Long Island City Monday morning linkage; more Hunters Point South

What is the “urban beach” on the map? Is that tiny little patch actually going to be open to sunbathers? Or is that the spot reserved for Water Taxi Beach?

HAHA its going to be close to a MILE to get to a subway at the far end…..unless they plan on shuttle buses every 15 minutes 24/7

I guess the jeeniuses are planning on every middle class person paying for a ferry ride to Manhattan. and where do you park a car for any of your out of town guests…

Just wall it off and build section 8 projects…oops the upper crust in Avalon dont want them people walking back home at 2 am.

I’ll bet It will be like Kennedy airport one big huge garage charging $30 a day, or $500+ a month

Middle class my azz

There is parking. There is a bus route. There is an intermediate and high school. The beach will be for sun bathing and there will be the water taxi. There will be nature areas, bike path, a kayak launch. The streets are to be mated with the surrounding neighborhood in a more inviting way.

Biggest problem IMO will be the density of the buildings which the City says it needs for revenue to make the project possible. Also I fear the commercial space – even though small parcels – will be out of reach for the average small business.

FYI, I’m not a big promoter of large scale development but I don’t see the park as something to complain about.

Who’s complaining about the park? If anything, they should expand parkland on the site. Still, considering how little parkland there is in most areas of the city, we shouldn’t grumble too much.

#10, no one is asking you to put a dime down. If you are not interested fine just save your vitrol. As for the rest of us will will be in the park enjoying life. You sound like the same type who before Queens West was built said “who would want to live there?” Time will tell who is right.

#10 is a very bitter, lonely person.

They’ve been dooming western Queens for so long, they’ve forgotten why they’re against development of the area.

May they find peace at some point in their miserable lives.

Why don’t you read the 108 compstats before claiming that crime is up?

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs108pct.pdf

It’s scary to see that rape is actually up 350% year over year in LIC. That’s a pretty awful increase. But Grand Larceny Auto is actually down 12% compared to last year, and burglary is down as well.

I think we can confidently say that rape and other violent crimes are not a problem at all in Hunters Point, compared with other parts of Queens and NYC as a whole.

#15, what is your agenda? Every category of crime YTD is down according to your link. Rape is only up 350% because there are only 2 of them last year. Of course this should be monitored closly, and one event is one too many, but let’s not paint a picture of a crime wave washing over LIC. It just not true.

Rape is actually up citywide. I’ve watched compstats for other precincts and noticed that year over year they’ve seen increases in rape over the past two years as well. The 114 precinct above the Queensboro Bridge including Astoria has seen rape increase 75% from 8 to 14, for example. The 112 precinct in Forest Hills has seen a 300% increase from 1 to 4 year over year.

It’s uncertain whether that’s due to increased reporting of sex crimes, or increased incidence, but it’s an alarming trend citywide despite every other category of crime decreasing.

Crime in LIC is actually pretty good, compared to other parts of the city. There’s certainly no reason to stoke irrational fears…

And the murder on 23rd Street.