Meg Cotner

Can you even believe it? Astoria’s beloved Irish Rover is 20 years old this year! And they are going to celebrate with a party, of course! Stop by any time (…)

Crain’s reports that US Federal regulators have approved the Champlain Hudson Power Express project, a 330-mile transmission line that will bring hydroelectric power from Canada to NYC. It will supposedly cost (…)

Last week I caught a nasty virus that totally floored me for days. I won’t get into the details, but it was just bad, not to mention how crappy it (…)

We’ve learned that a 6-story building is planned for 25-26 Broadway; currently there is a 3-story building there, so this will be twice the height. For reference, the structure at (…)

The good folks at 60 Beans let everyone know they were opening this morning, so we decided to check it out. We showed you details of the space about a (…)

Can you believe it’s been a whole year since Buffalo Exchange opened up on Ditmars Blvd? Well, they are thrilled to be here and are looking forward to celebrating their (…)

We often check the Department of Buildings site to see what’s what, and last night we came across something very curious—11 addresses had submitted paperwork to erect a 2 story (…)

Joe at The Quays took the time to send us news of their #SummerSessions music line up for the rest of the summer, and we wanted to pass that info (…)

We caught this post by real estate site 6sqft who sourced their info from NY Yimby, which includes new renderings for what will replace 5 Pointz—two towers at 41 and 47 (…)

We’re pretty excited that the 10th Annual Rural Route Film Festival is almost upon us—it happens on the weekend of August 8-10 at one of our favorite spots in town, (…)

A number of news outlets published articles on what’s in store for us in 2015 re: MTA fare hikes. From what we can tell, prices will go up but not (…)

The Astoria Park Shore Fest is back again this year! And it starts this weekend, Sunday, August 3—can you believe it’s almost August? This summer has just flown by. Shore (…)

Yesterday I was invited to check out OK Cafe, a new independent coffeehouse just off of Ditmars Blvd. They are not yet ready to open but hope to be by (…)

I took a walk down Ditmars over the weekend to check on some things that are pending in the opening department. The first thing I stopped at was the Caffe (…)

We noticed that a couple of buildings—26-15 4th Street and 26-01 4th Street—are slated to be demolished. These buildings are steps away from Phase 1 of the Astoria Cove development (…)