Posts Tagged ‘Astoria’
A New Dog Park in Astoria?
If you’re a dog owner in Astoria, you know quite well that there’s no acceptable dog run in Astoria. If you’re not a dog owner, you might be thinking: “Wait, haven’t I seen one?” And you’d be right. Currently, Astoria has a dog park: Bugsy’s Dog Run in Astoria Park. The park, on its…
Read MoreLooking For a Career Change? Look No Further.
Astorians – Are you feeling stuck in a dead-end career with a boss you hate, while you watch your relationship or marriage fall apart, and your body grow 2 dress sizes bigger? Would you love to get to the gym, but since your boss won’t spring for an ergonomic chair,the back spasms leave you too weak…
Read MoreComedy at the Quays!
With the closing of Rapture, there’s one fewer performance venue in Astoria. The Quays has stepped up and asked actor/comedian and Astoria resident Jonesy to host a weekly comedy show at their venue. Jonesy is known for his appearances on such tv shows at Gotham and Late Show with David Letterman. The tuesday night show run…
Read MoreIt’s YOUR Astoria!
Since Give Me Astoria began, we’ve had lots and lots of Astorians send in their favorite pictures of the neighborhood. We’re starting a project called It’s Your Astoria – and we want you to send in your pictures! Whether it’s a sunset at Astoria Park, or a picture of you and your friends enjoying brunch…
Read MoreAfter 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,…
Read MoreAnti-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…
Read MoreCareer 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…
Read MoreShutdown 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…
Read MoreWi-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…
Read MoreHome 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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