Long Island City is a haven for families and "BYOF" bars

… full of glassy towers and well that its in Queens LICtalk blogger Andrew Kleinberg is aiming to change that and after … at 645 And secondly that Long Island City is just a way station for families en route to the suburbs Many who move … Think Montauk Related   The 24 best NYC neighborhood blogs 2015 edition Living in Long Island City the Manhattan suburb …

By Virginia K. Smith |January 28, 2016 - 11:59AM
The Bed-Stuy Blog: Why the neighborhood needs better bagels, but will never be "the next Williamsburg"

… to get a feel for a place is by reading a neighborhoods blog In our  Confessions of a Neighborhood Blogger  series we speak to the writers who chronicle the … a dream building in the neighborhood … Yes Can I give you 20 Or how about just one block My favorite block in all of …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 21, 2015 - 11:59AM
Come to the Rockaways for affordable apartments and hyper-local eateries, but beware of free-floating sand

… both the hipster small business boom hello Rockaway Taco and Rippers and the longterm destruction wrought by … Sandy … Update … Gothamist has reported that Rockaway Taco is no more   Having launched just a few months before … can easily take over an hour just to get to the Financial District We had a ferry running after Hurricane Sandy when …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 25, 2015 - 8:59AM