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No1_FlowerDrumHouse t1_j9qcgdx wrote

Used to be the Court Square branch of the Queens Library.

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juniperaza t1_j9rj63e wrote

Oh wow. The Queens Library branches were a big part of my childhood (the 21st st branch was the best). That’s disgusting.

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Push-not-pull t1_j9siaqz wrote

I think I remember that from when I went to high-school just down the street.

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grandzu t1_j9tm9v8 wrote

Did that relocate or just close?

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Past-Passenger9129 t1_j9ute22 wrote

There's a brand new library on the waterfront. It's actually quite beautiful.

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azspeedbullet t1_j9qikqi wrote

That area is building up nicely. there is a trader joes a few blocks away too

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atyppo t1_j9qo7qq wrote

Wow, what a great neighborhood! Target AND Trader Joe's! The two most important things I look for in a neighborhood, obviously!

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azspeedbullet t1_j9qqq7g wrote

Walgreens just open up a location at queens plaza north not that far away

this area used to have nothing back in the day. glad they are stores now

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GreenGator t1_j9r20k2 wrote

nah, you have to be mad that locals are getting more options to do their shopping at.

if you don’t let everybody know that you hate brands, how will anybody figure out you’re a real new yorker??

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danhakimi t1_j9x3ijt wrote

Target doesn't increase people's options. It destroys local businesses and measurably reduces quality of life in multiple ways, just like wal mart and all these other crappy stores. A local businesses opening a location there would have been dramatically better for the community.

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Oslopa t1_j9r2uku wrote

Yeah, but literally across the street from this location is a hardware store, a drug store, and a grocery store. All of them independent or small chains. This is swapping out a library for a retail chain that might swamp all of that stuff out.

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WorthPrudent3028 t1_j9r1dmq wrote

Just needs a CVS. Maybe a 5 Guys too. And if we're lucky, maybe an Applebee's or a Chili's.

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SteveOfNYC t1_j9r5tep wrote

Gotta have my Outback Bloomin Onion in the city!

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jeffsayno t1_j9u29dk wrote

i honestly can't tell if you're serious. JHer here, and people are dying for that...

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ooouroboros t1_j9si0vy wrote

Is it a real target of one of those 'curated' targets like in Manhattan?

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thisfilmkid t1_j9r6y9z wrote

I miss the cheap apartments. A lot of college friends and freelancers were living in LIC for $600 - $1600.

Ever since Amazon wanted to move in, the pandemic, inflation, and all the new developments, a lot of New Yorkers and immigrants who once called LIC home were replaced by new and wealthy folks, some who it’s their first time in NYC.

My co-worker, who lives in NJ, says all the time, she have a summer home in the Avalon, and how beautiful their two bedroom apartment is!

Damn. This feeling is nostalgic. I’m alive to witness an entire part of Queens changing, drastically, within less than 10 years.

Damn. Stay strong!

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Throwdis854 t1_j9thepo wrote

We’re not all wealthy transplants living there.

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maximalentropy t1_j9uxvum wrote

You’re delusional. Very few people lived in LIC prior to the expansion. If there were a lot of people there then how would there be space for these new buildings?

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oddfuture t1_j9zspll wrote

do you think no one lived in downtown bk before they built those new highrises?

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bklyn1977 t1_j9qdh14 wrote

is this something to celebrate?

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mastercheif t1_j9s2gs9 wrote

Yes. There’s nowhere else in the neighborhood to buy clothing basics like shirts, socks, and underwear.

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bklyn1977 t1_j9trfmz wrote

I would rather those needs fulfilled by local business and not chains.

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mastercheif t1_j9tv3cc wrote

So would most people. That said, LIC has been a residential neighborhood for 15 years now, no business has stepped in to fill that void. Probably because it’s not very profitable unless you do it at scale + have other higher margin products to sell.

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According_Click3992 t1_j9r8r75 wrote

Finally. I didn’t know what to do with my life before.

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ellvoyu t1_j9tu4e3 wrote

I'm sad we had to lose a library for this

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Throwdis854 t1_ja0kzey wrote

It’s not going to be like the Rego Park Target

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tyloner t1_j9sf3a4 wrote

Welp the transplants have taken over yet another neighborhood. Goddamn invaders.

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Candid_Yam_5461 t1_j9rls62 wrote

Absolutely disgusting. A suburban shitchain with a surveillance side business replacing a library.

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Oslopa t1_j9qbvs6 wrote

Well, there goes the neighborhood. PE strikes again.

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oreosfly t1_j9qy8kd wrote

Boi LIC has been a sterile rich kids playground for a hot minute

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Throwdis854 t1_j9thnsn wrote

I live there and I’m not rich. It is sterile AF though, and yet also filled with dog poop on every block.

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Double-Ad4986 t1_j9qvbop wrote

what is PE

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