Tag: Great Neck

Major League Baseball’s club owners voted to approve the transferral of the New York Mets to the hedgefund billionaire

Two catering halls and a bar are among the latest establishments on Long Island to have their liquor licenses suspended for allegedly violating social distancing orders meant to curb the spread of coronavirus.

Rear View: As one of only two women in the country who carried the U.S. mail, Susanna (“Suzie”) A. Brunner was the first woman on Long Island’s North Shore to be entrusted with the Port Washington-Great Neck route in the 1880s.

Might Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan be reimagined in the Wild West? Maybe as superheroes? On Mars? Anything’s possible, once The Great Gatsby's copyright expires in January.

Now the only thing left for Great Neck native Steve Cohen is to get the approval of Major League Baseball’s other club owners. 

Great Neck native Steve Cohen and the Wilpon family are in agreement to transfer majority ownership of the New York Mets to the hedge-fund billionaire Monday.

Billionaire hedge fund manager and Great Neck native Steve Cohen has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the New York Mets, CNBC reported on Friday, citing numerous unnamed sources.

Rear View: Cigar in hand, he spat out barbed one-liners and zany asides to the camera with devilish irreverence, hamming it up and captivating audiences for 45 years. At the height of their popularity, Groucho Marx and his parents lived in Great Neck.

Even before superheroes proved their superpowers at the box office in the late 1970s, Marty Abrams, of Great Neck, had an entrepreneurial eureka moment that made him the father of the action figure.

Hot Plate: Recent LI dining scene additions include Big Daddy’s East, a Cajun eatery in Bay Shore, Marie Blachère Bakery, a French bakery that made its U.S. debut in Great Neck, and Modi Wine Bar, a trendy Italian spot in Franklin Square.