It was later than I thought when I first believed you, Now I cannot share...
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CORNELL TECHNION OPENS – HEY DON’T FORGET THE BRIDGE!
It’s time for LIC to no longer be framed solely by its proximity to midtown So, Cornell Technion opened up this week. While the opening entailed press releases, ribbon-cutting, politicians and media...
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