Three Big Apple boroughs among the 10 most expensive places to live in …
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Weekend Fare
With Labor Day comes a host of parties and restaurant promotions throughout the city. Here are some deals offered on Monday only, unless otherwise noted: An unlimited booze brunch is offered at MexiBBQ, 37-11 30th Avenue (between 37th and 38th Streets), in Astoria, Queens, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the cost of one […]
Almost Every Jonah Lehrer Piece I Examined Showed Journalistic Misdeeds
Science writer and contributor to Radio Lab, Jonah Lehrer attends the ‘You and Your Irrational Brain’ panel discussion at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City in conjunction with the World Science Festival on May 29, 2008 in New York City. Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for World Science Festival. For the past three months, […]
Mayor Bloomberg Drops in on Hot Long Island City Restaurant
LONG ISLAND CITY — The Hunters Point culinary scene keeps growing and this week Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to check what the buzz is all about. On Wednesday evening — the same night he helped light the giant JetBlue sign atop the airline’s new headquarters — he dined with his girlfriend Diana Taylor at Alobar, […]
NYTimes comes to LIC
Part of the ongoing New York Times love affair with Long Island City. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/realestate/long-island-city-a-neighborhood-…
Flicks in the Garden Family Film & Music Festival 9/22/12 in Sunnyside, Queens
If you haven’t visited Sunnyside Gardens, you really must. A dream of the ideal future community built decades ago by New Yorker and Stuyvesant alumnus Lewis Mumford. Less lofty, though, it’s just a beautiful bunch of park and neighbordhood and a short walk/ride from LIC Hunters Point. SUNNYSIDE GARDENS PARK presents FLICKS IN THE GARDEN: […]
Queensbridge Residents Welcome Fresh Produce Program
LONG ISLAND CITY — Fresh fruit and veggies have been scarce around the Queensbridge Houses. But now, thanks to a new initiative, which officially kicked off in Long Island City Wednesday, residents of the housing development will be able to buy a bag full of fresh produce from local farms once-a-week. The bag will cost […]