Meg Cotner

Along with Astoria’s two other outdoor summer movie series—Socrates Sculpture Park’s Outdoor Cinema and CALDC’s Astoria Park Movie Nights—there’s another series, called The Newtown Road Backyard Film Festival. This series, now (…)

On Saturday I made my way over to Sweet Jane’s, a new ice cream shop that opened up on 24th Ave and 28th Street. It was really fun to see (…)

One of the great things about summer in Astoria is that it’s outdoor movie season! Astoria Park has their own movie series, produced by CALDC (the people who are also behind this year’s (…)

Earlier this week, Mackenzi and I had a chance to check out Ginger, a new organic juice bar from the guys who brought Astoria the crazy popular Grand Cafe. Ginger (…)

Community Board 1 has linked to this announcement on their website: Forty-six (46th) Street between Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue will be closed until completion of a fan/vent plant to (…)

Earlier this month, we got a question from a WHA reader about Crehan’s Pub and what the heck was going on there. Other Astorians are starting to wonder what is up (…)

We’ve learned that a new ice cream shop is going to open… in the space of a former ice cream shop. Sweet Jane’s Frozen Desserts is taking over the location (…)

With the whitewashing of 5 Pointz still on the minds of some in the community, a great way to continue to enjoy and support street art is by attending the 5th (…)

Broadway is going to get more pizza—Retro Pizza Cafe is coming and has their signage up, including a cute little round sign that juts out from the side: This space (…)

Over the weekend I had the pleasure to meet with the owners of Via Vai, a new Italian restaurant opening up on 23rd Avenue in what used to be an old (…)

This piece has been updated (5/27/14) While walking along 36th Avenue this past weekend, I noticed that a new restaurant is opening up in the space that used to be (…)

We learned that the owners of the Steinway Mansion are planning to demolish a little one-story house on the property with the address of 18-38 42nd Street. We think it’s (…)

Do you love photography? Do you love Instagram? Then this upcoming Astoria Instawalk is for you! Join other photographers at this Instagram meetup (which begat the portmanteau, Instameet) where snaps (…)

By now you have likely heard of Astoria Cove, one of the mega-developments on the Halletts Point peninsula. The development was certified by the City Council last month and is now (…)

This post has been edited. One of the best parts of summer in Astoria is the gigantic Astoria Pool, which is the largest WPA era pool in the entire city. (…)