Posts Tagged ‘Queens’
They Yelled ‘ISIS’ and ‘Arab’ Before Attacking 19 Year Old Male
On Wednesday, at around 1:20PM, a 19 year old male was walking along 10th Street – between 33rd and 34th Avenue – when he realized that he was being followed by three men. As he turned, he hear one of the men call out 'Arab' right before cowardly punching him in the face twice. The…
Read MoreGet Your Game ON – At IndiCade East 2016!
IndiCade East is back in town, and the gamers are in full throttle, plugged in and ready to go for this three day gaming conference. Back at the Museum of the Moving Image, it's a celebration of independent games, along with the people who make em and the people who play em. This weekend you're…
Read MoreConstruction Costumed Crook Attempts Bank Robbery
Dressed in construction gear with all the trimmings, including face mask, a man entered the Sussex Bank on Astoria Boulevard near 29th Street just before 4PM and attempted to rob the bank with a gun. It was an unhappy ending for the crook, who was seen wearing a hard hat, reflective vest, gloves and sunglasses…
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 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 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…
Read More4th Annual Spring Jazz Festival
It's Jazz time as the weather graces us with its perfect presence. The sun is shining and today, the trumpets will be playing, along with the rest of the band. It's not technically in Astoria, but we thought we'd give Astorians a chance to see what's happening in Queens. Flushing Town Hall, 137-45 Northern Boulevard, is…
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