Roosevelt Island residents with questions often come here seeking answers:

All kinds of tents are being erected in Queensbridge Park. red and white ones, big ones, small ones. What is going on there?

and:

What are those red striped and white tents in LIC across the River?

The answer is, courtesy of Normandeau Newswire, and confirmed by the movie production company, is that Clifford The Big Red Dog is filming in Queensbridge Park. According to the production company:

… Walt Becker is directing Clifford the Big Red Dog, which stars Darby Camp and Jack Whitehall. This big, classic family film follows Emily Elizabeth who befriends Clifford as shes trying to fit in at home and at school. He grows to a giant size and attracts the attention of a genetics company. Emily and her Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they go on the run across New York….

Earlier this month, Clifford The Big Red Dog was filming on the Roosevelt Island Cornell tech campus

The film production company gave away free Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream as a thank you to Roosevelt Island community.