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I moved from Boerum Hill, Brooklyn to Court Square, Long Island City in October of 2013. After a long process of deciding what micro-neighborhood I wanted to move to, I picked Court Square because of the limitless potential of the neighborhood.  There’s so many exciting things going on in Long Island City as a whole, but I wanted to devote a blog to tracking the rapid development of what is destined to become one of the most desirable areas of New York. Join me as the area develops before our eyes.

The Court Square Blog has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Post,1 6sqft,2 Brick Underground,3 Gothamist,4 Eater,5678910111213 The Queens Courier,1415161718192021 BuzzBuzzHome,22 LIC Post,23242526272829303132 New York YIMBY,333435363738394041424344454647484950 DNAinfo,515253 The Real Deal,545556 Curbed,575859606162636465666768697071727374 Queens Crap,757677 LICTalk,78798081828384 We Heart Astoria,8586 We Heart LIC,878889909192 and Brownstoner.93949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111

Praise for The Court Square Blog has included:

The must-reads: 22 essential New York neighborhood blogs: The Court Square Blog. Given that it’s based in one of the city’s most development-happy neighborhoods–Long Island City–the Court Square Blog spends a lot of time covering construction and incoming buildings, but they also keep track of the basics, monitoring all manner of subway updates and local events. Helpful whether you’re a longtime resident or just mulling a move.112

The 24 Best NYC neighborhood blogs, 2015 edition: The Court Square Blog. For more regular updates of goings-on in the Court Square and LIC area, we still love the Court Square Blog, which keeps particularly close tabs on construction work and permits filed in the development-happy waterfront nabe.113

“LICcourtsquare has meticulously delivered the play-by-play of each buildings progress, as well as numerous other scoops.”114

“There are some great blogs covering regularly the community of Long Island City, most notably […] the Court Square Blog.”115

Special thanks to Josh Wong for our brilliantly designed logos!116

  1. The million-dollar condos that killed old New York ↩
  2. Lottery opens for 195 affordable units in Long Island City’s glitzy new rental tower The Hayden ↩
  3. The 25 best NYC neighborhood blogs of 2016 ↩
  4. M Wells Is Opening In LIC Cocktail Bar Dutch Kills ↩
  5. Jersey City Restaurants and Bars Asked to Take Attendance for Coronavirus ↩
  6. Magnetic East Village Chinese Spot Adds Second Location — and More Openings ↩
  7. Sugarfish Gears Up for its NYC Debut, Maple Lands on Seamless, and More Intel ↩
  8. Telepan IN at Oceana, the Rise and Fall of Joey Pepperoni, and More Intel ↩
  9. Sally Roots, Butler, RoundHouse, 21 Greenpoint, and More NYC Openings ↩
  10. Crow Hill Bar Name Controversy, Shacktoberfest Hits NYC, and More Intel ↩
  11. Cuomo’s Boozy Brunch Bill, Mission Cantina’s Thai Toga Party, and More Intel ↩
  12. Dutch Kills Now Serves Meat Pies and Ravioli From M. Wells ↩
  13. M. Wells Partners With Dutch Kills ↩
  14. Starbucks moving into Jackson Avenue space in Long Island City ↩
  15. New Court Square Dunkin’ Donuts sign revealed ↩
  16. Eight-story residential tower planned for downtown Jamaica, Queens eyed for juvenile offenders facilities ↩
  17. 5Pointz moves to new demolition phase, 22-unit mixed-use building proposed for Astoria ↩
  18. Destruction of Waldheim, Jackson Heights Food Court shut down for mice ↩
  19. Vacant lots of prime buildable land in LIC sell for $44M ↩
  20. Real estate roundup: Tour of TWA Flight Center before transformation, two new Korean eateries coming to Astoria ↩
  21. Plans filed for 33-floor, mixed-use residential building in LIC ↩
  22. Permits in for Ekstein Development’s 25-19 43rd Avenue in LIC ↩
  23. Taiwanese Restaurant to Open on Vernon Boulevard at Former Desi Bowl Location ↩
  24. Gourmet Pizzeria, Fitness Studio, Open in Queens Plaza Area ↩
  25. Restaurant that Focuses on Rotisserie Chicken to Open on 21st Street ↩
  26. EZ Pawn Corp opening near Queensboro Plaza in coming weeks ↩
  27. Italian restaurant with focus on pizza opens on Jackson Avenue ↩
  28. Starbucks to open first Long Island City store, to be located in Court Square ↩
  29. Lottery for Rockrose’s affordable units is taking place, applications due Nov. 30 ↩
  30. Work begins on controversial Pink Sculpture ↩
  31. Dog Island City to leave Hunters Point, moving to Court Square ↩
  32. Food Cellar To Open Court Square Location This Month, Co-owner Says ↩
  33. Reveal For 46-20 11th Street, Long Island City ↩
  34. Rendering Revealed For Rockrose’s 43-12 Hunter Street, Long Island City ↩
  35. Heatherwood’s 58-Story, 477-Unit Residential Building Now Rising in Long Island City, More ↩
  36. YIMBY Today: MG’s 23-10 Queens Plaza South Rising ↩
  37. YIMBY Today: QLIC Tops Out, Development Potential at 27 Beekman, More ↩
  38. YIMBY Today: More LIC Rezoning, Journal Square Residential Development, More ↩
  39. YIMBY Today: Progress at 81 East 125th Street, Boerum Hill Post Office Moves, More ↩
  40. YIMBY Today: 43-25 Hunter Begins Excavation, Development on Lafayette ↩
  41. YIMBY Today: Hudson Yards Update, Upper East Side Assemblage, More ↩
  42. YIMBY Today: Handel Reveals Cornell Tech Campus, Construction Updates ↩
  43. YIMBY Today: Expanding at 32 2nd Avenue, East River Plaza Towers ↩
  44. YIMBY Today 6/26 ↩
  45. YIMBY Today 6/24 ↩
  46. YIMBY Today 6/20 ↩
  47. YIMBY Today 6/6 ↩
  48. YIMBY Today 6/5 ↩
  49. YIMBY Today 5/21 ↩
  50. Permits Filed: 44-41 Purves Street ↩
  51. Long Island City’s First Brick-and-Mortar Starbucks Coming Later This Year ↩
  52. Shannon Pot Bar Closes in LIC, Plans to Reopen Nearby ↩
  53. The Shannon Pot Bar Reopens in New Location ↩
  54. The Wrap: Lauren Bacall’s former apartment finds buyer, Rizzoli bookstore to reopen ↩
  55. Court Square rental tower on Purves Street releases rendering ↩
  56. Demolition kicks off at former 5Pointz site ↩
  57. Long Island City’s 5 Pointz-replacing rentals near their full height ↩
  58. Once-stalled Long Island City condo, a decade in the making, rises ↩
  59. Affordable rentals in Queens’s onetime tallest tower go from $913/month ↩
  60. New Details, Rendering for Boxy Long Island City Condos ↩
  61. Ekstein’s New Long Island City Condos Get Renderings ↩
  62. Tishman Speyer’s Long Island City Towers Will Look Like This ↩
  63. 1/28 Construction Watch ↩
  64. Cornerspotted: Pearson Street Warehouse In Long Island City ↩
  65. Check Out the Interiors and Amenities of LIC’s New Rental ↩
  66. Illuminating New York City’s Gentrification, One Story at a Time ↩
  67. These 124 Long Island City Condos Jump on the Bandwagon ↩
  68. Even More New Long Island City Rentals Debut This Weekend ↩
  69. Escape the City at 29 of New York’s Awesome Hidden Parks ↩
  70. Construction Stalls on Queens’ Tallest Residential Building ↩
  71. Construction Watch at 30 Park Place, 500 West 21st Street ↩
  72. Checking in on Aloft Hotel ↩
  73. New City Council Speaker Elected; Christmas Tree Dunes ↩
  74. The 122 Apartments Coming To Court Sq. Will Look Like This ↩
  75. LIC clock tower gets dwarfed ↩
  76. LIC: hotel or homeless shelter? ↩
  77. Entire block to be demolished in LIC ↩
  78. LIC to get homeless shelter, Starbucks? ↩
  79. The Best Week in LIC Take 2 ↩
  80. Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate ↩
  81. One simple recommendation ↩
  82. Plaxall Family Opens Up: Plans To Build Residential ↩
  83. LIC Clean-up, Library-Gate, Then Southbound ↩
  84. New French Bakery coming to Hunters Point in Spring ↩
  85. SWEETLEAF TO OPEN THIRD LOCATION IN LIC IN 2018 ↩
  86. FOOD NEWS ROUNDUP, POST-ELECTION DAY EDITION ↩
  87. Lucky Pizza Opens Tuesday, August 12 ↩
  88. Get Ready for an Organic Cafe to Arrive at Queens Plaza South ↩
  89. Recent Long Island City Real Estate News ↩
  90. Ivy 28 Condos Are Coming to Long Island City ↩
  91. The Beast Next Door Cafe and Bar Is Coming to LIC ↩
  92. Astoria Florist on 21st Street to Become New Eatery ↩
  93. Another Rendering for an LIC Development Emerges ↩
  94. A Look at Tishman Speyer’s Gotham Center Mega Development ↩
  95. Construction Has Begun on Queens’ Tallest Residential Tower ↩
  96. Closing Bell: Tracking the Construction Around Court Square ↩
  97. A Sneak Peek of the SculptureCenter Expansion, Opening Next Month ↩
  98. Rockrose Files Permits for Eagle Warehouse Conversion in LIC ↩
  99. LIC Finger Building Hits the Market ↩
  100. Work Picks Up for Future Purves Street Tower ↩
  101. 5Pointz Art Show Scheduled Later This Month ↩
  102. Construction Moving on LIC Finger Building ↩
  103. Demolition Starting up at 5Pointz ↩
  104. The Shannon Pot Opened This Week in a New LIC Location ↩
  105. Rendering Appears for Tower at 44-35 and 44-51 Purves Street ↩
  106. The Vista Sells Out in LIC ↩
  107. Scaffolding Down at LIC Finger Building ↩
  108. Holdups for “Citigroup’s Girlfriend” Residential Development ↩
  109. Another Tower for Purves Street ↩
  110. Closing Bell: 7 Train Service Disruptions Coming This Fall ↩
  111. The 5Pointz Warehouse Is Done For ↩
  112. The must-reads: 22 essential New York neighborhood blogs ↩
  113. The 24 Best NYC neighborhood blogs: 2015 edition ↩
  114. Happy 2nd Birthday LICTalk! ↩
  115. LIC FOOD NEWS, JUNE 2016 ↩
  116. Josh Wong Design ↩

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