Astoria Astoria Loves Those Green Taxis by Meg Cotner It’s not surprising to us to see the love Astorians have for the green taxis—when we posted on Facebook last month that the Mayor was not keen on the green taxi program, many (…)
Astoria Summer 2014 Waterfront Concert Series in Astoria Park by Meg Cotner The Waterfront Concert Series this summer again takes place on the Great Lawn in Astoria Park on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in July and August. It’s a great chance (…)
Astoria Long Island City We Heart Astoria Food Talk *Summer Solstice Edition* by Judith Rich Food Talk covers summertime food activities such as the Astoria Tour de Bar, the new PUB We Heart Astoria cream cheese at Brooklyn Bagel, more World Cup eats, a dumpling pop-up shop at Bear and more!
Astoria CB1 Votes No on Current Astoria Cove Plan by Meg Cotner We heard about the results of yesterday’s CB1 vote on Astoria Cove—a resounding NO, at least as it stands. The Real Deal has the details on the question of affordable (…)
Astoria Breaking: Astoria Flea & Food Extended Through Labor Day by Meg Cotner Hot news, folks—the Astoria Flea & Food has been extended through Labor Day Weekend! This is what many of us have been hoping for, as from all accounts the Astoria Flea has (…)
Astoria Caffe Bene Coming to Astoria – Neighborhood Friend or Foe? by Meg Cotner We’ve recently heard that the Korean coffee mega-chain, Caffe Bene, has stepped forward further into western Queens (they’ve had a location in Flushing since last year), with two places planned (…)
Astoria Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Surprise Frank Sinatra High School Students Yesterday by Meg Cotner How great would it be to learn that you’ve got a substitute teacher at the end of the school year… and then it turns out to be not one but (…)
Astoria Two Specials Worth Knowing About at Francis Cafe and Caffino by Meg Cotner We came across a couple of fun specials we thought you should know about—one is a singular event, and the other is a repeating event. First, the singular event, spelled (…)
Astoria Bear’s Dumpling House Pop-Up Is Coming This Summer by Meg Cotner We’re excited to tell you that Bear will be doing a dumpling house pop-up all summer long! They’ll be serving dumplings at lunch, dinner and brunch services. (Don’t worry—their regular menu and (…)
Astoria Long Island City Socrates Sculpture Park’s 10th Annual Summer Solstice Celebration is Saturday by Meg Cotner If you can believe it, the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, is just a handful of days away on Saturday. One of the highlights of Solstice in Astoria/LIC is (…)
Astoria Screening Festival at Katch for Filmmakers and Film Fans Alike by Meg Cotner We’ve learned about this interesting Screening Festival series, hosted at Katch and produced by Framework Productions. It’s happening bi-monthly in Katch’s beer garden, in an effort to build a regular (…)
Astoria An Update on 60 Beans, a New Cafe Opening on Ditmars Blvd in Astoria by Meg Cotner We wanted to update you on 60 Beans, the new cafe from the folks at Brooklyn Bagel, located on Ditmars at 36th Street. Here’s a gorgeous rendering of the space (…)
Astoria Demolition for Vernon Tower Approved by Meg Cotner It probably seems obvious, but before you can build a new building on a piece of property, the old building must fall. So goes the fate of the little one-story (…)
Astoria French Cafe Opening on 33rd Street Near 31st Avenue by Meg Cotner A good handful of WHA readers have brought this place to our attention—thanks, friends! I walked by the other day hoping to talk to them, but they seemed pretty frazzled. (…)
Astoria Speculation: Greek Supermarket Coming to Old Sunnyside Prints Space? by Meg Cotner Back in April we got wind of changes coming to the Sunnyside Prints building, which has seemed abandoned for many years. This is the low-rise brick factory building at 22-78 (…)