Pet-Friendly Places in Queens by Claire Leaden Just take a walk in your local park or sit at an outdoor cafĂ© in the summer, and you’ll know that New Yorkers LOVE their pets. According to the New York (…)
Astoria Community Food and Drink Free Living Neighborhood Parks Weekend How to Pack the Best Summer Picnic–No Matter Which Astoria Park You’re Near by Claire Leaden SUMMER IS FOR PICNICKING (at least when its not upwards of 95 degrees!). As we hinted in Tuesday’s post, we’ve put together the best places to pick up picnic goods (…)
Astoria Community Neighborhood News Parks Pets Politics Recreation Triborough Bridge Playground C + Dog Run NOW OPEN by Claire Leaden 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 Getting Dirty: How to Compost in Astoria by Claire Leaden As people become more educated about the environmental effects humans have on the planet, especially with garbage, we’re more aware than ever of being selective about using and disposing of (…)
Astoria Bars Featured Food and Drink Free Neighborhood Parks Restaurants The Best SPRING THINGS in Astoria by Claire Leaden This week marked the official first day of Spring, which means Astorians are slowly but surely coming out of their winter comas. From subways back up and running (okay not (…)
Parks Intrigue Alert: Make This Northeastern Astoria Hill a Park? by Meg Cotner We caught wind of this story via Curbed and also checked out Gothamist’s take on it—both sourced their info from those urban exploring cats at LTV Squad, who really know (…)
Astoria Astoria Haiku Community Guest Bloggers Parks Monday Haiku – Green Spaces by Judith Rich Astoria Haiku writes about parks and green spaces in Astoria
Parks Scenes from Whitey Ford Field by Meg Cotner Yesterday I headed west to the Build it Green! block party, and wandered past the festivities and toward Whitey Ford Field (located at the west end of 26th Ave). I (…)