Astoria

Perusing the Department of Buildings site, we’ve learned that paperwork has been filed for a 6-story mixed use building for the lot on the corner of 24th Avenue and 32nd (…)

A Descendant Cider flight we enjoyed early on. Cider Week NYC starts this Friday, October 24. We looked at the lineup of participating venus in Queens, and of course The (…)

Thanks to the eagle eye of Astorian @ATB24, I learned that the opening of the most recent episode (Season 2, Episode 4) of The Blacklist was filmed in Astoria! The (…)

We’ve told you about two new bars coming to 23rd Avenue, one (name TBD) from the folks behind the Sparrow Tavern and one, called The Bonnie, from folks behind Sweet (…)

On Saturday, October 18, the NYC Greek Film Festival starts at the Museum of the Moving Image. It is going to be a terrific series, full of interesting, accessible films (…)

In case you missed the news: Ditmars Station Pub has closed (located below the Ditmars stop). There’s been a lot of speculation, especially regarding Sweet Spot taking away their business. (…)

Last night I wandered over to Q.E.D.’s open house to check out the space—that is totally refreshed from what I saw originally—and the art show, Seeing Stories. It was a (…)

A couple of weeks ago, Meg and I ventured over to check out Glassful, a new wine shop/wine service start-up. It’s located in the same building as the Brooklyn Grange, (…)

This video flew around social media last year and I remember really liking the sounds coming out of this very tall clown singing Lorde’s “Royals.” Turns out, it was filmed (…)

We’ve learned about a very interesting opportunity for folks interested sustainable living—a paid internship with Hellgate Farm! The internship goes from March to October 2015, and the work will be (…)

Gotta love that sign, especially as we near Halloween. We heard through the grapevine that The Second Best Thrift Shop on Astoria Blvd near 31st Street is going out of (…)

While walking home from an early swim yesterday morning, I passed the house on 28th Street (between 24th and 23rd Aves) that goes all out with the decorations for various holidays. As in (…)

Last month we told you about Q.E.D., a new performance space/skill share community space on 23rd Ave. Good news—they are having an open house tomorrow night (Wednesday) from 7 to 9 (…)

We were sorry to see Greenline Organic close, since they had so many interesting things on their shelves (the produce was a bit sketch at times), and it was a reasonable (…)

It’s that time again! Halloween is just a few weeks away. There are plenty of things going on leading up to and on that day, so here’s our roundup of (…)