Hunters Point Ledger

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Local news for Hunters Point South and Long Island City. Not Queens. Not New York City. Our neighborhood. hpl.nyc

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A map of where it's legal to have grocery stores above 10,000 SF
2004 aerial view of Long Island City and Hunters Point South
Before glass towers, Vernon Boulevard had a luncheonette, a shoe repair shop, and a trolley turnaround. Here's what that corner looked like. This photograph, from the NYC Municipal Archives tax department collection, shows 49-20 Vernon Blvd at 50th Avenue on an ordinary weekday in the 1940s.