This week we’re highlighting some of the amazing local businesses celebrating milestone anniversaries as 2019 comes to an end. Happy Astoria-versary! Yesterday was five years. Ruairi Curtin, the owner behind (…)
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With 2019 coming to an end ever so swiftly, we decided it would be nice to highlight some of the amazing local businesses celebrating milestone anniversaries this year. Each day (…)
Wow, have we been waiting for this news for a while. LIC Post just reported that, according to their real estate broker sources, a Trader Joe’s will be coming to (…)
Last month we reported news of Bench Flour Bakers coming to the former Ani’s Pizza space on 25th Ave., and since then we’ve been able to chat with owner Christine (…)
Tomorrow, December 10 at 7 p.m., educational organizations Zone 126 and the Varsity Boys and Girls Club are hosting an Education Forum with the Queens Borough Presidential Candidates. They are (…)
When the corner building on 31st St. and 34th Ave. (the former El Boqueron space) was painted a royal blue, it likely reminded its neighbors of the deep blue sea. Well, (…)
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 (…)
Believe it or not, a lot has changed in the neighborhood since our last roundup in September. Let us know what else you’ve been noticing! Openings Astoriana Lots of readers (…)
If you’ve been to the Museum of the Moving Image in the past two years (and if you haven’t, you definitely should go asap!), you’ve been greeted by projections of (…)
The Astoria Performing Arts Center (or, APAC) has been around for almost 20 years, with a mission to “bring high quality theater to Astoria, Queens and New York City, and to (…)
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, (…)
One of the top things we’ve gotten questions from readers about this year has been Rivercrest. We reported in January that the restaurant was taking over the long-vacant space under Acropolis (…)
Bernie Sanders is coming to Queens–Queensbridge Park, that is. A rally supporting Sanders will take place this Saturday, October 19 at 1 p.m., though the area will be open to (…)
Most of us are renters in this city, and when landlords lag on pest control, delay plumbing issues or hike up rent, it’s hard to know exactly what our rights (…)
It’s October, which for beer and brat-lovers means it’s OKTOBERFEST season! Though Oktoberfest technically starts at the end of September and usually finishes the first/second week of October, we rounded (…)
