Subway transfer construction progressing (7,G,V,E), Court Square, LIC
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Service cut to 7 line slashes biz for LIC merchants [Daily News]
Housing boom, influx of commuters cause headaches for LIC drivers [Daily News]
A visit to Con Ed’s LIC green roof & roof-painting potential [Scientific American]
LIC CSA 2010 sign-up has begun [LIC CSA]
The scoop on beer & bratwurst at LIC’s WunderBar [From Russia With Food]
LIC’s Ravel Hotel lands on Valentine’s Day travel guide [offManhattan]
Photo-walk around Hallets Cove and Socrates Sculpture Park [Tread Softly NY]
Photos: Hunters Point gone green [Restless]
Trials & tribulations of the Borden Ave Bridge [Newtown Pentacle]
Queens Arts Express Mixer Series begins Feb 10th in LIC [QAX]
Open call for digital art exhibition at LIC’s Climate/Gallery [The Artlist]
Idiotarod hijinks on the waterfront in Long Island City’s Rainey Park – Photo
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The storied Idiotarod passes thru Long Island City [Gothamist]
New PS 1 website invites artists to virtually exhibit their works [Artdaily]
Pictorials: QB Bridge, elevated trains, LIC, Sunnyside.. [Newtown Pentacle]
Menu of LIC’s new Breadbox Café [Taste As You Go]
Weighing in on LIC’s Five Star Punjabi Diner [Serious Eats]
Tour of architect Richard Meier’s model warehouse in LIC [Architextures]
Results of the morning B62 bus experiment [Musings of an Irate Commuter]
Crossing 11th St near Jackson Ave & the Pulaski Bridge, Long Island City
This week began with a car jumping the curb into Masso Restaurant on Vernon, and ends with a report of another car-related LIC incident. From the liQcity inbox:
“Hi, I live on 11 Street and was walking to the subway this morning around 9.10am when I saw a pedestrian on the floor that was hit by a car on 11 Street between 47 Rd and 48th Avenue. Seemed as though the car that hit the person was making a right onto 11 Street from 47 Rd. Fire trucks and police were on the scene with ambulance on the way. The person hit (couldn’t tell if it was a man or woman or how old because they had blankets on them) was laying on a stretcher alive in the middle of 11 Street. How that person is okay. Just goes to show how dangerous the streets in Hunters Point are.”
City and EPA to monitor toxic PCBs in LIC/Queens schools [Queens Chronicle]
Volunteers search for homeless in LIC/Queens for city survey [YourNabe]
7 train: LIC tracks are “unusually maintenance-intensive” [Queens Chronicle]
Credit union slated for LIC; tax prep help for locals [YourNabe]
LIC High School in danger of closing? [YourNabe]
Cuomo accuses Vantage of harassing tenants, plans to sue [YourNabe]
VIDEO: a look inside a duplex apartment in LIC’s L Haus [Fox]
Dutch Kills residents stand up to hotelier & overdevelopment in general [NY Post]
Historical society outlines history of LIRR/Sunnyside Yards [YourNabe]
Secret Theatre’s futuristic ‘Romeo & Juliet’ stays true to the past [Queens Courier]
Red light district on 48th Ave, Hunters Point, Long Island City
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Van Bramer named Cultural Affairs director [Sunnyside Post]
LIC’s Floating Hospital staff aids Haiti relief efforts [Queens Gazette]
Local donations: from Queens to Haiti [Queens Courier]
Weatherproof takes down Obama-themed billboard in Times Sq & LIC [NY1]
JetBlue may move to Long Island City? [YourNabe]
Green Shores NYC cares for Astoria/LIC waterfront & trees [Queens Gazette]
Local production ‘Ugly Betty’ canceled by ABC [Why Leave Astoria?!]
Upholstery workshops @ Furniture Masters in LIC [Furnish-d]
Edible Queens event: showcasing the foods of Queens [Queens Courier]
Local songstress Jeanne Marie Boes profiled; show in LIC Feb 3rd [The Q Note]
Far Out Festival in Astoria benefits Haiti relief efforts this wkend [AM&A]
Erlich: LIC’s PS 1 is perfect setting for his ‘Swimming Pool’ [Bloginity]
Cat’s meow: LIC’s Tom Cat Bakery starting a retail brand? [Snack & Bakery]
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que joint eyeing Brooklyn or Queens? [Why Leave Astoria?!]
“Sometimes I feel like somebody’s watchin’ me..” 44th Dr, Long Island City
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New biz putting Hunters Point back on the map [Daily News]
City officials sound off on 7 train service drama [Daily News]
LIC: Kiss 7 train goodbye for next 10 weekends [Gothamist]
Would you like to hear more about the 7 train? Okay, here you go [Queens Courier]
PriceChopper: Hallets Cove’s East River Tower gets a little bit cheaper [Curbed]
Dutch Kills residents oppose hardship claim by hotel developer [Queens Crap]
VIDEO: Dance, dance architecture – SO-IL’s PS 1 ‘Pole Dance’ [Archpaper]
The final days of Deitch Projects before his LA move [L Magazine]
Guano attack on new LIC building?! [Restless]
Nice black & white Queens Plaza view from the N/W train [Solejourn]
Long Island City TGIF afternoon linkage
Holiday bear hanging around on a fence, Long Island City
Last minute Sponsor Specials
LIC’s Big City Graphics are offering a super deal: 5000 4×6 postcards for $99 [BCG]
Shop this weekend at Ethereal Boutique’s $50 & under Super Sale [Ethereal]
Linkage
LIC strip club sues city after losing ruling [The Real Deal]
Doggie daycares mushroom in LIC [Queens Chronicle]
James Franco discusses possible show @ LIC’s Deitch Studios [Gothamist]
Controversial Obama coat ad still up in LIC above Midtown Tunnel [NY1]
Attack of the 25-foot-tall pole dance @ PS 1 in LIC [Curbed]
BK architects chosen for this summer’s PS 1 courtyard transformation [NYT]
A zen moment on a trip to LIC’s PS 1 [Clean Hippie]
SculptureCenter’s latest show focuses on the unexpected [YourNabe]
LIC’s Fisher Landau Center: see 1500+ artworks, FREE [Prepare for CrossCheck]
Bloomberg’s small biz plan unveiled @ LIC/Astoria’s Frank Sinatra HS [YourNabe]
LIC High School lands on list of ‘weak’ NYC schools to fix or close [NYT]
More blank billboards making LIE commuters feel unloved? [Restless]
‘Ugly Betty’ filming Jan 20th & 21st in Hunters Point, Long Island City
‘Ugly Betty’ is continuing their shooting in the hood today around 11th St, Vernon Blvd, 47th Rd, and 47th Ave. Watch where you park!
Has the market found its footing in LIC? Sales surge in Queens & Bklyn [Curbed]
Signs of stability for NYC housing market – increases in Astoria & LIC [Daily News]
LIC and Bklyn office markets show positive signs in 4th quarter [The Real Deal]
ERDA credit union on way to LIC as early as April 2010 [Queens Courier]
Boyfriend arrested & charged with murder of LIC artist Susan Woolf [YourNabe]
G train service suspended for 3 more weekends [Daily News]
LIC Fairfield Inn hotel collecting supplies for Haiti [Queens Courier]
LIC-based Wild Edibles settles with workers’ group pushing boycott [NYT]
The writing on the wall, near Local Project, Long Island City
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Assemblyman weighs in on B62 debacle [Musings of an Irate Commuter]
LIC’s Housing Working Thrift Shop in the Lady Gaga guide to NYC?! [Time Out]
Profile on the man behind LIC’s Deitch Projects & his next adventure [LA Times]
Queens’ first food co-op heading for LIC [Gothamist]
Case studies: LIC’s Powerhouse Condo [Adaptive Reuse]
LIC Kids listed in Queens indoor play spaces guide [Mommy Poppins]
Menu of LIC’s E&I Deli & Grocery on 21st [Taste As You Go]
Irish language thriving in LIC thanks to NY Irish Center [Irish Central]
Absurd, pointed wit rules @ Secret Theatre’s ‘Act 5′ [YourNabe]
Review of ‘Loyalties’ in The Parlor @ LIC’s Cassino [Blog That Ate Manhattan]
Another photog falls under 5Pointz’s technicolor spell [Explore Dream Discover]
Long Island City MLK Monday morning linkage
Citibank sketch, Long Island City – Photo/liQcity Flickr Pool
Happy Martin Luther King Day, LIC-ers.
1924 traffic congestion solution: drain the East River! [Gothamist]
LIC movie wins a Golden Globe thanks to Meryl Streep [About]
Miss Heather spots a website about the Glorious G Train [NY Shitty]
Profile on new Edible Queens Magazine [YourNabe]
Queens’ 1st Harvest Co-op set for LIC in 2011 [Daily News]
Van Bramer celebrates City Council win [YourNabe]
LIC’s Studio Square in 10 essential winter eating experiences [Time Out]
In-depth article about PS 1’s ‘Rising Currents’ [Change Observer]
Two more fans meet the Gossip Girl cast in LIC [On Location Vacations]
State awards LIC library $950,000 for advocacy program [YourNabe]
Flaming red sunset over Long Island City – Photo/liQcity Flickr Pool
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Last minute LIC weekend happenings
Ethereal Everything $50 and Under Sale, tomorrow Sat 1/16, 12-6pm [Ethereal Boutique]
Charity class for Haiti Relief at Yoga Room Monday @ noon, 1/18 MLK Day [Yoga Room]
Linkage
Thanks MTA: G train entirely suspended for 4 straight weekends [Gothamist]
Cringe-worthy addition to stencil art on the Pulaski Bridge [NY Shitty]
Review of ‘Leopards in the Temple’ at LIC’s SculptureCenter [NYT]
Mount Sinai Queens, flower vendors are CB2 issues [Queens Gazette]
Hunt for suspects in livery murder; recent crime in the area [Queens Gazette]
Queens Fashion Week – want to attend or volunteer? [FAB Network]
Subway station in Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City
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LIC’s Newtown Creek neighbors: sound off on health problems caused by pollution [Newtown Pentacle]
LIC Boathouse: save the date for winter fundraiser party [LICCB]
LIC’s Testaccio picked up in ‘In NY Restaurants, the Rise of Rome’ [NYT]
An interesting shot of Citibank in the company of gravestones [Bob Carey]
Citicorp Building (’the tether-ball pole’ of LIC?) from different angles [Restless]
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VIDEO: Mayor of LIC, Frank Corrado, preserves local history [Underbyte]
VIDEO: Ever wonder how a 5Pointz graffiti masterpiece is made? [5ptz]
Teaching green, beyond recycling: LIC’s Growing Up Green Charter School [NYT]
Interesting sonic art piece including 7 train sounds [Joe Mariglio]
Review of Manetta’s Ristorante [Foodista]
Edible Queens’ Winter Warm-up and Food Drive coming up [Local718]
Nonprofits help Queens school libraries [Queens Courier]
Pepsi Cola Sign in Queens West, Long Island City, Photo/liQcity Flickr Pool
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New credit union set to open in LIC in April [Daily News]
Gowanus and Newtown Creeks not created equal [YourNabe]
Jimmy Van Bramer sworn in before City Council [Sunnyside Post]
LIC’s Newcomers High School students rang in 2010 with the mayor [YourNabe]
Would you go to Queens for a rooftop bar? [Hotel Chatter]
Cozy shots from the Breadbox’s soft opening [Nany Nany]
Great, HUGE recent photos from Gantry Park [Point and Shoot]
School House Rock conductor reppin’ the 7 train, Long Island City
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Queens Harvest Food Co-op seeking committee and volunteers [Idealist NYC]
Restaurant of the week: Court Square Diner [Queens Gazette]
Employee steals $12M in gold from LIC jeweler [Gothamist]
6 months for $12M LIC gold theft [NY Post]
VIDEO: Real estate broker video about Long Island City [Vimeo]
Broker’s take on the state of Hunters Point retail market [The Real Deal]
Citizens and civic leaders of LIC/Astoria protest W train cut [Queens Gazette]
Op-Ed: W line should stay for LIC and Astoria [Queens Gazette]
Vintage newspaper article covering LIC/Queens in 1913 [Queens Gazette]
Frigid water in construction site along Vernon Blvd, Long Island City
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Layoffs in LIC, but growth, too sez SculptureCenter exec. director [NYT]
LIC Library receives $950,000 grant for Welcome Center [Library Journal]
Queens/LIC locations appeared on screen more this decade [YourNabe]
Noguchi: the space behind the art [Escape Into Life]
Josh Smith’s ‘On The Water’ @ LIC’s Deitch Studios [Contemporary Art Daily]
LIC-themed paintings on view in atrium of Citicorp building [SJF NY]
Music in the Mountains @ LIC’s NY Irish Center [Irish Emigrant]
Weighing in on Newtown Creek, Hunters Point South, LIC.. [Newtown Pentacle]
Sunset ride to Long Island City, Photo/liQcity Flickr Pool
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More controversy over condos in parks: LIC’s Hunters Point South [Gothamist]
After turning herself in, girl charged in fatal F train stabbing [NYT]
Video refutes stab teen’s story, DA sez self-defense not justified [Gothamist]
A closer, eerie look at Queens West remediation.. [Newtown Pentacle]
B61 (LIC to Red Hook) bus line is broken up into two lines [Second Ave Sagas]
Art about art: documentary aims to preserve LIC art scene [Queens Chronicle]
Fresh Direct, Food Pantry distribute 400 holiday turkeys in LIC [Queens Gazette]
LIC’s Brandworkers International gets $50K from the city [YourNabe]
Joblessness in Queens below city rate at 9% [YourNabe]
LIC realty/art gallery (..?!) supports local green charter school [Queens Gazette]
Artist M-City paints LIC mural [ASD Labs]
Cool polaroid 5Pointz shot [Flickr]
A look back: 2009 in Western Queens [Queens Chronicle]
LIC included in Queens’ most memorable works of 2009 [Queens Chronicle]
Wintry gridlock up to Queens Plaza, Long Island City
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Hunters Point South park will be largely funded by apartment revenue [NY Post]
Air pollution ranks for the city, LIC lands on higher end of list [YourNabe]
MTA bashed for service cuts, G train stopped @ Court Sq [YourNabe]
LIC library to be designed this spring [Queens Chronicle]
16 year old girl fatally stabs alleged attacker in F train station on Xmas Eve [NYT]
Western Queens politicians: keep W train [YourNabe]
LIC biz owner to be sued for wrongful conviction of supposed criminal [Daily News]
Mets outfielder visits LIC pantry with food to give [YourNabe]
Little Closets fills big shoes in LIC [YourNabe]
Debate over stray cats heats up in Ravenswood Houses [Daily News]
Compare: LIC’s City Ice Pavilion, NYC’s Pond @ Bryant Park [NYT]
Ruminations on the Queensboro Bridge, Ravenswood [Newtown Pentacle]
LIC furniture designer creates combo dinner and poker table [NYT]
LIC in cheap cultural things to do for NYC college students [offManhattan]
Snowy scene outside St. Patrick’s Church, Dutch Kills, Long Island City
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Moving tribute to artist Susan Woolf [Somerville News]
Suspect boyfriend in LIC artist slaying is NY’s Most Wanted [Village Voice]
LIC is CBRE real estate firm’s new frontier [Daily News]
Independent women celebrated at Ethereal Fashion Show [Queens Gazette]
LIC’s Recycle-a-Bicycle cruises toward change [Queens Courier]
LIC’s Hour Children gives moms gifts of hope [Daily News]
Review of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at LIC’s Secret Theatre [Timothy J. Cox]
Photographic trip through LIC’s PS 1 on a snowy day [Land-Runner]
A snowy day on the waterfront in Long Island City – Photo
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Shots of Long Island City after the snowfall [NanyNany]
LIC’s Sweetleaf: In Coffee House We Trust [Foodista]
LIC eatery Sushi Siam’s lunch special menu [Taste As You Go]
Thurston Moore, Japanther at SculptureCenter’s gala for Dan Graham [Artforum]
LIC sculptor recreates iconic ironworker figures [Queens Courier]
RE:Vision Wednesdays in LIC at the Secret Theatre [Forward Motion Theatre]
Open call for artists to propose public projects to PS 1/Creative Time [Artdaily]
Queens West model in TF Cornerstone office, Center Blvd, Long Island City
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TF Cornerstone weighs in on LIC and other projects [NY Post]
Setbacks, scandal leave future of Queens film in question [YourNabe]
LIC’s Hour Children eases transitions from cell to society [Queens Chronicle]
Tavern on the Green’s LIC warehouse sold for $3.5M in cash [NYT]
Queens Plaza: it’s still got a ways to go [Restless]
Profile of LIC’s The Yoga Room yoga studio [YourNabe]
Shearling booties in at LIC’s Little Closets [Little Closets]
Stay local, shop global at LIC’s Czech-Slovak Varieties [Queens Chronicle]
LIC’s Dutch Kills Bar in ‘Warming Winter Cocktails in NYC’ [Directory of NYC]
Robert Bergman’s ‘fleeting faces’ on view at LIC’s PS 1 [YourNabe]
A few shots of LIC’s 5Pointz [Michael Gross Photo]
A new take on recycling: vinyl floor (literally) at PS 1, Long Island City
A precautionary word to LIC residents around Vernon: we heard about an apartment burglary today late morning/early afternoon on Vernon Blvd and 46th Rd. Supposedly a door was busted in, a window was broken, and a laptop was stolen.
LIC’s gas station bakery actually going forward with rolling pin facade [Curbed]
A tale of two condo buildings in LIC: Vere and L Haus [Curbed]
Color Long Island City green: Silvercup’s green roof and more [Queens Courier]
EDC prez tours projects like LIC’s Hunters Point South [Queens Courier]
Inside El Ay Si, LIC’s new neighborhood bistro [Grub Street]
A few words about SculptureCenter’s gala for Dan Graham [NY Press]
Jolly ol’ St Nick in a storefront for rent, Jackson Ave, Long Island City
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LIC artist communes at risk as studio space shrivels up [Daily News]
Petition: help stop the idling diesel trains on Borden Ave [iPetitions]
Danger danger: LIC parcel post office & others may still close [NY1]
Forging friendships at LIC’s 5Pointz: how Ton and Ozzie partnered up [5ptz]
LIC’s Little Closets lands on top reasons to love NY [NY Mag]
Storytime, French music, other events at Little Closets this wk [Little Closets]
LIC biz sells used TV/film Xmas decorations and props [Daily News]
‘Parallel States’ exhibition opens at LIC’s Dean Project gallery [ArtCat]
Review of ‘Titus Andronicus’ at LIC’s Secret Theatre [Blogcritics]
Open call for submissions for LIC’s Climate/Gallery [Artist Marketing Salon]
Tea Party on holiday vintage train from NYC to LIC and back [Gothamist]
Mural on 5Pointz, Long Island City – Photo/liQcity Flickr Pool
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Sweetleaf Cafe – excellent coffee in LIC [Joey in Astoria]
LIC’s Sage General Store gets local flavors [Queens Tribune]
Review of LIC’s Blend Restaurant [Foodista]
The Brooks 1890 Restaurant saga continues [Lost City]
Quick post on ‘The Dream Express’ @ Chocolate Factory [Off-Off Blogway]
Review of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ @ LIC’s Secret Theatre [Blogcritics]
LIC gets an odd honor: Best Blank Billboard Buildings [Restless]
Walking back to Long Island City on the Pulaski Bridge
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CBRE bets on outer boroughs with expanded retail coverage [The Real Deal]
HPS park’s fake lawn controversy rages on. RAGES. ON. [Curbed]
CB2 says OK to Hunters Point park [Queens Chronicle]
CB2 approves plans for park at Hunters Point South [YourNabe]
LIRR reduces LIC train noise [YourNabe]
News mag lists LIC’s all-immigrant Newcomers HS among the best [Daily News]
VIDEO: Concrete Immortalz crew meets 5Pointz [SpankyStokes]
Wkend options in the area including LIC’s Sage & Blend [Joey in Astoria]
LIC’s City Ice Pavilion in where to get your skates sharpened in NYC [Time Out]
Secret Theatre in LIC celebrates expansion [YourNabe]
Review of LIC’s La Vuelta Restaurant [NY Knife & Fork]
Long Island City looking west towards Manhattan – Photo/liQcity Flickr Pool
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Citigroup CEO talks economy, foreclosures in LIC [Queens Courier]
LIC’s Tony Vaccaro tells the stories behind his famed photographs [Epoch Times]
Graffiti artist Ikki hits the walls with Meres at LIC’s 5Pointz [5ptz]
Ring 8 lifts fallen fighters @ LIC’s Waterfront Crabhouse [Queens Courier]
Mix and match Latino cuisine at Blend in LIC [Queens Courier]
Noguchi Museum celebrates 25th anniversary [Queens Gazette]
Queens Chamber awards LIC’s UN Federal Credit Union bldg [Queens Gazette]
LIC Alliance & Astoria residents rally for safer streets [Queens Gazette]
Trunk show @ LIC’s Subdivision Boutique Dec 15th [Sumie Tachibana]
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