Year since Long Island’s closure finds safety net still tattered
A year after city officials abruptly closed Long Island, evacuating hundreds of homeless residents and recovering addicts because the rickety bridge to the island was no longer safe, gaping holes remain in the city’s social safety net. More than 100 recovery and detox beds, much in demand, have yet to be replaced. Many former residents, […]
Two rock-climbing gyms are bringing in visitors hungry to change a desolate …
Buck Ennis Mike Wolfert’s climbing gym, Cliffs at LIC, has attracted visitors to LIC with full wallets and empty stomachs Sometime last fall, Josh Bowen, owner and pit master of John Brown’s Smokehouse in Long Island City, got a request from a new neighbor. “He asked if we could stay open late on Thursday nights,” […]