Posts tagged long island city
A Day with the Newlyweds…Long Island City, Queens, NY (via Blue Daisy)
Salvaging Abandoned Bikes
THEIR frames molder and peel in the city’s musty depths. Hundreds — perhaps thousands — rest in haphazard jumbles, their surfaces pocked with rust, their tubes airless and stiffened by time.
No firm numbers exist for how many bicycles sit abandoned in storage rooms around New York City. They decay uncounted in dim basements, mixing awkwardly with sleek new city cruisers and carbon-fiber racers, threatening to turn an increasingly marketable real estate amenity, the bicycle storage room, into something like a bone-filled catacomb.
“You have no idea this world of bicycles that’s awaiting you,” said Pasqualina Azzarello, the director of Recycle-a-Bicycle, a nonprofit group that says it rescues 1,200 bikes each year in the city, most of them from basements. “It’s something that we deal with quite often.” (read more at NY Times)
Imagine waiting for an elevator, when the doors open and reveal… this! Found by our friends at Scouting New York, this Queens office building elevator opens up to unveil one of the most amazing interiors you’ll ever see.
Every weekend from August 12th through Labor Day, The Palms—housed in a 15,000 square foot outdoor area—will be open for business, along with some of New York City’s best food trucks (Luke’s Lobster and Mexicue, to name a few). The month long project is “one part open-air dance party, one part ode to the Boca Raton pools of a bygone era.” Sadly, no shuffleboard… but there will be lounge chairs, lobster rolls, music, and the three Ds: drinks, dumpster pools, and a dance floor. (via Gothamist)
Go Now: M. Wells Will Close at the End of August
If you haven’t been, you must make it to M. Wells in Long Island City by the end of the month as they’re going to be shutting their doors on the heels of their first anniversary. The owners, Sarah Obraitis and Hugue Dufour only signed a one year lease and their renewal options prohibit continuing the operation. Read the official closing letter via Eater.
Play Hookie and See a Movie for a Dollar!
One of the best places to escape the heat and humidity during NYC’s summer is the movie theater. And one of the best things during the summer is to play hookie from all your obligations. Now, Moviegoers of all ages can enjoy a great selection of films during Regal Cinemas this 9-week festival offering selected G or PG rated movies for only a dollar on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:00am. Visit either the Sheepshead Bay or the Long Island City locations.
Our friends at Eater.com have compiled a list of 12 of the city’s strangest new sandwiches introduced this year. Some of them are good, some are bad, a few were available for a limited time only and other are still around today. Have you tried any of them?
Brooklyn Urban Anglers 2nd Annual Derby
The Brooklyn Urban Anglers Association 2nd Annual Brooklyn Fishing Derby kicks off at Midnight on October 1st, 2010 and end at SUNDOWN on November 21, 2010. Participants automatically become members of BKUAA and are eligible to win prizes for catching the biggest Striped Bass and Bluefish from the East River’s shores - between Long Island City and Red Hook. Click here for more information.
And watch a mini-documentary about last year’s derby!
Top 10 Art Exhibits to See In New York City
As usual, the dog days of August have cleared the city of all but its most devoted gallerists, leaving behind summer shows on reduced hours and a more or less dead event schedule. However, there are more than enough shows — some of them of historic caliber — on view in the city’s museums, as well as one must-see exhibition spread out between the hearty galleries of the Lower East Side. ARTINFO shares their top ten must-see shows.
7 Fancy Summer Cocktails You Can Make Yourself
Gothamist consulted with seven of their favorite bars, and come back with seven not-daunting recipes for first rate drinks that make Tom Collins look like Roy Rogers. Featuring cocktails from Dutch Kills, Ward III, The Summit, Betel, The JakeWalk, Macao Trading Co., and The Randolph on Broome. (Read more…)
Rooftop Cocktails!
A flood of rooftop bars—some new arrivals, some recharged classics—unite views with booze at ascending altitudes. New York Magazine lists the top 15 rooftop bars in ascending order!
