August 2020

Catch up on what's happening in LIC

August 2020

American Brass Weathers the Pandemic, Now Offering Brunch By Michelin Star Chef (LIC Post)

The 7 Best Restaurants That Opened in NYC This Summer (Inside Hook)

These 6 Businesses Have Survived the Depression, War and Now the Pandemic (NY Times)

Late-night crowds at Queens waterfront park making residents miserable (ABC 7 NY)

Restaurants Are Closing, Not Failing — That Difference Matters (Eater NY)

Why N.Y.C.’s Future May Hinge on Businesses Outside Manhattan (New York Times)

Underrated NYC Waterfronts You Should Be Visiting in All 5 Boroughs (Thrillist)

Little Free Library Comes To Court Square (Patch)

Queens leaders celebrate extension of Astoria ferry route to Upper Manhattan (QNS)

Murray’s Cheese Opens a New Shop and Restaurant in Queens (New York Times)

LIC Market Restaurant in Long Island City Shutters After 10 Year Run (LIC Post)

Ex-Queens official tapped as nonprofit’s first-ever CEO (Crain's NY Business)

MFTA’s beloved executive director steps down after 20 years (QNS)

Long Island City Gets An Exciting Mexican Restaurant With Ample Outdoor Seating (Gothamist)

Former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman dies (PIX 11)

Gym Owners Across the State Take Legal Action Against Cuomo to Reopen (NY1)

Brooklyn and Queens Developers Consider a Pandemic Market (Commercial Observer)

The Mom and Pop Factory With an Atomic Secret (New York Times)

Hunters Point Parks Conservancy installs high-capacity Bigbelly trash compactors (QNS)

Innovo Property Group launches leasing at The Bridge in Long Island City (NYREJ)

Longtime Plaxall President Andrew Kirby remembered for always ‘doing what’s best’ for LIC (QNS)