LIC local biz update: Breadbox getting buttered; X-mas trees hit the street
Interior wall design in The Breadbox, 11th St b/w 47th Rd & 47th Ave, LIC
New Biz In the Works
The former Getty autobody shop on 11th St between 47th Rd and 47th Ave is nearing its ‘adaptive re-use’ transformation into a bakery now known as The Breadbox.
A French café with a Korean twist is rumored to have leased the former Brasil Coffee House space on Vernon Blvd. 48-19 Vernon Blvd, LIC
A burger joint called The Burger Garage will be settling into the old Tomato and Wasabi location on Jackson Ave at 44th Drive, near Court Square. 25-36 Jackson Ave, LIC
The owners and operators of the Tennisport Restaurant are bringing a Cuban Grill & Steakhouse called Madera to the space where Spa DiSilva was supposed to – but never – manifested. They’ve already begun work and have filed for a liquor license. 4729 Vernon Blvd, LIC
The “Doggy Day Spa” in the retail space at the bottom of Avalon Riverview North is still in the works but actually called Pooches Sport & Spa. The owners have been operating in the pet care business for 10 years and have been looking to be a part of LIC for some time. Pooches will be offering cageless boarding, dog walking for regular customers, pet transportation, doggie daycare, in-home cat care, grooming and veterinary care with their “affiliated experts,” 24-hour monitoring, as well as pick-up and return service at no extra charge. 4-75 48th Ave, LIC, 917.642.4217
The former 4705 Center Blvd/East Coast 6 leasing office is now empty; a hair salon is said to be coming soon to the space.
A preschool is opening in the ground floor of an old engineering building on 47th Ave, just east of 5th St. Lolly’s Early Learning Center will be having their grand opening in January 2010. Email them at lollyslearningcenter@yahoo.com to schedule a private tour or receive updates regarding their December open house events. 5-44 47th Ave, LIC, 646.351.6077
Guitart & Jones’ Open Door Restaurant serving American tapas will be opening this winter at 5-09 50th Ave, between Vernon Blvd & Jackson Ave.
A new, fancy Italian furniture store is still under construction in the ground floor retail space at 10-50 Jackson Ave.
Natural Frontier Market is opening a new location in LIC to add to its stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The health food market is confirmed for the 4000SF ground floor of 12-01 Jackson Ave, @ 11th Street.
An antique shop seems to be coming to a ground floor space in the new silver development on 51st Ave between Vernon Blvd and 5th St – there is a collection of large statues but currently nothing else.
CBRE’s new retail space at the bottom of East Coast 6 (aka 4705 Center Blvd) is now open, but they are not brokering residential sales.
CBRE’s space in the ground floor of East Coast 6 on Center Blvd, LIC
Now Open
El Ay Si, the American bistro serving ‘comfort food’ at 47-38 Vernon Blvd, is opening this Thursday, December 3rd at 6pm. 718.389.8781
A new children’s boutique & consignment store called Little Closets is now open in the former Art-O-Mat space at 46-46 Vernon Blvd. The store offers “a sustainable, ‘recession friendly’, community-oriented retail option for the rapidly growing population of small children in the area,” including “child-friendly décor” with a story corner & puppet theater. They are currently accepting donations; email littleclosets@yahoo.com for more info. You can also check their blog, which is often updated with new products and events.
The high-flying academy of New York Circus Arts, one of the leading American Contemporary Circus organizations, has moved its space from Manhattan to 5321 Vernon Blvd in LIC. 646.291.6364
A seemingly temporary boutique outlet with a current coat sale has opened in the Window Gallery space on Jackson Ave, apparently part of an “ArtStands for Business” effort. 13-03a Jackson Ave, LIC
TF Cornerstone now has an office at 4720 Center Blvd. 718.606.9440
A seasonal business has set up shop in Queenwest outside Duane Reade – Christmas trees for sale. 47th Rd @ 5th St, LIC
Starting up the holiday season – Christmas trees outside Duane Reade, LIC
Unsubstantiated Biz News
A new café is coming to the space next to Da Gianni’s Ristorante on 44th Drive just west of 23rd Street.
Duane Reade is possibly setting up another shop in 2 Court Square, the new Citibank building.
A new restaurant is headed for the new 10-17 Jackson Avenue development next door to Café Henri, and has also filed for a liquor license.
Re-inventing Biz
- The folks at City Dog Lounge on Vernon Blvd @ 49th Ave are transforming themselves into a new pet retail shop called Kitty & Dog Lounge. Grand reopening on December 12th.
Anyone heard ANYTHING about what may or may not be coming into the retail space at ten63?
#1 – You really need to spam the entire Internet about this ? You are definitely not winning hearts and minds with that type of approach. I am half way tempted to call Sen. Onorato and tell him what a good job he is doing …
Whatever your feeling on the vote I wish they would work with such fevor on the state budget. When the state goes bankrupt we will look back and wonder why time was spent on this in the middle of one of the greatest budgetary crisis in recent memory.
“You really need to spam the entire Internet about this ?”
Wow 3, thanks for confirming my suspicions about the opposition.
Perhaps you need to re-read the little part where I say “Sorry for being extremely off-topic. But this is a great forum for what I want to say” That would imply that, no, I am not posting this all over the internet. But this is a blog about LIC, and would you believe that Onorato actually reps. LIC? Crazy, huh!
“You are definitely not winning hearts and minds with that type of approach.”
By urging people who disagree with their representative in the legislature to actually contact this person and tell them so? You mean by exercising our most basic and fundamental rights in a representative democracy? How should I win hearts and minds, by encouraging violence?
Go ahead, call him and compliment him on his vote. You gotta be a constituent though, if you know what that means. I, on the other hand, and thousands of others too, will also call and voice our opposition.
Sincerely,
a happily married heterosexual male
i’m all for more business and retail – but another new hair salon, doggy daycare, and a commercial real estate broker? boring!
whatever, if they can make some money, good for them and welcome to LIC!
It is nice to see all this investment into LIC. It’s exactly what we need.
Even ignoring Onorato’s position on gay marriage, I can’t see how any informed person who cares about a healthy representative government in NY State can claim that this man is doing a “good job.” No, Onorato is big part of the problem we have in our state. Simply put, he’s a glad-handing insider with minimal accomplishments who has built a long career on the public tit. By manipulating the levers of power at his control, he gets re-elected over and over again. If the state is ever to recover again and to truly respond to the public, Onorato and the many others like him need to be sent packing.
#5 – I am not in opposition to the bill as much as in opposition to the way the supporters go about pushing it. They have every right to voice their opinion, but they should at least have the common decency to do it in places on topic. If everybody voiced their random opinions all over the place, there would never be any conversation, just ignoring each other and shouting about what is important to them. What #1 did is on par with walking into a lecture and interrupting to discuss what is important to them.
Agree with #9. Find something to say about the posting or go somewhere else.
I think the address for Guitart & Jones is incorrect becuse that would put it between Vernon and 5th Street. Are they take the retail space next to Ihawan?
I’m not as bothered as 9 and 10. If you’ve been on liqcity, you’ll notice that it has a freewheeling style. The guy posted something newsworthy about our state senator, and it deserves airing on a community blog. We’ve spend days debating far less meaningful issues on this blog. Perhaps liqcity will create a new thread and stick No. 1’s comments there.
Thanks number #1. I am working on my letters now. Unlike the sameful NY Senate I look forward to voting for civil rights in NY by voting for whoever runs against Onorato in the next election.
Thanks number #1. I am working on my letters now. Unlike the shameful NY Senate I look forward to voting for civil rights in NY by voting for whoever runs against Onorato in the next election.
13 /14, so who will you vote for, a Republican, who would also likely be against gay marriage?
Onorato is a machine Democratic politician who has a lock on the nomination. If anyone else in the party has the temerity to announce they want to run against him, the party establishment will crush him/her.
Very, very sad state of affairs in Albany.
More people should vote Republican for that same reason. Democrats know they have a lock on certain seats and so there is no accountablility. If there was a real risk in losing to a Republican theywould fall in line. Save your letter writing capaign it will do nothing to change the current stateof affair in Albany.
Van Bramer wasn’t the Dem machine candidate for City Council, and he won. Onorato should be voted out in the next primary.
Who are you kidding? Van Bramer will fit into the Queens democratic machine quite nicely. He is an empty suit. the folly of electing him will soone become aparent.
17, things are different in Albany. It’s practically unheard of for an incumbent to lose a seat or for a challenger in the same party to force a primary.
The Bread Box looks fantastic. Hope it tastes that way.
Isn’t the BreadBox the place that originally had the lease in the Citylights building?
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Sorry for being extremely off-topic. But this is a great forum for what I want to say, and the issue is serious enough to warrant it.
For those who are disgusted by today’s vote in the NY Senate, I urge you to contact Senator Onorato and tell him (or in reality, his aides) how you feel.
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