Parks

The Shore Fest Spring Kickoff is April 22!

Hear some of the suggested improvements to Astoria Park during a community meeting on Wednesday, January 25.

Dutch Kills Playground in LIC will get an upgrade starting in 2018 to the tune of $4.5 million.

Updates on Astoria Park, including tonight’s community meeting regarding the $30M allotted to the park, the improvement of the bocce court, and Leaf Fest.

Attend a visioning session to help decide how to spend the $30 million that will be given to improve Astoria Park.

Now that the weather is starting to cool down, getting inspired to go outside and work up a sweat can get tough. Need motivation? How about cupcakes? That’s right; we (…)

An update on what’s going on in the space that is/was the Astoria Park Diving Pool.

You guys, we can’t even contain our excitement for this event. The Brew Hop, the coolest 5K on the planet, is taking place Sunday, September 18th at 10:00am, and we (…)

The annual Adult Lap Swim program at Astoria Pool is now open for online registration.

It’s here! Our massive, action-packed guide for summer living in Astoria and Long Island City is finally here. Movies, pool time, boozy brunches, QNS themed pop ups, and so much more. Read on…

When it’s time to blow off steam, what’s your go-to activity? Grabbing some drinks? Maybe takeout and Netflix? Soon, Astoria and LIC will be adding some new fun ways to (…)

It may not seem like it with the crazy weather lately, but trust us: summer is coming! We couldn’t be more excited to ditch the grey dreariness and soak up (…)

Layer up* and lace up for NYRR’s Open Runs in Astoria Park every Saturday at 9:00 am.  Open to all ages, all types of runners, walkers, and strollers (both the (…)

I know I’ve mentioned this in this week’s events post, but I can’t resist bringing additional attention to MulchFest. This annual event allows you to bring your tree (and wreath) (…)

This past Sunday was the final day of Leaf Fest, and volunteers did an excellent job raking and bagging thousands of pounds of leaves. We saw school groups, members of (…)