Car crash at 47th Road & 11th St, Long Island City. – photo by Jesse Winter

liQcity’s roving photographer Jesse Winter was on hand this morning to capture a serious car-hits-truck accident in Long Island City this morning at on 47th Rd at 11th Street. Luckily, this is right around the corner from the Hunters Point fire station, and the firefighters were on hand to help out.

Incidentally »

Rendering: conceptual East River Footbridge linking Manhattan and LIC

Everyone loves Long Island City’s speedy commute into the city, but it seems one architect has been itching to make it even more direct. Curbed dug up the conceptual East River Footbridge from architect Andre Tchelistcheff. Voilà: imagine if you could saunter right across the East River via footbridge from LIC to Manhattan? (LIC real estate brokers start your calculators.)

If it ever came to fruition, here’s how it would work »

Car accident on 47th Rd & Vernon Blvd, Long Island City

Vernon Blvd isn’t the safest street in the hood, but it isn’t known for cars jumping the curb, either – that is, until a few minutes ago. Watch where you’re walking Hunters Pointers, because insanity just ensued on Vernon: a car crossing the Blvd seemed to be following a livery cab, the cab stopped short, and the car swerved out behind it into a streetlamp on the corner of 47th Rd (knocking it down completely) and then continued swerving right into the front of Masso Restaurant.

We haven’t heard of any injuries reported and police and fire dept are clogging the scene, so steer clear of the mess if you can. And, yeah, watch out for cars on the LIC sidewalk… and maybe falling bricks from the sky too. You never know around here. In any case, have a safe evening.

It’s not really the pinnacle a neighborhood dreams of achieving, if neighborhoods do dream at all – but aptly categorized as an ‘Oddity’ is the news that Long Island City makes an appearance in the new Grand Theft Auto releasing on April 29th. The new release is based off NYC, which is called ‘Liberty City’, and Queens, which is called ‘Dukes’ features a very familiar looking sign for a drink called ‘Sprunk’.

Garden in Transit… Zebra style?

This junker was spotted on Jackson Ave in the Courthouse Square area. It appears as though somebody went shred-happy with a Garden in Transit decal from a flower taxi. It definitely, um…spruces up that ride.

And in Dutch Kills »

Seems last week, everyone in Hunters Point decided to get rid of their Christmas trees on the same day. Collective consciousness? Or just a well timed trash day? Who knows. This post was inspired more by the photography of the trees, than the reason behind it. I’m sure there’s some great philosophical commentary about the symbolism of a disposable tree representing the celebration of consumer greed (and Jesus’s birthday of course)… but you won’t find it here.

But you will find another abandoned X-mas tree »