Outdoor Cafe Opening Soon at Hunters Point South Park
LIC Landing, a new open-air cafe, will open soon on the Long Island City waterfront. View Full Caption LIC Landing HUNTERS POINT — A new outdoor cafe is coming soon to the Long Island City waterfront. LIC Landing is set to open next week under the pavilion at Hunters Point South Park, where patrons will […]
A Falun Gong Tradition Forms in a Long Island City Park
NEW YORK—Wearing a gray sheath dress and bright purple cardigan, Joyce Li watched hundreds of people in yellow shirts and jackets at Gantry Square in Long Island City. “To be in a normal society again, and experience that freedom, it’s bringing tears to my eyes,” said Li. Li practices the spiritual meditation discipline from China, […]
Queens Impact Awards: ‘Mama Gianna’ fights to keep Long Island City’s …
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers Gianna Cerbone-Teoli has three loves. Her family, her restaurant and her community. All three are in Long Island City. Once considered to be one of the city’s “Little Italies,” LIC has been transformed from a gritty industrial waterfront after-thought to a booming “It” neighborhood with shiny new residential towers with […]
M. Wells Steakhouse aims to bring music festival to Long Island City
A much-ballyhooed Long Island City restaurant will bring new meaning to the term “steak and shake” this summer. M. Wells Steakhouse, the latest offering from Hugue Dufour and Sarah Obraitis of Montreal’s famed Au Pied de Cochon, is organizing an outdoor music festival at an empty lot adjacent to the six-month-old Crescent Street chop house. […]