2021 in review

December 14, 2021

Newsday's notable covers of 2021

The year started with a mob storming the U.S. Capitol, and it ended with a new surge of coronavirus cases. Here’s a snapshot of 2021 on Long Island, in 50 Newsday front pages.

What to expect in 2022

Long Islanders can look forward to long-delayed concerts and much-anticipated improvements to the Long Island Rail Road, plus new supermarkets, an adventure park and a rollercoaster.

Long Island's top 100 restaurants of 2021

From Italian to Thai to soul food, the Long Island dining scene has never been more vibrant.

The biggest LI restaurant closures of 2021

Plenty of longtime favorites shuttered for good this year amid staffing woes, rising food costs and other challenges.

The best things we ate on LI in 2021

From local oysters to an inventive cocktail, authentic Chinese hand-pulled noodles to satisfying Dominican pernil, Newsday's food critics had a very good year of eating out and about on LI.

Long Islanders we've lost in 2021

A high school basketball star. A 27-year-old expectant mother. Jones Beach’s longest-serving lifeguard. Look back at some of their stories.

The top New York sports stories of 2021

From construction of a new billion-dollar arena to the flexing of a new billionaire owner, and plenty of points in between.

Notable sports deaths in 2021

The notable sports names we've lost in 2021.

Top New York sports stars for 2022

Ability and achievement obviously count, but star power counts more.

LI's best pizza of 2021

The bar has been raised: Long Island pizza is better than it's ever been.

What's coming for LI restaurants, real estate and retail in 2022

The experts weigh in on what the new year may bring to Long Island's restaurants, real estate, retail, health care and energy industries.

'The Godfather' turns 50, 'Thriller' turns 40 and more coming in 2022

Here's our annual, extremely subjective list of notable anniversaries designed, as always to make you say out loud, "I can't believe it's been that long!"