Posts Tagged ‘Astoria’
Community Meeting To Discuss The Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Proposal
As we reported back in August 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio, has endorsed a plan to create a streetcar system that would connect neighborhoods along the waterfront in Brooklyn and Queens. The proposed route would run from Sunset Park in Brooklyn to here in Astoria, Queens and with a tentative cost of $2.5 billion to…
Read More‘New York On Location’ At Kaufman Astoria Studios
If you've ever wondered what it was like to be on a movie set, wonder no longer. This May 22nd, the Museum of the Moving Image, Theatrical Teamsters Local 817, I.A.T.S.E, Local 52 and Kaufman Astoria Studios are giving you the chance to experience what goes on behind the curtain. New York on Location is…
Read MoreSteinway Street Fair Today!
It's that time of the year everyone, when the sun shines just right and everyone makes their way slowly from the comfort of their blankets to the outside world. The streets are busier and the city is brewing with visitors and locals alike, and why not, it's a gorgeous day, wouldn't you say? So if…
Read MoreThief Breaks Into Parked Car
Last Friday, at around 4PM, according to the NYPD, a man approached a vehicle parked in a driveway around Ditmars Boulevard and 21st Avenue. The car seemed to have been unlocked, while the man commited petit larceny by entering the vehicle, taking a GPS system and a dashboard camera before fleeing the scene. The man…
Read MoreIt Feels Like Fro Yo Season!
Well the heat is most definitley on. It's been a little up and down, but it looks like Spring is finally here to stay, which means one thing…….Multiple flavors and toppings, served in a cup – Frozen yogurt! That's right, and since Astoria was named the official (unofficially) Frozen Yogurt District of New York, what are you…
Read MoreUncle Jack’s Coming To Town.
Willie Degal, former Food Network star and restaurateur is set for some big things this year. His plan is to take his 20 year old company public, and that plan is starting off with another two restaurants opening up in 2016, one of which is right here in our backyard. Uncle Jack's Steakhouse has become…
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting Project Winners Announced
The votes have been cast are the results weighed, for the 2016 Participatory Budgeting. Last year we saw the Budget bringing us a dog par along with many playground upgrades, and this year it would seem to have gone to 3 quite different causes. The winning Participatory Budgeting projects are: 1. New Water Fountains in…
Read MoreBernie’s In Astoria!
People on 31 Av in Astoria are starstruck at , taking photos and shaking hands outside pic.twitter.com/UTwZQTjzUB — Samuel Rubenfeld () April 18, 2016
Read MorePick Pocketed While Praying
A 17 year old boy was busy worshiping the lord in Astoria Church, Most Precious Blood on 32-23 36th St, near Broadway around 1:45PM on Sunday, when two thieves snuck in and rummaged through his coat. Luckily for the boy, the thieves only got away with $5 and a Metro Card from his coat, which…
Read MoreOn A Day Like This, Astoria Park Is The Place To Be!
With the weather acting a little crazy these days, we don't know how much longer we'll be getting the sun shining this bright before snow starts falling. The birds are chirping, the skies are blue and the clouds are white. It's a perfect Spring day, and no place better to spend that day then in our…
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