Recreation

Earlier this year we reported that Astoria Pool would not be opening this summer, as Mayor de Blasio declared that all NYC Pools would remain closed due to city budget (…)

We’re returning to the drive-in move era! The Bel-Aire Diner at 31-91 21st St. has been hosting socially distant drive-in movie nights in their parking lot off Broadway. They kicked (…)

Mayor de Blasio announced at the end of last week that all NYC Public Pools will remain closed this summer. Sadly that means our own local Astoria Pool! Because of (…)

Have you been enjoying the brand new Astoria Park Track and Field? Well, get ready for more updated Park features. The next reconstruction project includes the Charybdis Playground, located near (…)

If you’ve been missing the Astoria Park track and soccer field, get excited, because the totally renovated facilities are OPEN—seven months ahead of schedule! The reconstruction project began last fall, (…)

We know readers have been anxiously awaiting the new dog run, part of the Triborough Bridge Playground C $1 million reconstruction project, and the day is finally here! Located at 24th Street (…)

Astoria Social began four years ago and has been growing swiftly ever since. Their softball league started with 10 teams, and this past season they had 24—and for the darts league, (…)

It’s Memorial Day Weekend…which means it’s unofficially summer…which means it’s time for our annual 50+ THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER list!! From opportunities to get more social (sports! trivia leagues! (…)

Astoria, the unofficial start of summer has arrived! With Memorial Day behind us, we can finally start to plan our perfect summer fun—movies in the park, pool time, art openings, (…)

A Child’s Daycation Playspace (ACD) is a family-owned business that opened in November 2017, after the owner, who has provided in-home child care in Astoria for over 10 years, noticed a (…)

Upper 90 Soccer Center is Queens’ premier soccer facility located at right here in Astoria. With three turf soccer fields, a private party room, the Crossbar Café, and the largest (…)

  This post is updated to include a fancy code for our readers only! We are SO excited for this. The coolest 5k in the city, The Brew Hop, is (…)

Adult Lap Swim is almost upon us again!

Astoria, the unofficial start of summer has arrived! With Memorial Day behind us, we can finally start to plan our perfect summer fun—movies in the park, pool time, art openings, (…)

One of the coolest things about living in Astoria is learning the stories of our neighbors. Everyone you meet has a history: where they came from, what brought them to (…)