The LIC waterfront is glorious and sun-blasted from 10 AM to 6 PM. The cool walks all live one or two blocks inland, where the new 50-story towers throw the heaviest building shadow in Queens onto the streets running parallel to the river. Vernon Boulevard becomes a shade canyon after 1 PM; 21st Street and 5th Avenue stay cool from 9.
These three pair waterfront destinations with the inland approach. Stay Cool will pull you off the waterfront promenade automatically when the sun is past 30° — the riverside path has no shade and the building grid does.