The first summer Warm Up 2011 at PS1 MoMA, LIC – photo by PatminNYC

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• New wayfinding system coming to LIC & NYC is big news [PSFK]

• The scene at PS1 MoMA’s summer Warm Up party [NYT]

• Daytripping in Long Island City [Douglaston]

• Checking out LIC’s new elevator museum [Gothamist]

• Interns flocking to LIC’s rooftop farm ‘Brooklyn Grange’ [NYDN]

• Free Newtown Creek Boat Tour [Newtown Pentacle]

• Great photo slideshow of PS1 MoMA summer Warm Up party [PatminNYC]

• LIC stabber found not guilty by ‘stupid jury’ [Gothamist]

• CUNY Law School moving to LIc [Queens Courier]

• Kids go gaga for M.Wells Diner [Eater]

Classic nighttime scene at the LIC waterfront – photo by William Garrett

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• Champion cheesemonger to defend title in LIC [Berkshire Eagle]

• Queens & LIC businesses hurt by move of Macy’s Fireworks [NYDN]

• Construction worker strike in LIC & NYC seems to be averted [WSJ]

• The offerings of LIC’s condo building ‘The Industry’ [Real Estate Weekly]

• Woman dies in LIC when picking up glasses while driving [NY Post]

• LIC gets a new link with the Court Square station [Globest]

• LIC getting new visitor maps soon [NYDN]

• Closings & price chopping at LIC Murano Condos [Curbed]

Don’t even think about parking in Long Island City! – photo by William Garrett

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• Lost in LIC? Have no fear, the city is on it [Alttransport]

• SHOCKER: Ridership drops after East River Ferry starts charging [DNA Info]

• Possible NYC construction strike could impact LIC [WSJ]

• Police reminder about 4th of July: Don’t Come to LIC [Queens Gazette]

• LIC hosts the only museum for elevator history [WSJ]

• ANOTHER SHOCKER: Corruption & embezzling in LIC’s Citibank tower [NYT]

• Paddling opportunities in LIC this holiday weekend [LIC Community Boathouse]

• PRE-cleanup testing of Newton Creek beginning this summer [Queens Gazette]

Little Oven Feels the Pride Puffs this weekend in LIC. – photo by Ciprian Toma

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• New ‘pedestrian friendly’ directional signs coming to LIC {WSJ]

• No 4th of July fireworks on the East River in 2011 [Queens Courier]

• CB2 postponing vote on proposed strip club in LIC [NYDN]

• Interesting LIC/Astoria political history [Queens Courier]

• The East River Ferry is now 4 bucks a pop [DNA Info]

Vernon Blvd gets a new traffic light @ 47th Rd, LIC. – Photo by Jesse Winter

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• BARGAIN WATCH: Chunk of Queens Plaza on sale for $39M [NYRE]

• Review of an exhibition at PS1 MoMA in LIC [NYT]

• History of AIDS rates in Queens & LIC/Astoria [Queens Tribune]

• City has begun drawing bikelanes on LIC’s 44th Drive [Your Nabe]

• Strip Club tries again for a space on 21st St in Hunters Point LIC [NYDN]

• Z hotel tries to make a mark in Queens [WSJ]

• Albany weighs a bill on power plants that impacts LIC [NYT]

• Artisan Craft Fair at Socrates Sculpture Park in LIC this weekend [NYT]

• Holy Sh*t! Art discovered in LIC & Queens! [Sydney Morning Herald]

• EPA plans Newtown Creek cleanup (for real?) [Epoch Times]

• Photos of LIC/Astoria from the turn of the century [WLA]

The landmarked Terra-cotta Works building in LIC. – Photo by Mitch Waxman

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• Rampant placard abuse adding to parking woes in LIC [NYDN]

• Raising chickens in LIC. No really, it’s possible. [Qnote]

• Cute LIC/Astoria story about a renovation discovery [Queens Courier]

• Musings about & around the Koch/Queensboro Bridge in LIC [Newtown Pentacle]

• Anecdote about riding the LIC bus to and from Rikers Island (somewhat graphic) [Business Insider]

• Ferry service launched out of Long Island City [Queens Courier]

Sesame Street filming at Gantry Park, LIC. – photo by Gianna Cerbone

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• Film production boom in Queens & LIC/Astoria [NYDN]

• Half a million bucks heading towards LIC schools [Queens Campaigner]

• Student chefs dish up at LIC fundraiser last night [DNA Info]

• LIC/Astoria waterfront vision unveiled by GreenShores [NYDN]

• One man production of spicy honey in LIC [Brooklyn Paper]

• Dutch Kills resident protests against Queens’ library cuts [Queens Gazette]

• Exploring LIC’s Ravenwood neighborhood & power plant [Newtown Pentacle]

Springtime abstract detail in Long Island City. – Photo by Ciprian Toma

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• Noguchi comes home to Long Island City [Coast Line]

• African immigrants plant roots on an LIC rooftop [NYDN]

• Tax credits bring Hollywood to LIC/Astoria [Queens Courier]

• Graffiti going on at L.I.C.K. [WhyLeaveAstoria]

• Court Sq subway complex worth the wait [Queens Courier]

• Outdoor Yoga in Long Island City this summer [TONY]

The Other Side of the Bridge, Long Island City – photo by Mitch Waxman

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• Musings & pix of Newtown Creek & LIC [Newtown Pentacle]

• Bike lanes rolling into Long Island City [NYDN]

• Cheese lovers congregate in Long Island City [Perishable News]

• Review of LIC’s Sculpture Center’s current exhibit [Art Observed]

• Hipster bands take over LIC this summer at PS1 [Observer]

• Green Shores’ waterfront vision for LIC & Astoria [Queens Gazette]

Court Square transfer station is finally open in LIC! – Photo by Gothamist

Middle o’ the morning to you liQcity readers. The MTA has finally opened the doors to LIC’s new Court Square subway transfer station we’ve been waiting for now about 20 years or so. Hey better late than never, and let’s not give all the credit to the MTA since technically they don’t deserve it. This is Citigroup’s initial vision, borne in the 1980′s when they constructed a gargantuan monolithic commercial tower in LIC’s then flailing industrial landscape. Aah, the good old days… »

Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm, Long Island City – photo by Jesse Winter

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• Volunteer at your local LIC rooftop farm [nyc.gov]

• CUNY Law headed to Court Square [Queens Gazette]

• More lament over the closings of Queens’ firehouses [Queens Gazette]

• Watch out for rabid racoons running around in LIC [Queens Gazette]

• VIDEO: 5pointz photo slideshow [NY Shitty]

• LIC Community Boathouse has started up for the summer [LICCB Blog]

The Long Island City evening skyline…not too shabby! – photo by Jesse Winter

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• iPhone snatcher loose in LIC… don’t be dumb about your smartphone [NY1]

• Build more condos in Queens, but shut down the fire stations? [Queens Gazette]

• Noshing in Western Queens was never this good… [NYT]

• LICBDC sponsors SBA info talk in LIC [Queens Gazette]

• LIC & Sunnyside get $300M fed grant to improve rail junctions [Queens Gazette]

• East River ferry service to start in June, with LIC stop [Times Observer]

Where’s Waldo Long Island City? Photo courtesy of Newtown Pentacle

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• Thanks MTA for shutting down the 7-train last weekend for the LIC Arts Open [Queens Courier]

• VIDEO: The 2010 census is wrong and screwing over Queens County [NY1]

• City starts East River ferry service this summer, stopping at LIC’s Queens West [DnaInfo]

• NYC Outer boroughs becoming haven for hotels [eTravel Blackboard]

• LIC company takes business development to a whole new level [News Wire]

• Ed Koch trying to prevent tolls on his newly namesaked bridge LIC [NBCNY]

• Photos of Newtown Creek and musings [Newtown Pentacle]

A Tree Grows in Queens. 48th Ave & Vernon Blvd, LIC – photo by Jesse Winter

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• LIRR trains in LIC are idling and UNATTENDED! [FoxNY]

• LIC Arts Open revving the Queens’ Art Scene [NYDN]

• LIC’s Fresh Direct gets new CEO [PR News]

• Dozens of workers camp out for mechanic’s apprenticeship in LIC [CBS]

• A third crash off the new Koch/Queensboro Bridge ramp in LIC [CBS]

• Long Island City’s serious gambling history [Queens Courier]

• QEDC entrepreneur chef space in LIC debuts at Taste of Queens [Queens Tribune]

• Annual survey says 7-train is the cleanest subway line [Zwire]

• Jeffrey Leder Gallery leads LIC Arts Open kickoff [Queens Tribune]

• Dept of Health arrival to Queens Plaza is a ‘shot in the arm’ for LIC [Your Nabe]

• ConEd’s green roof in LIC solving some of NYC’s environmental troubles [Switchboard]

• VIDEO: Behind the scenes of NYC traffic light management in LIC [Smart Planet]

• Richard Meier Model Museum opens in LIC for the summer [Archinect]

• Helen Marshall approves Gotham Center request to reduce public parking spaces [Zwire]

Inspired by the Kids of LIC?: ‘I Said No 19 times’ -W+G Heads & Grids exhibit at Ten10 Studios, LIC

Special LIC Events

• LIC resident artist show at Ten10 studios – ‘W+G Heads & Grids’ Exhibition opens TONIGHT, May 13th @ 6pm

• LIC Arts Open starts THIS WEEKEND – May 14th – 22nd

• ‘Made In LIC’, Jeffery Leder exhibit at the Industry Condos – *Opening Sunday, May 15th, 2-7pm at the Industry Condos.

• LIC photographer Jesse Winter’s photo exhibit of LIC Chefs Exhibition opens Friday, May 20th @ 6pm

• LICBDC’s Spring Gathering & Relaunch – May 25th, 6-8pm

• Queens Council on the Arts Events – Queens Arts Express coming up in June

• Manducatis Rustica offers $5 cocktails, often with live jazz – Friday nights, 6-10pm

• Domaine Bar hosts live jazz – many nights per week.

• Block Party on Sat, May 21st from Noon – 6pm, on 22nd St from 43rd to 44th Ave. Live music by local LIC jazz musicians, including Steve Blanco.

Where’s Alice?? 5pointz Reopening, Long Island City – photo by Ciprian Toma

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• LIC small business fights to stay alive [Crains]

• Fashion firms fleeing Manhattan but remain in LIC [Crains]

• Green roof on LIC’s ConEd set an example that no one is following [Science Daily]

• Profile on LIC’s renowned Sculpture Center [E-Flux]

• Life transcribed in an obscure bar on the LIC/Astoria bar [Eater]

• CB2 ponders the perplexing issue of renaming Queens’ streets [NYDN]

• LIC photos and what’s up with the local riverways [Newtown Pentacle]

• Fed up with 7-train delays in Queens [Your Nabe]

• Western Queens becoming a hotspot for comedy in NYC [NYDN]

• VIDEO: A taste of the breakdancing at 5pointz’s reopening event this weekend [YouTube]

• VIDEO: Survey of events at 5pointz reopening: art, breakdancing, beatboxing [YouTube]

May Day’s NYC Five Boro Bike Tour though Long Island City.

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• LIC crime report – burglary at the waterfront [Queens Gazette]

• Long Island City represented in the latest Zagat’s [Queens Courier]

• LIC politicos call for better 7-train service [Queens Gazette]

• LIC resident fighting for WTB [NYDN]

• Astoria/LIC politico gets behind battling LIC’s idling trains [Queens Gazette]

• LIC resident voted Greenest New Yorker – Congrats Erik Baard! [Epoch Times]

• Lengthy Island City – ridiculous but good for a chuckle [Laservision (ha!)]

• LIC/Astoria dorm plan scrapped on Northern Blvd [Queens Gazette]

Oh 5pointz, what does the future hold for you & LIC? – photo by Ciprian Toma

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• What’s going to happen to 5pointz in LIC? [WNYC]

• LIC hosts politico protest against the horrible 7-train service [Forest Hills]

• LIC to get some funding for new parks? Really???? [Your Nabe]

• LIC street named after hero [Your Nabe]

• LIC teen circulating petition to restore express bus to Manhattan [Your Nabe]

• Chronicling the Newtown Creek in LIC [Newtown Pentacle]

• Taxis in Manhattan don’t want to go to LIC? [WNYC]

• Ethereal Boutique in LIC carrying NYC based line of lingerie [Q Note]

• New video shows suspect behind recent Queens’ sexual assaults [NY1]

• Love for LIC’s home-brewed Sweetleaf [NYDN]

Long Island City lays some serious tracks – photo by Mitch Waxman

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• Exploring the Long Island City train station [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC railyard is still noisy [Queenscrap]

• Pickling 101 at LIC’s Socrates Sculpture Park [Q Note]

• LIC’s Modern Spaces moving into old Nook & Crannie space [Real Deal]

• Suspect being hunted in Queens’ recent sexual assaults [Queens Gazette]

• LIC’s Sweetleaf carries specialty coffee line [NYT]

Silvery Silvercup-scape in Long Island City — photo by Simon Velu

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• The bar next to M. Wells in LIC [Lost New York City]

• Foodista goes to LIC’s El Ay Si for brunch [Foodista]

• Some LIC street crossings getting countown lights [Queens Tribune]

• As usual, great pics of LIC’s Newtown Creek vicinity [Newtown Pentacle]

• LIC taxi spot to be decontaminated [Queenscrap]

• Rent hike forces Astoria bookstore to industrial LIC [NYDN]

• LIC photographer Jesse Winter spotlights LIC’s chefs-in-residence [Edible Queens]

Idling of LIRR trains still disturbing residents, LIC – photo by William Garrett

Ok well it’s not as chilly as it in the photo, but winter apparently still has a little bit of fight left. This morning’s linkage is also a bit icey, as residents on Borden avenue are still suffering from the drone of idling trains from the LIRR tracks across the street. This has been a problem for years, but more acutely felt by the residents of the two new condo buildings built directly across the street: One Hunters Point and Murano Condos. Fight on Borden Ave residents, like this year’s winter.

• Idling trains disturb Long Island City condo buyers [Curbed]

• Long Island City locals short on patience for idle trains [NY1]

• LIC’s View Condo building 60% sold and still aiming high [Curbed]

• 2010 Census says LIC lost 1074 people since 2000 – WRONG! [Real Deal]

• Mourning the closing of LIC’s Water Taxi Beach [Your Nabe]

• The View Condo building in LIC switches sales brokerage [Real Deal]

• Coverage of LICBDC’s Economic Breakfast at Citigroup tower [Queens Gazette]

• Joss Stone trying to help save LIC’s 5pointz [Queens Gazette]

• The Obama’s visit to LIC/Astoria [Queens Gazette]

• Toxic chemical found in LIC’s groundwater [Queens Gazette]

• LIC’s Dutch Kills Bar offers a great happy hour deal! [NY Post]

Spring is finally here in Long Island City! – photo by Ciprian Toma

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• LIC’s newly constructed Gotham Center is NOW FOR SALE!! [NY Post]

• Blue Bloods filming in Long Island City [OnLocation]

• Renewed film tax credit stirs TV pilot frenzy in NYC & LIC [Crains]

• Demand for industrial space rising steeply in NYC & LIC [Crains]

• Woman dies in 2nd crash off the Koch/Queensboro Bridge [Digital Journal]

• Review of the latest show at LIC’s Flux Factory [Art Daily]

• LIC’s Sweetleaf wins Krups’ Morning Joe Award [PR-USA]

• Historic tour through Queens’ and LIC’s IRT line [Queens Tribune]

• LIC loses Water Taxi Beach to real estate development [Queens Tribune]

• Newtown Pentacle back on the job with amazing pix of LIC [NP]

LICBDC sponsored an economic talk at Citigroup this morning, Long Island City

What a great day today’s turning out to be. This morning the LICBDC sponsored a talk with Citigroup’s Chief US Economic advisor, who spoke to a roomful of LIC business people and gave us some cautiously optimistic news about the US economy: Things Seem To Be Getting Better.

Today’s Long Island City news is a bit more mixed:

• $4M of $5M earmarked for Hunters Point library now diverted.. thanks! [Queens Campaigner]

• Dutch Kills Bar owners start fancy ice company in LIC [NYT]

• Tina Fey works in Long Island City, so it’s relevant! (sort of) [NYT]

• Two LIC residents caught executing a Ponzi scheme [Queens Gazette]

• Petition to Save Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City [Petition Site]

• Green Asphalt Company in LIC issued DEC permits despite opposition [Queens Gazette]

• M. Wells Diner in LIC is the best thing since sliced bread [TONY]

• Long Island City narrowly avoided getting a nuclear power plant [NYT]

Brighten up your morning with breakfast at M. Wells Diner, Long Island City

Good morning and good news for 5pointz supporters:

…local officials said that the [demolition and development] plans are a long way off from coming to fruition. One City Council member said “it’s very early in the process.” Wolkoff is set to meet with the city planning officials again in the coming weeks. If he winds up taking down 5 Pointz at some later date, he suggested constructing a wall that would be a canvas for graf writers and a barrier between the condos and the neighboring Long Island Railroad station.

• LIC’s 5pointz graffiti gallery will stay, for now [Village Voice]

• 5pointz graffiti mecca demolition plans on hold [The BVX]

• Politicos call for safety review of Koch/Queensboro Bridge [NYDN]

• NYC Dept of Health’s move a boon for Long Island City [Queens Tribune]

• NYC’s Seeds of Change supports urban rooftop farms including LIC’s [NYU News}

• Artist's work excels in Long Island City gallery [Queens Tribune]

• Community condemns possible closure of LIC’s Bryant High School [Zwire]

• LIC’s Socrates Sculpture Park educates on urban gardening [Q Note]

The deadly Queensboro Bridge, Long Island City

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• Two car crashes in 9 days off the same Queensboro/LIC ramp [NYT]

• Woman fights for life after 2nd car crash off new Queensboro ramp [DNA Info]

• VIDEO: LIC Queensbridge subway escalators getting a rise out of riders [NY1]

• The General Hospital Band (?) is moving to Long Island City [Queens Gazette]

• Electricity costs rise for New Yorkers as energy CEO salaries do too (including LIC) [Istock]

• LIC’s Bryant Park High School on the chopping block for poor achievement [Queens Courier]

• A glorious review of LIC’s M. Wells Diner [NYT]