Astoria Help Improve Van Alst Playground – Your Input is Needed! by Meg Cotner Just a reminder about tonight’s meeting about the Van Alst Playground (14-14 29th Avenue). Basically, the Playground is in for some improvements, which is terrific news. Here’s the skinny: Please (…)
Astoria The Second Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Returns in December by Meg Cotner The permanent Christmas tree in Astoria Park, transplanted last year. Central Astoria LDC is holding the second annual holiday tree lighting next month! On Thursday, December 11, join your fellow Astorians (…)
Astoria Park’s Leaf Fest Starts This Weekend by Meg Cotner Fall is a lovely time of the year with its cool, crisp air, changing leaves, and it’s the beginning of braising season (yum). But speaking of the changing leaves, they (…)
Astoria It’s My Park Day October 4 at Astoria Park and Astoria Heights Park by Meg Cotner We’ve learned that It’s My Park Day will be taking place at two different parks in Astoria this Saturday—Astoria Park and Astoria Heights Park. There are all sorts of activities—Zumba, (…)
Astoria Heart of 30th Avenue by Judith Rich A fun 30th Avenue illustration map of all the places on 30th Avenue that we heart (includes, shops, restaurants, businesses, and general places of interest).
Astoria The Second Annual NYC Cupcake Run is October 18 at Astoria Park by Meg Cotner UPDATE 10/15/14: From the organizer, “We still have a few tickets left (about 20) and we’d be happy to offer your readers 20% off with code: WEHEARTASTORIA.” Get ready for (…)
Astoria Come To the Greening Western Queens Mixer! by Meg Cotner Thanks to the good folks at Astoria Park Alliance, we’ve learned of the upcoming Greening Western Queens Fall mixer! It’s being held Thursday, September 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. (…)
Astoria One Pool to Rule Them All – ASTORIA by Meg Cotner Thanks to our friends at Astorians, I was led to this article in the NY Daily News about the city pools this recent summer. Bottom line: Astoria Pool is crazy (…)
Astoria Long Island City The Socrates Greenmarket Farmer Games are This Weekend by Meg Cotner Thanks to the folks at GrowNYC, we’ve learned about the Socrates Greenmarket Farmer Games, which sound like a good time. Get ready for lots of family-friendly fun this Saturday, September (…)
Astoria Dog Owners Want a Modern Dog Run in Astoria by Meg Cotner Want to work towards a great dog run in Astoria? There’s a petition you can sign—and you never know, maybe this time it will make a difference. Over the years on various (…)
Astoria Astoria Pool Lap Swimmers Triumph Yet Again by Meg Cotner As we’ve mentioned before, Astoria Park Pool is home to the adult lap swim program each summer, and it’s awesome. Now that the season is almost over, we’ve learned that (…)
Astoria 2014 Shore Fest is Almost Here! by Meg Cotner 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 (…)
Astoria Long Island City Sunnyside 50 Things to Do Before the End of Summer by Emily Rios We suggest 50 great things to do in Astoria, LIC and beyond before the summer ends (food, shopping, sports, community events) – a must read list!
Underling Productions at Astoria Park by Emily Rios Underling Productions is proud to present a Summer Tour of Robin Hood and Love’s Labour’s Lost at Astoria Park (Near Hell’s Gate Bridge) on July 12-13. (Full schedule listed below) (…)
Astoria Long Island City The Yoga Room’s Free Yoga in the Park this Summer! by Meg Cotner Our friends at The Yoga Room let us know about their free yoga in the park outings this summer, taking place at both Astoria Park and Gantry Plaza State Park (…)