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Blogs
September 20, 2011
Bronx Beep to Yanks: Pave Parking Lot, Put Up Hotel Paradise
Diaz' Facebook profile pic: Only 602 saves short of Mo.With the new ballfields intended to replace those bulldozed five years ago to make way for Yankee Stadium: The Next Generation finally nearing completion — look, you can even see them now on Google Maps! — it's time to finally ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
Are the Islanders Moving to Brooklyn Now or What?
So Nassau County held its vote on the $400 million New York Islanders arena plan yesterday, and for team owner Charles Wang things went about as well as ... it's tempting to say "as well as a typical Islanders game," but that'd be cruel. In any case, the final vote was 57-43% against funding ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
Today in El Diario: Willets Point Still Loved By Some
Willets Point workers fight for their little slice of wasteland Between mounds of rusted metal, puddles of oil, and muddy holes filled with stagnant water, Jose Martin earns his living as a mechanic in a little workshop in Willets Point, according to the Spanish-language daily. The area is ... More >>
Film
March 9, 2011
Foreign Parts Expertly Captures Willets Point on the Brink of Foreclosure
Willets Point workers fight for their little slice of wasteland Between mounds of rusted metal, puddles of oil, and muddy holes filled with stagnant water, Jose Martin earns his living as a mechanic in a little workshop in Willets Point, according to the Spanish-language daily. The area is ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
10 Crazy Facts Learned From New York City's Complaint Records
New Yorkers love to complain. When we walk down the street we get sidewalk rage, and when we're at home, we can't stop complaining about everything around our homes. 311 just released an interactive map that lets you track complaints over the past year in categories from noise to traffic and ... More >>
Film
November 24, 2010
Willets Point: Queens Has Issues
New Yorkers love to complain. When we walk down the street we get sidewalk rage, and when we're at home, we can't stop complaining about everything around our homes. 311 just released an interactive map that lets you track complaints over the past year in categories from noise to traffic and ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
Mike Bloomberg Gets Mixed Report Card on Massive Spending
Mike Bloomberg met Diana Taylor at a luncheon of the Citizens Budget Commission, a business group known for its salty independence and telling assessments of city budgets. Diana was a trustee, and Bloomberg became a fan of the group almost as quickly as he became Diana's number one fan, all w ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Twitpic via DPixel. It was a short week but a merry one, with or without a vodka infused turkey. Now that Thanksgiving has been properly ruined, thanks to the diabolical War on Thanksgiving, and Black Friday has passed without fatalities, we descend into Xmas, which has apparently been mad ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2009
Judge Dismisses Willets Point Suit (Updated)
It's been a bad week for New Yorkers trying to keep their property. First there was the Atlantic Yards decision, which upheld the seizure of citizens' homes and businesses for the Ratner boondoggle. Now Brooklyn Federal Judge Edward Korman has thrown out a complaint by Willets Point landholders w ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2009
If Islanders Flee, Where Will They Go?
The hockey season is underway, which is bad news for Islanders fans in two ways. First off, they have to watch the Islanders for another year. Second, Saturday's season opener marked owner Charles Wang's self-proclaimed deadline for final approval of his gazillion-dollar Lighthouse developmen ... More >>
Blogs
August 21, 2009
City Says It Paid Former Queens Beep and Lobbyist for "Outreach," Not Lobbying
Way back in October, the Willets Point Industry and Realty Association, a group strenuously opposed to the city's attempt to throw their businesses out of Willets Point so it could be redeveloped, accused former Queens borough president Claire Shulman of being an unregistered lobbyist for the Bloomb ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Twitpic by ethanvk. Well, our week was awful, but apparently we were in good company. Mayor Bloomberg came up with a wide-ranging, expensive transit plan including crosstown buses that would move slower than ever. He slapped back Bill Thompson's schools charges -- not convincingly to ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2009
Broadway Triangle Rezoning Stirs Bad Blood
The Iron Triangle of Willets Point isn't the only triangle that's got people up in arms. The Broadway Triangle, 31 acres of East Williamsburg in which are clustered a number of factories and other small, unsexy businesses, is being rezoned for affordable housing, and last night critics let t ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2009
Willets Point's Septic Tank Days May Be Coming to a Close
The septic tank days of Willets Point -- that ramshackle industrial triangle near Citi Field that awaits a Bloomberg-style makeover -- may be coming to an end. At least that's what the city's Economic Development Corporation announced last Thursday, when the agency said it would put $100 million d ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2009
Today Barclays-Atlantic Avenue, Tomorrow Disney-Times Square? MTA "Very Open" To Selling Subway Naming Rights
That resounding "Ewwwww!" you heard emanating from Brooklyn was the sound of locals discovering that as part of Bruce Ratner's revamped deal with the MTA for the Atlantic Yards site, he's set to get naming rights to the Atlantic Avenue subway station. If it's approved by the MTA board tomorrow as ex ... More >>
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May 29, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Twitpic by limespark. Thanks to Memorial Day it was a short week, but seemed as eventful as a full one. Why is it always like that? The weekend was full of excitement, with a weak-ass Coney "festival" and a bombed Starbucks. Times Square went carless, pissing off Andrea Peyser. President Obama ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2009
City Grabs More Willets Point Land; Now Has About 65%
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2008
Monserrate Arrested in Attack on Girlfriend
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2008
Albany Ready to Referendum Bloomberg's Term-Limits Plan
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
November 13, 2008
Willets Point Plan Looks Like a Winner
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
November 13, 2008
City Council Approves Willets Point Plan
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2008
Monserrate Caves on Willets Point; Hearing Tomorrow
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2008
Willets Point Controversy Continues; City Pays Big $ For Polluted Land
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2008
Hot New Trend: Local Pols Telling Off the Man
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2008
Willets Point Group Charges Shulman is an "Unregistered Lobbyist"
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2008
Protest, Bloggers Keep Heat on Willets Point Plan
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2008
NYC RFD: In This Week's Queens Gazette
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2008
Animated-Gif Flyer of the Year, So Far: The Eskalators' Subway Show
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
September 25, 2008
Willets Plan Approved But Opponents Hang In
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2008
Daily News Votes Yes on Willets Point Development
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2008
Protestors, Former Queens Beep Exchange Taunts Over Willets Park
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2008
Willets Point Showdown at NYU Today
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2008
Storm Brewing for Marathon Planning Commish Meeting
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2008
A Win for the Mayor on Willets Point
Opponents of the Willets Point land-grab -- by which the city is acquiring as much of the Iron Triangle out by Citi Field as possible, in preparation for bold new civic improvement plans -- are on the ropes, and the city keeps gaining. The New York City Economic Development Corp announces that it ... More >>
Dining
May 13, 2008
Where To Get Cheap Eats Near Shea and Yankee Stadium
Take me out to the ballgame—but feed me right
Blogs
April 28, 2008
April Showers Bring Rally Calling for Atlantic Yards 'Time Out'
Take me out to the ballgame—but feed me right
Blogs
April 23, 2008
Willets Point Redevelopment Hits Potholes
Take me out to the ballgame—but feed me right
Film
February 26, 2008
Chop Shop: A Kid's Rundown Queens
The mean streets of Willets Point, through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy
Film
February 26, 2008
Chatting with Chop Shop Director Ramin Bahrani
Street life, continued
Film
February 5, 2008
Best from the Brink
From Garrel to Packard, it's a great year for Film Comment Selects
Art
July 24, 2007
The City Is Their Laboratory
Pratt students invent the next New York—for real.
News
May 22, 2007
On the Outs in Brooklyn
The city's complicity behind the borough's soaring eviction rate
NYC Life
May 8, 2007
Stuck in the City—and Lovin' It
Four cool adventures for three hot months
Blogs
June 30, 2006
New Development: City Feeling Industrious
Four cool adventures for three hot months
News
June 13, 2006
Letters
Four cool adventures for three hot months
News
June 6, 2006
Melting the Iron Triangle
Amid Willets Point 'blight,' pride and vow to fight redevelopment
Blogs
June 13, 2005
Weiner Scores with Mets Deal
Amid Willets Point 'blight,' pride and vow to fight redevelopment
News
June 7, 2005
A Queens Ransom
The Mets are in and the Jets are out, but where do the taxpayers fit in?
News
April 19, 2005
Weiner Sets the Pace
As Ferrer stumbles, the skinny congressman from Brooklyn muscles up
News
August 3, 1999
Platform Seating
The Modern-Day Knothole Gang at Shea Stadium
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