New LIC waterfront playground opens at Gantry Park
The new 8,000 s.f. playground was packed within minutes of opening. 

Taste of LIC on NY1
Sheila Lewandowski of the Chocolate Factory Theater and Gianna Cerbone of Manducatis Rusticas interviewed about the annual event.   See the video.

Free boating on the East River
LIC Community Boathouse offers weekday and weekend kayak rides. 

Documentary explores LIC arts scene

LIC Bar Dutch Kills featured on NY1
“Time travel may not be possible, but the speakeasy-style Dutch Kills Bar in LIC, Queens tries to give New Yorkers a taste of times past.”  Click here for the NY 1 video. 

Water Taxi Beach LIC is now open for its sixth season, with spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline, beach volleyball, burgers, and outdoor dance parties.

Distinctively French brunch at Tournesol Bistro
Neighborhood residents and business people come in during the week. On weekends people from all over the city come for brunch before heading to Gantry Park or PS1.  The servers are all French.  Profiled in the Wall Street Journal.

Financing seminar, June 15, 9 AM
Improving credit, and access to capital for small businesses.  ACCION and LaGuardia Community College.  Call (646) 833-4515 for location and to RSVP.

Incentives for Hiring Long-term Unemployed
NYS Dept. of Labor is administering the HIRE Act.  It entitles businesses who hire people who have been out of work for 60 days or more to receive a 6.2% payroll tax cut on wages paid to them until December 31, 2010. 

news from liQcity.com

Now open: Madera, Vernon Blvd’s brand new Cuban Grill & Steakhouse; 

Caffeina, the coffee shop in the bottom of the LIC Art Center; the old Oh So Good Deli on the corner of Jackson & Thompson is now the ENC Market; and the Natural Frontier Market grocery, in the ground floor of 12-01 Jackson Ave.