Posts by sonia
The Wheels Are In Motion For The Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar
The wheels are in motion for the Brooklyn-Queens Connector system that would connect neighborhoods along the waterfront in Brooklyn and Queens by way of a streetcar. Well at least the talks have started in a series of visioning sessions, the first open discussion was this past Monday, May 9th at the Variety Boys & Girls…
Read MoreAstoria Makes List Most Astorians Would Like To Keep Off!
The word has been whispered, shouted and thrown from one side to the other, and now it's been quantified, measured and concluded. Gentrification in all its unwelcome glory has weighed in on Astoria, and found us in the top 15 gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City, according to a new study. The study comes from the…
Read MoreBrandon Knows Nothing…Free Stand-Up At A Brewery!
Producer/comedian Brandon Collins (Comedy Outliers) brings stand-up comedy to a local brewery in Long Island City! During this FREE stand-up showcase professional comedians will performing in an intimate setting while the host discusses the history of beer and dropping other bits of knowledge that they were not aware of before the show…which is a lot! …
Read MoreAstoria Man Dies While ‘Subway Surfing’
James Rubio, 24, of Astoria, tragically died on a the Coney Island bound F train early Friday when he slammed his head in a tunnel as he surfed the train. The Queens electrician fell between to cars after hitting his head. He lived with his friend and his freind's mother, Carol Magee, 54, in Astoria. Magee…
Read MoreD.B. Rielly at RaR Bar
D.B. Rielly will be performing at R'A'R Bar on Thursday, June 9th from 9pm to 12am. Admission is free. Please visit www.dbrielly.com. Award-winning Roots musician D.B. Rielly and his band will perform a wide-ranging collection of American Roots music, including Country, Zydeco, and Blues. D.B. promises his listeners an “instantaneous cure for all afflictions.” Rèst-âü-Ránt30-01…
Read More‘Spelling Bee’ Musical Bringing The Laughs And The Spelling To Astoria!
Now this is a treat. It started 5th of May and is going right through till May 28th. It's the hilarious version of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, performed by the Astoria Performing Arts Center and showing at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church (30-44 Crescent Street). The new musical comedy is based…
Read MoreGet Those Bets On As We Ride Into The Kentucky Derby, At The Bonnie!
The Kentucky Derby, or as we know it – 'The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports' or 'The Run For The Roses- is perhaps one of the biggest horse races in the world. The first leg of the tripple crown, it starts on the first Saturday of May, capping the 2 week long Kentucky Derby Festival…
Read MoreShore Blvd Redesign Starting This Month
Well it was the central topic of one of the most heated debates in Astoria since gentrification began moving in – what to do about Shore Blvd. Close it or let it be was the question on everyone's lips, with half of Astoria for the closure of the road due to complaints about illegal racing,…
Read MoreSean’s Place Playground To Close At Night After Condoms & Crack Pipes Found
Sean's Place Playground, located on 38th St (between Broadway and 31st Avenue), Astoria, has begun its new timetable, by closing and locking its gates at 9PM every night and opening up around 5AM the following morning. The decision came after parents of the kids playing inside discovered used condoms, human feces and drug paraphernalia in the space. According to…
Read MoreThe Top Places To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo In Astoria.
It’s that time of the year again when we celebrate the Mexican Army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, and, not Mexico’s independence day which is celebrated on September 16th. Unfortunately, somewhere down the line and across the border, we lost sight of that and embraced the…
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