16 Handles closes its Astoria location

Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry

When The Durst Organization broke ground on its massive Halletts Point project in Astoria on a cold winter day in January 2016, the speeches were delivered inside a massive brick warehouse that had cut off public access to a stretch of East River waterfront for generations. That warehouse is long gone, demolished and then replaced by two high-rise residential towers, 20 and 30 Halletts Point, which launched leasing earlier this year, and a 58,000-square-foot waterfront esplanade that opened to the public this month.

Aug. 21, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

The NYPD Community Affairs Bureau on Aug. 20 joined community-based non-profits Projekt NYC and Comunidad Latinx in Astoria to distribute 250 free backpacks to local students ahead of the new school year.

Aug. 20, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

The US Open returns to Flushing Meadows Corona Park this Sunday, with more than 1 million attendees anticipated to take mass transit to the iconic annual tennis event. With hundreds of thousands of fans set to take the 7 out to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, there is a world of delicious local eateries lying beneath the elevated train tracks should any fan wish to stop en-route to the US Open.

Aug. 20, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Summer days are winding down, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still time to enjoy outdoor movies and a BBQ cookout at 31st Ave Open Street on Saturday, Aug. 23.

Aug. 19, 2025 By Jessica Militello

In Jackson Heights at 4 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, Roosevelt Avenue is buzzing with energy as commuters file in and out of subway cars and onto the street and cars and trucks grapple to get down the busy road. The street is filled with rows of shops and restaurants, along with food carts, street vendors and food trucks along the avenue. The almost-but-not-quite the weekend lag leaves hungry commuters faced with another choice to make throughout their day and the array of food truck options in busy areas like Jackson Heights offers customers convenience and delicious food without breaking the bank, two features that can feel vital, particularly with rising costs of living and pressure from inflation.

Aug. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Elected officials in western Queens have outlined their support for the Department of Transportation’s planned protected bike lanes underneath the elevated subway tracks on 31st Street after the New York State Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction preventing the plan from going forward.

Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are looking for a flasher who exposed himself repeatedly to a woman on board a northbound R train in Astoria on Sunday, Aug. 17.

The suspect sat across from the 34-year-old victim at around 12:50 p.m. as the subway was in the vicinity of Steinway Street and 34th Avenue and showed her his genitals multiple times, police said. The suspect zipped up and got off the train at the station and ran off on foot in an unknown direction. The woman was not injured during the encounter.

Aug. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are still looking for a man who allegedly weaponized his car to attack another man near Broadway and 46th Street, leaving him critically injured on the roadway nearly three weeks ago.

Aug. 18, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced that the “Advantage Arena” immersive gaming lounge has returned for the 2025 US Open after debuting last year.

Aug. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Community Education Council 30 (CEC 30) has called on the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) to reinstate Ashley Rzonca after the union representative for Community School District 30 was dismissed from her position earlier in the year for what the CEC describes as “political” reasons.