Astoria Watch a LIVE Tour of Blooming Astoria Trees This Friday with NYC Parks by Claire Leaden As we all try to stay indoors as much as possible, it’s still turning into spring on the New York City streets. Luckily, you can still get a taste of (…)
Astoria Local Resources For Entertaining and Caring for Your Kids While at Home by Claire Leaden With most of our time now spent at home, it can be especially difficult to keep kids busy and on a schedule in the same space day after day. (…)
5 Ways You Can Help Queens During the Coronavirus Outbreak by Claire Leaden One of the most difficult parts of this time is the lack of control most of us feel, but there are small ways you can still make a difference: by (…)
Astoria ASTORIA INTERIORS: ARTSY AF ON 35TH AVE. by Claire Leaden BY ANNA DORÉ Welcome back to another edition of Astoria Interiors, a series where we go inside neighborhood homes to showcase design on the most local level. Today we head (…)
Astoria How To Support Your Favorite Small Businesses In Astoria During This Time by Claire Leaden Now that all non-essential stores have been mandated to shut down to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, many local boutiques and stores need your help to stay afloat. If (…)
Astoria Astoria Interiors: Mid-Mod and Boho on 41st St. by Claire Leaden BY ANNA DORÉ Welcome back to another edition of Astoria Interiors, a series where we go inside neighborhood homes to showcase design on the most local level. Today we head (…)
Astoria Astoria’s Spring Retail Crawl is Back in April by Claire Leaden UPDATE: Shop Small Astoria Announced: “With this public health risk increasing, we feel it is in the community’s best interest to move this large scale event to a later date (…)
Astoria Where to Embrace the Luck of the Irish for St. Paddy’s Day in Astoria by Claire Leaden It’s everyone’s favorite time of year to embrace their Irish heritage (or lack thereof)! We’ve got all the Irish music, corned beef specials, and bar crawls of course. Shoot claireleaden@gmail.com (…)
Long Island City This Mouthwatering New LIC Pop-Up Blends Chinese & Jamaican Flavors by Claire Leaden A new food pop-up has come to Long Island City…and it looks out of this world. Daily Spoon, located at 25-34 Jackson Avenue, comes from Chef Tristan Chin-Fatt and Deon Whiskey, (…)
Astoria There Are Two Very Big Changes Coming to the Northern End of Astoria by Claire Leaden Since there are two noteworthy changes that have recently been announced for the northern end of Astoria—down toward 20th Ave, between 37th and 45th St…at the East River/Luyster Creek/Bowery Bay—we (…)
Astoria Astoria Interiors: A Rent-Stabilized Railroad On 30th Ave by Claire Leaden BY ANNA DORÉ Welcome back to another edition of Astoria Interiors, a series where we go inside neighborhood homes to showcase design on the most local level. Today we head (…)
Who’s Hiring in Astoria: February 2020 by Claire Leaden If you’re on the hunt for a new (or additional) job, we’ve got you covered! Lockwood; multiple locations These Queens lifestyle stores have four open roles—are you one of the (…)
This Is Why It’s So Important to Participate in the 2020 Census in Queens by Claire Leaden It’s time for a new census to take place, and now it’s more important than ever in NYC to be counted…especially in Queens. Conducted every 10 years, the census will (…)
Astoria Jackson Heights Long Island City Openings, Closings and Rumors: Mid-Winter 2020 by Claire Leaden Here are all the latest happenings in the neighborhood! And yes, jury’s still out on Chipotle… Openings La Flor Vieja If you love the El Rey Del Taco truck, they (…)
Astoria A Coffee Shop Where They Know Your Name: Sonbobs on 28th Ave by Claire Leaden Sonbob’s Coffee House cropped up on the Astoria scene in 2018. Unassuming on 28th Ave, tucked in between 34th and 35th St., a purple sign in the window draws you (…)