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How Queens CB2 Decides What To Ask The City For
Every fall, Queens Community Board 2’s committees sit down and spend time debating a list. By the time they’re done, that list becomes the district’s official request to City Hall for the next fiscal year’s spending, capped at 40 capital projects and 25 expense items.
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City’s First Housing Growth Strategy Sets 9,145-Unit Five-Year Target for LIC, Sunnyside, Woodside.
The draft plan assigns Queens Community District 2 the city’s most aggressive growth targets, citing both the district’s high past housing production and its shortage of low-cost rentals.
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Trollystop Garden
One teacher’s three-year project brought some joy to part of Long Island City with a garden, a little free library, and a mystery stack of books. It was damaged overnight in June.
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City Council Passes Bill Allowing Roadway Cafes to Operate Year-Round
New legislation would create a year-round roadway cafe license, letting operators winterize seating with removable coverings instead of shutting down each November. The City Council’s approved an amended bill Wednesday 35-5 that would let roadway cafes operate all year, adding a permanent year-round license category alongside the existing seasonal one. Int. 0655-2026, sponsored by Council…
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Vernon Avenue Bridge
A drawbridge that once carried trolleys, cars, and pedestrians across Newtown Creek — torn down in 1954, with only concrete remnants left behind.
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Voters Sped Up the Approval Process for Some Housing Projects
New York voters approved two charter changes in 2025 that speed up how affordable housing projects move through city review. Here is how each one works.
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Murray Park: 21st Street at 45th Avenue, 1932
Standing at the present Murray Park looking east, we see the three buildings on 21st Street still standing from this photograph by Percy Loomis Sperr taken in 1932.
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The Building With the Most Parking Complaints Also Has the Highest Rate, Once You Account for Size
Raw 311 data points to one HPS/LIC address for parking complaints. Adjusting for building size tells a more complicated story.
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A New Tool to Buy Parks Fast, and What It Might Cost
Parks just won approval to shop for 37 private lots across Queens CD2, no site-by-site approval required. Here’s what that could cost, and why one sold lot already proves the point.
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Steam Engine No. 60 and Tender at LIRR Float Terminal
Steam Engine No. 60 and Tender at LIRR Float Terminal
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