Linkage: Noxious fumes and condo development still rampant in LIC.
Traffic Congestion on Vernon Blvd, Hunters Point, LIC
Those pesky noxious fumes in LIC strike again, this time near the toxic remediation of the Sunnyside Railyards by the MTA for the East Side Access Project. Twice this week, more than 100 people were evacuated from nearby buildings “after occupants complained of a toxic odor.”
In LIC real estate news, a rendering of a 4-story condo development at 47-27 5th St we mentioned this week has emerged, and RE blogger Andrew Fine is chatting it up about LIC new devs.
100+ workers evacuated in LIC/Sunnyside due to toxic fumes [NY1]
Noxious fumes complaints rising in Queens - second incident this week [NY Sun]
Toll Brothers 5SL getting a little friend, new development on 5th St [Curbed]
New Kids on the Block - Condo Development in LIC [A Fine Blog]
Queens Residents Call for Affordable Housing - Hunters Point South [Epoch Times]
LIC represented in Queens Restaurant Week, occuring right now [Foodista NYC]
New Exhibit at the Socrates Sculpture Garden [Mommy Poppins]
Art Show - Sketchy encounters at Greenspace [Infinite Body]
It’s at the border of LIC & Sunnyside, on the Sunnyside side.
Sunnyside and Astoria are part of LIC. What you call LIC is really Hunter’s Point and Dutch Kills.
Most people around these parts think of Hunters Point when LIC is mentioned. I think the area needs a new name. Something with a snazzy abbrev. like SOHO.
i wonder if the people in charge of the remediation will still deny the toxic smell after 100 + people are evacuated?
I smelled perfumed air all around Vernon Blvd yesterday… are they adding that scent to the air at the cleanup sites to mask a bad smell?
Any idea WHEN the remediation is supposed to be completed?
Serious delays at the Powerhouse building. They may go bankrupt before the building is completed!
Hunters Point is a name with history, and a name which works just fine. Snazzy acronyms are trite and unnecessary.
Charlie.
How about HuhPo? Or maybe CondHo. At one time someone in our local art group came up with TribeJaVer44. It does get silly doesn’t it? Hunters Point is fine with me.
Just to show how crazy these neighborhood acronyms can get, and to have some fun at it, I came up with these & posted them on QW.com, about a year and 1/2 ago. I still like Hunters Point, though.
JARIFUN: Just Across the RIver From the United Nations.
HOTBED PUCRA: Home Of The BEst Damn PUb CRAwl.
WEOS UNNO GREPO: WEst Of SUNnyside and NOrth of GREenPOint.
ABLO-FLOZO: At the Base of the LOcal FLOod ZOne.
FISTIQUE - 7: FIrst STop In QUEens on the 7.
LOLA NOPLATS: Lots Of Living Area - NO PLAce To Shop.
5 MITOMAN: 5 MInutes TO MANhattan.
STARBRA COHO: STARbucks or BRAzil COffee HOuse?
GLATT LAPS: Good Luck At Trying To Locate A Parking Spot.
LOTHO-ATMO: LOst THe Olympics and All That MOney.
NOVO QUWESO: No Olympic Village, Only QUeens WEst SOuth.
DIAL COM-COB 2: DIrect ALl COMplaints to COmmunity Board 2.
E-WE-QUEE-WE: Everything WEst of QUEEns WEst.
ACROPULAS FRO BRI BRO: ACROss the PULASki BRIdge FROm BROoklyn
Charlie.
Charlie, you have way too much time on your hands. You must have done very well for yourself. Congratulations.
NEO RIO
Actually , once the first one hit me, they continued like an assembly line. As I said, I was trying to show how ridiculous all these neighborhood acronyms are, and to poke some fun at it. DUMBO should be the name of a neighborhood In Disney World.
I thought this site was down, for the better part of four days.
Charlie.
Is this really in LIC it sounds more like Astoria.