Comments on: The Long Island City amenity wish list - brought to you by its residents

By: Fuzzalicious on 50th Ave.

Fuzzalicious on 50th Ave. — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:10:18 +0000

yes we need some Indians and Middle Eastern peoples to come feed us please. that food is so damn good.” - poster #24

Maybe there are already Indian and Middle Eastern folks LIVING in this neighborhood who are not affiliated with the food service industry and don’t want to feed you. The world is not here to serve you.

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I want for this neighborhood:
1) MORE affordable housing for lower income folks and LESS ridiculously expensive housing for yuppies.
2) A Queens Public Library branch
3) A Fairway Supermarket
4) For the MTA to make the Q103 run much more often, day and night, 7 days per week.
5) For Manetta’s to start pizza delivery (but maybe that would be dangerous for me)
6) For this neighborhood to keep what character it still has, and not totally turn into National Yuppie Chain Store Heaven flanked by ugly high-rise condos.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:21:42 +0000

Real good cheap hooker joint. Russian chicks.

By: amber

amber — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:21:29 +0000

i would like a bakery, a larger grocery store with organic and natural foods, and some sort of hardware shop. i think a record store or a live music venue would be nice as well…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:45:23 +0000

A good dog park.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:26:46 +0000

The assumption that because a building is a library, it will be an ugly box is incorrect. Seattle is a great example of a city that has incorporated an amazing library into their community, creating a tourist attraction in the process.

At the end of the day, this library can be a place for the community, much as you would use a retail bookstore. It will have free wifi, community space, computers for your use, and be staffed with professionals dedicated to making the library an integral part of the community. Many new libraries are also integrating coffee shops, so you don’t necessarily even have to rule that out.

I just find it frustrating when people dismiss the library when they haven’t visited their own to see what it offers. Librarians work really hard to meet community needs and belittling that effort while never bothering to see what is actually go on really pisses me off. The library is going to be as useful to you AS YOU MAKE IT. Don’t assume it is not important to others, however. Trust me when I tell you that there are people in the surrounding neighborhood that can’t afford to stop in Barnes and Noble and pick-up the latest bestseller or don’t have a computer of their own for their kids to do homework. If you’re afraid your sense of aesthetics may be offended, frankly, that pales in comparison to the impact a library will have on the overall community.

http://www.queenswest.com/gantrypark/pictures/queens-west-library-pictures

http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/man/ml.cfm

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Seattle_Public_Library.html

http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=7&page_id=5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:48:17 +0000

Meghan, it doesn’t matter if you want to ignore all the above comments against using all that waterfront space for a library; most people in the area I know do not want a boring-looking government box of a building right in a prime spot in the neighborhood. Look at the great shops and cafes right off the water in Canary Wharf, or on the waterfronts in Montreal, San Diego and other places. Build something that looks great, is useful to all, and include a smaller library as part of it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:04:32 +0000

Meghan, don’t waste your breath on #101. Yuppies don’t visit libraries. Reading free books is the equivalent of shopping for groceries at CTown. There’s not nearly enough cachet involved.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:38:52 +0000

You walk by and see five people? Try walking through the doors and actually checking out a book or asking about the myriad of children’s programs they offer, which help families in the neighborhood or the ESL classes they offer. Your tax dollars are already paying for it, so why not take advantage of the books and DVDs you visit a retail store to purchase and use once.

Out of curiosity, how did you get through school without using the library as a resource? Hate to break it to you, but wikipedia isn’t always correct…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:34:40 +0000

There is a library near the Citibank building, and every time I walk by, I see no more than 5 old men sitting in there reading the newspaper. How is another library going to help our neighborhood if no one uses the one we have?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:30:50 +0000

???
http://www.answers.com/stationary&r=67

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:18:47 +0000

With over 2000 artist still here, they all haven’t been pushed out yet, I think a stationary and art supply store could really work. It can’t be anything chain like it, really needs to address 2 specific agendas which in the mind of the right person could flourish.

The bakery went out of business for the following reasons. It was primary a specialty cake store that was run as a hobbie. The space was 15′x 15′ wide. Anything else it supplied (which was nothing to write home about) was out sourced. Bring on a bakery!

#88 can you tell me where Commerce Bank is? I walk and drive around here all the time and their is one in Astoria, but I don’t recall a Commerce within walking distance, (15 blocks) in Hunters point. I really would like to know, anybody?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:23:06 +0000

Thanks Anonymous #97. I have heard of the Academy. But I hadn’t checked into the website until now. It does look like a very good school and tough to get into. (1/2 lottery, the other 1/2 selection) Which is great for those who get in but with only 160 kids accepted each year, it will probably mean we need another school to keep up with the growing population of exceptional teenagers.

Janet

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:46:52 +0000

Janet, there is a great high school here already, a block from Queensboro Plaza. The Academy of American Studies, listed just about everywhere as one of the best HSs, including best high schools in the entire country. It’s a public school, too. Lots of people don’t know about it because its relatively new, but if you do your research for schools this one comes up over and over as one of the best. It’s small and hard to get into, though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:24:10 +0000

Hey #95
Don’t you have any sense of humor what so ever? This is a wish list right? And the bakery went under about 2 years ago. I think a few more buildings have been built since then.

Janet

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:17:09 +0000

Come on!

How long would an art supply store stay in business? A bakery went under, but an art supply store would make it?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:18:48 +0000

Okay here we go-
#1. FAIRWAY
#2. An invigorating and challenging Middle and High School.
#3.Cool vintage clothing store like “The Beacons Closet” in Williamsburg.
#4.Hardware and houseware store.
#5.Office and art supply store.
#6.Would Bread Alone be considered a chain bakery?

Janet

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:39:58 +0000

Schools yes.

But not on waterfront property! It’s bad enough they’re putting a library there. A building that will be closed more often than not. Geniuses in our local government. Or whoever made the decision to put a library there. QWDC.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:29:02 +0000

How about a school and day care? Very important for the community!

anonymous

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:39:34 +0000

No dog parks. Rather have parks or buildings for people. Dogs don’t belong in the city. Every dog park no matter how nice eventually ends up a muddy mess, because dogs are destructive and filthy. BTW pick up after your dog. Too much dog poop in LIC.

By: Jackie John

Jackie John — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:26:58 +0000

Would be nice if the intended Library site was more park space to allow for festivals, etc.

Looking forward to the library, but it really could be somewhere else close by.

Also we need a decent dog park. You know, one that’s not just dirt…

By: Jimmy John

Jimmy John — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:21:31 +0000

1 good Korean BBQ dive + 1 traditional Vietnamese joint > 10 Asian Fusion restaurants. What’s up with Bany on Jackson and the loud euro-trash music?

Also the bodega per foot ratio (BpF) is pretty high on Vernon.

Anybody who thinks the Creek and Cave is passible as Tex-Mex or Mex is itchin for a fight.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:09:38 +0000

there is a commerce bank in lic. but it’s over by the north side I think.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:59:31 +0000

COMMERCE BANK! Chase has lost over $18,000.00 worth of our money in the last 6 years! We always get it back but it sometimes takes weeks to correct the damage. We use Commerce for the gallery/store and it’s such a different banking experience. I remember the days when you didn’t have tellers behind glass. I don’t know how they do it but I like it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:32:23 +0000

I don’t understand your point Clarice. Are you saying that the luxury condo buildings are eyesores?

By: Clarice

Clarice — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:23:30 +0000

As for a multiplex cinema, maybe it could go in the Powerhouse building. That Karl Fischer design looks exactly like an overgrown version of the AMC 25 in my in suburban Missouri hometown.