After 50 Years, Frankie’s Pizzeria Says Good-bye

The simple green awning has been around for longer than most spots in Astoria. The big, glowing neon letters have seen residents grow older as they passed in and out of the doors. For 50 years, Frankie’s has stood in place on 31st street, serving residents with warm, fresh, amazing pizza. After half a century,…

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Anti-Cop Graffiti in Astoria

The NYPD is currently searching for a vandal who recently scrawled anti-cop graffiti on a phone booth in Astoria, near the N and Q trains. There are two message. They read: “Become a hero, shoot a cop,” and “Good cop = dead cop.” The phone both is located at 31st Street and 36th Avenue. We hope…

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Career Chat ‘N Chew: Kat West, Career and personal development coach for Actorians

If there’s one thing I love, it’s talking with people who love what they do about what they do for a living. How they got into it, why they love it, their successes, struggles and everything in between- no story is too small.  So I wanted to start talking with local Astorians about this. We…

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Shutdown Perfections Strip Club!

At tonight’s Community Board Meeting 1’s monthly meeting, Detective Eddie Negron brought forth an extremely important issue. As a representative of the 114th precinct, Detective Negron has called for Perfections Strip Club, located at 62-05 30th avenue, to have their liquor license revoked – citing violence and poor quality of life issues. In the last…

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Wi-Fi in Astoria Subway Stations

Now you can finally do what you’ve always wanted – browse Give Me Astoria in the subway. Jokes aside, the MTA has made some seriously awesome advancements. They plan to bring Wi-Fi to 227 subway stations – and many stations in LIC and Astoria have just been added! The stations that now have Wi-Fi are…

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Home Invasion and Shooting in Astoria

Based on exclusive details from the 114th precinct we’ve learned of a recent home invasion and robbery in Astoria. The crime occurred late Tuesday into Wednesday morning, at around 12:00 am, on Wednesday October 15th. The precinct reports that they received a distressed 911 call of a robbery in progress, in the basement of a…

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Art House Astoria Conservatory for Music and Art Gala!

On Friday, October 24, 2014, Art House Astoria Conservatory for Music and Art celebrates its 5th Anniversary during its annual Fundraising Gala in Astoria. Our local favorite, Brooklyn Bagel and Coffee Company,will be hosting the gala for the second year. This year’s theme is POP ART! Art House Astoria is a non-profit, established in 2009, whose…

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A New Way to Mingle in Astoria!

When Ashley Dean moved to Astoria, she realized there wasn’t a real way for 20-somethings to get to know each other, mingle and enjoy all that Astoria has to offer. From there, the idea for Ice Cream Social Sundays was born! Ashley, who also goes by the self-proclaimed moniker of “Queen of Astoria,” tells us…

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Costa Speaks Out Against Domestic Violence

Coucilman Costa Constantinides recently spoke out in his support of domestic violence victims, and urged everyone to get involved in ending domestic violence and abuse. He said, “Most domestic violence incidents are never reported. That’s why I was out today for ‪#‎GoPurpleDay‬ to raise awareness and give out information. 1 in 4 women will experience…

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Halloween in Astoria!

We’re just about two weeks away from Halloween, and in the middle of picking costumes and stocking up on candy for trick or treaters, we’ve put together a big list of everything going on in Astoria for Halloween! Friday, October 24th   Halloween at Twist and Smash’d Sports, 34-02 Steinway Street Saturday, October 25th  …

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