Amazon’s experiment with cashierless and Amazon-branded grocery stores is coming to an end on Long Island. The company confirmed it will close all Amazon Fresh […]
Category: Crazy Facts About Long Island
Dare to Be Different: Crazy Facts About WLIR Radio on Long Island
Among Long Island’s most influential cultural exports, WLIR wasn’t just a radio station — it was a movement. Long before “alternative” became a marketing term, […]
Crazy Facts About the Southern State Parkway Every Long Islander Should Know
If you’ve driven the Southern State Parkway more times than you can count, you might think you know it pretty well. But beneath those low […]
The Long Island Holiday Lights Map Returns for 2025 (Yes, Your House Can Be on It)
The holidays are officially glowing again on Long Island, because the 2025 Long Island Holiday Lights Map is live — and just like previous years, […]
Crazy Facts About Entenmann’s Bakery and Its Long Island Roots
Entenmann’s isn’t just a bakery brand, it’s a Long Island institution. For generations, those blue-and-white boxes have been stacked in kitchen cabinets, brought to family […]
Crazy Facts About Long Island MacArthur Airport You Probably Never Knew
When you want to skip the chaos of JFK or LaGuardia, Long Islanders know there’s a better option right in our backyard. Long Island MacArthur […]
Crazy Facts About Gardiner’s Island, Long Island’s Most Off-Limits Place
Sitting quietly between the North and South Forks of Long Island’s East End is a place almost no one ever gets to see. Gardiner’s Island […]
Mount Sinai Shopping Center Redevelopment Approved, New Supermarket Planned After 2024 Whole Foods Talks
Plans to bring a new supermarket to the long-vacant former King Kullen space at the Mount Sinai Shopping Center are finally moving forward, following Brookhaven […]
81 Crazy Facts About Long Island’s Own Mariah Carey & Her Epic “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
Mariah Carey didn’t just give the world a Christmas song, she gave it a seasonal takeover that repeats itself every December. What makes it even […]
Crazy Facts About the Blizzard of ’78 That Paralyzed Long Island
By the winter of 1978, weather forecasting had become far more reliable than it had been a decade earlier but convincing the public was another […]
