A reader wrote in to tell us that The Shannon Pot, the reliable old tavern and grill in Long Island City, not far from the Court Stree...

What you see when you walk out of the Vernon Blvd. subway stop.

This building, obviously a once-dignified edifice, stands on its own at 29-13 Queens Plaza East, otherwise know as Northern Boulevard, in L...

Towering over old Long Island City.

In case you find the line too long at M. Wells, the ridiculously hot new haute diner in Long Island City, consider visiting its neighbor in...

Got this note from a reader about Brooks 1890 Restaurant, which has been closed for renovations for a month: "Passed by the restaurant...

Brooks 1890 Restaurant, one of the oldest and most unheralded restaurants in the City, and one of my personal favorites, is closed for reno...

The long-under-construction " Big Stair " addition to the No. 7 line Court House Square stop is now, finally, semi-functional! ...

How long have we been waiting now for the MTA to finish construction on the "Big Stair" complex leading up to the No. 7 Court Hou...

It happens from time to time . I dig around in the history of an old business, and then, shortly after, a descendent of the original mercha...

It is accomplished, Ladies and Gentleman. On Thursday afternoon, there was a lunchtime summit at Brooks 1890 Restaurant to determine if the ...

I am ashamed. For years, I've told myself: "One day, I'm going to get to the bottom of the mystery of 1890 Brooks Restaurant in...

Writing in in response to my recent breakthrough in the ongoing historical mystery of Long Island City's Brooks 1890 Restaurant, Ian S...

The new blog ArchiTakes , subtitled "on architecture in New York and beyond," tells us that everybody's favorite New York pres...

With Brooks 1890 Restaurant in Long Island City, the "Who Goes There?" feature I write for Eater ventures for the first time into ...

The Long Island City bar and restaurant is one of my favorite eating establishments in the city, not least of all because nobody seems to kn...

In Long Island City. The sign on the side of the building is even better. It lays aside consumer fears that the store doesn't carry spro...

During a time when I worked in Queens, I would sometimes take advantage of the morning commute subway change from the G to the 7 to visit a ...

The iconic Pepsi sign, which as adorned the shores of Long Island City so long it has transcended advertising to become a sort of beloved p...

The news that this building in Long Island City is soon to be destroyed hit me particularly hard because, well, the thing is so goddamn beau...