Arts & Culture

Your neighbourhoods ever-growing world of art, history and music

Exploring Astoria’s Flat Iron Building

Located on one of New York City’s oldest roads stands a beautifully preserved specimen of what affordable housing looked like...

An Historic Relic in Plain Sight 

One of the most magnificent relics of historic Queens stands on the southeast corner...

ASTORIA’S ADVANCE MASONIC TEMPLE TAKES OLD BUILDING TO NEXT LEVEL

Most regular visitors to the area, and even longtime residents, are probably unaware that...

Meet Our Bartenders: Brandon Julien / Tantra Lounge

Brandon Julien moved to the U.S. from his home country of Trinidad at the...

 A Look Back At 2022

Another year in the books! And as we close our book on 2022 let...

Broadway Silk: A Gem of its Own

Connecting History and The New . Astoria, Queens is not your typical...

Woodside’s Colonial Cemetery

Woodside has a secret. Our neighbor to the south, one of the...

A Celebration of Time and Tide at Hallett’s Cove Beach

On September 14, on the shoreline of Hallett’s Cove Beach off Vernon...

Pepsi Cola Lives in Long Island City

In an area known for luxury high rise condominiums, shopping, water front...

More reasons to love our hood!

Summertime...and the living is easy...when you live in Astoria that is! As...

LIC Was Once The Land of Terra-Cotta

It’s one of the finest examples of historic preservation in the entire...

Fame in Astoria!

There are so many ways to show off Astoria. Fame being one...

A Legacy of Ancient Greece In New York City

Athens Square Park It seems fitting that, in the heart of Old...