Hot new vacation destination: Willets Point Island - The Iron Triangle Resort

The borough is Queens. Flushing to be exact.
The place is Willets Point, known by locals as "The Iron Triangle".
This is a place like no other.
If you've been there, then you know.
It's right across the street from Shea Stadium.
It's a labyrinth of dirt roads, auto repair shops and scrap yards.
There are no sidewalks or sewers. When it rains, it floods; it floods real bad.

There are really only two reasons you'd ever even know about this hidden world known as the "Iron Triangle":
1- You're having trouble finding parking on opening day at Shea and it's already the top of the 2nd on F-A-N.
2- You're looking for a passenger window regulator for your cousin's 1987 Toyota Tercel.
It's sort of an unspoken thing that if you can't find on-street parking for a Mets game (and when can you ever find on-street parking for a Mets game) you can pull into the labyrinth of dirt roads of wild chickens if you dare and park your car in front of Gomez Auto Body for $10. And there's a pretty good chance your car will be there after the game if it hasn't been stripped and sold for parts.



On May 1, 2007, Bloomberg announced new plans for urban renewal in the area, calling Willets Point "another euphemism for blight." I guess he never had trouble finding parking or an alternator for a Datsun 720.

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Representatives from the Willets Point Industry and Realty Association (WPIRA), a group of the 10 largest land/business owners in Willets Point will testify before the New York City Council’s Land Use and Economic Development Committees on November 29, 2007 at 1 p.m. in the Committee Room, City Hall.
WPIRA has produced a compelling 15 minute videotape profiling the business/landowners whose livelihoods would be placed in serious jeopardy if eminent domain was to be instituted by the city. Moreover, it would have a major adverse impact on the employees who work at these corporations. WPIRA seeks to enter the video as testimony during the November 29th hearing. To view the video, click here:
http://wpira.com/Behind%20the%20Curbline.htm
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