Astoria

It’s that time again—the 13th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. Thanks to the Queens Chronicle and NY Daily News for originally listing these events, and here’s a selection of the (…)

Tuesday, September 9 is the day of the next big election—the NY State/Local Primary. Good thing Gotham Gazette and WNYC have put together this handy dandy Election Guide. In this (…)

Last week we told you about the exciting week of activities, workshops, and networking events taking place during QNS Collective Cowork Week. We Heart Astoria—along with some of our favorite (…)

This post has been edited. A while back we mentioned that the folks from Avenue Cafe were opening up a new spot on Ditmars, and we now know the name—TRU (…)

Chicken Kaprow at Pye Boat Noodle, one of Astoria’s newcomers raising the bar on Thai food in the neighborhood. We received a thought-provoking comment from a thoughtful Astorian aptly called, (…)

Earlier this week we heard from one of our readers, TJT, that Lorusso’s Pizza and Focaccia has closed. He was kind enough to take this photo and send it our way. (…)

We are big fans of the QNS Collective and we’re super excited to be both collaborators and supporters of the first QNS Cowork Week. Check out all of the fantastic (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

What a day on 30th Avenue yesterday! Seemed like most of Astoria was out and about, enjoying/managing the hot weather and filling up on grilled meats, corn, and cannolis, among (…)

Thanks to the fine folks at the fabulous Broadway World, we’ve learned that APAC is launching their 2014-15 season with Cody Daigle’s In The Bones. It’s scheduled for November, but (…)

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 (…)

Did you happen to catch a recent episode of $9.99 that took place in Astoria? It’s very interesting! They visited MOMI, Socrates Sculpture Park (the awesome Queens Mother of Reality (…)

While on Broadway the other day, I saw revealed signage up for both the new pizza joint in place of the old Euro Delights. It’s going to be called P.S. (…)

Thanks to the eagle-eye of our friend Sue (aka @tastoriaqueens), we’ve learned that a new Korean restaurant is coming to Broadway. Now, Korean food hasn’t really been represented well in (…)