May 9, By Jason Cohen
Local historians who are looking to preserve an historic Astoria house are not backing down despite the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s (LPC) decision last month determining that it did not meet the criteria to be saved.…
May 8, Staff Report
An Astoria pizzeria has been temporarily shut down by the Health Department.
Fat Cats Pizza, located at 32-20 34th Avenue, was shut down on May 2 for racking up 53 violation points during a standard health inspection.…
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May 5, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed his penis to a 13-year-old girl in Astoria last month who was on her way to school.
The allegedly perpetrator approached the school girl in front of 29-22 36th Avenue at around 7:40 am on Friday April 7,…
May 4, By Jason Cohen
The vandal who has been scrawling homophobic graffiti throughout Astoria this year struck again Tuesday night.
The latest incident, scrawled in black paint over garage doors on 23rd Street (between 28th and 29th Avenues),…
May 4, By Jason Cohie
An enraged livery driver who felt he had been cut off by a yellow cab driver in Astoria Tuesday night stabbed the cabbie in a fit of road rage, police said.
The livery driver was traveling southbound on Crescent Street,…
April 24, By Hannah Wulkan
Astoria movie buffs will have the chance to watch eight movies that celebrate the diversity of the borough this summer.
Socrates Sculpture Park will kick of the 19th annual Outdoor Cinema series on July 5,…
April 29, By Christian Murray
Plans to overhaul the Queensbridge Park House were unveiled Thursday, with city officials announcing that $3 million will be spent on redoing the dilapidated space that has been out of use for decades.
The Park’s old field house,…
April 27, Staff Report
A large Chinese restaurant located on the border of Sunnyside and Long Island City has been temporarily shut down by the Health Department.
New Grand Buffet, a spacious sit-down Chinese restaurant located at 34-45 48th Street,…
April 26, By Christian Murray
Homophobic graffiti was sprayed on yet another Astoria building this week in what has become a widespread pattern.
The graffiti, scrawled in black paint over garage doors on 23rd Street (between 28th and 29th Avenues),…