I found this video buried in a LICNYC forum. Great personal short about what kind of hood LIC is, including a few profiles of local business owners and residents. Visually focused on the Hunters Point section, especially Vernon/Jackson & Courthouse Square. Interviewed are the purveyors of Communitea & Mario’s Deli, both located on Vernon Blvd.

The actual video is from this great site featuring short videos of various NYC neighborhoods. Interesting that LIC represents Queens, but I guess to the rest of the world, that seems to be the general consensus. It’s NOT true of course, Queens is so much more than LIC - in fact, LIC is a bit of an anomaly in the mix of neighborhoods.

Hey there liQcity readers. We're back from a brief hiatus in posting. Thanks for bearing with us... and to those of you who sent us emails wondering where we are... we're right here and not going anywhere. Sometimes, you know - things come up.

Here's a video about Long Island City that's circulated before, but it's from an interesting NYC real estate video blogger IntoTheBox so we're throwing it back out there. It's nice to see video of LIC in general, and it'd be even better to see more of it. If you have any good footage of LIC, feel free to send it our way.

Digging around online yesterday, I found this hilarious video by Ins & Outs Magazine chronicling the arrival of 2 bus loads of Douglas Elliman brokers to Long Island City. I know some of you are gonna hate that I posted it, but c’mon… bus loads of brokers?? That’s good stuff. Also interviewed are Patrick Smith of the Hunters Point Condos double whammy, and Rick Rosa of Elliman. If you don’t like broker speak, then don’t watch the video. But if you like to laugh…you’re in for a tickle.

The mantra of ‘Condo Condo Condo!’ is a special bonus.

Here’s a short clip of a lengthy Stoler Report about the development in Long Island City. Being interviewed are representatives from Cushman & Wakefield, Silvercup Studios, and Brause Realty. The full episode (16 minutes long) is available courtesy of a great new video sharing site aimed at the real estate industry, Wellcomemat. Here’s a 3 minute snippet that addresses the climate of purchasing real estate in Long Island City, and the amenities situation. What was of most interest (personally speaking) is the part towards the end where they address the fact that there is no national brand presence in LIC. Now, I’m not very sad about that, but from their perspective (broker and developer) it’s only a matter of time, and it’s desired of course, to foster the draw of the neighborhood.

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Good morning liQcity readers. We’re back to bring you some footage of the toxic dust kicking up on the Queenswest development site. See those tents in the video? Supposedly they facilitate the toxic remediation that Rockrose is required to perform on the site before they can build more residential towers. That particular site used to host a refinery, and like much of LIC, the soil is extremely toxic.

So the question of the morning is: should that dirt be blowing around hither thither? Supposedly it should be tamped down (perhaps with water?) in order to prevent exactly what’s evidenced in the video. Clearly that’s not happening. Obviously to shoot such a video, one has to be within smelling radius, and it’s not flowers and peaches.

There’s a business idea for LIC entreprenuers: respirators and other toxic dust survival gear. Maybe they’ll start carrying them at the ensuing Duane Reade on the compound.