Astoria Park Pool
Insanely huge pool from the 1930s in…Astoria
Well they moved the fireworks West to NJ.
http://queens.about.com/od/holidays/p/july4.htm We will post what you can see from LIC tonight.
West Nile Virus Prevention Efforts Outlined
Efforts at prevention of West Nile Virus in Queens by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) are under way. Larviciding at standing water sites began in June and will take place again from July 9 through 11. A third larviciding is scheduled for August 7 through 9. Last year, larvicides […]
Wrecking Ball Looms For 5 Pointz Building
Queens, rear of five pointz. Original uploader was Vinniebar at en.wikipedia A popular urban canvas may soon be erased from the Long Island City landscape under plans to develop two high-rise residential towers at the site. The graffiti covered 5 Pointz building at 45-46 Davis St. will soon face a wrecking ball under a proposal […]
The Trains Stopped Running Here 50 Years Ago
BY GREGORY BRESIGER Part three Glossy color postcard of Long Island railroad depot, 5th Avenue Station, Rockaway Park, New York. Published by S. Hirshberg, Rockaway Beach, before 1914; postmarked August 2, 1913. Image public domain “The greatest project envisioned by Austin Corbin was the plan to turn Fort Pond Bay at Montauk into a transoceanic […]
Click Here for an Offbeat Experience
A NEW generation of travel-sharing Web sites matches travelers with knowledgeable locals for offbeat, authentic and mostly very economical experiences — across the globe or across town. Witness, for example, Kieren Wuest, a business analyst from Sydney, Australia, who was in San Francisco not long ago for work. On his one morning off, Mr. Wuest, […]
School closings put on hold
Photo by Christina Santucci An arbitrator has put the breaks on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to close seven high schools in Queens, including Long Island City High School. By Rich Bockmann TimesLedger Newspapers An arbitrator ruled last week that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial plan to close seven Queens high schools was in violation of the […]