April 24, By Hannah Wulkan
A group of local politicians will host a rally to call for new initiatives to combat climate change later this week.
Councilman Costa Constantinides, along with other Astoria officials, will host a Climate Change Rally on Shore Boulevard near the Astoria Park Great Lawn on Friday at 6:30 p.m.…
April 21, By Hannah Wulkan
Astoria will see six projects funded through the participatory budgeting process after a record number of people voted this year, announced Councilman Constantinides last night.
This year 3,617 people cast ballots during the week-long participatory budgeting process to decide how to spend $1 million,…
April 20, By Hannah Wulkan
The Durst Organization, which is currently developing just one of the seven-buildings planned at Halletts Point, is about to start working on the other buildings as a result of the passage of a new tax abatement program contained in the state budget.…
April 20, By Hannah Wulkan
A development firm filed plans with the City yesterday to build a 7 story mixed-use building.
According to the plans, developer Rockfarmer Properties is looking to construct a new building at 25-79 31st Street with 22 residential units and commercial space on the first floor.…
April 19, Staff Report
A Queens man was sentenced to 22 years in prison yesterday for shooting and killing a man outside of a Woodside strip club.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced that 30-year-old Dwayne Johnson of Queens Village was sentenced after pleading guilty to manslaughter for shooting and killing 25-year-old Allah Howell in October 2013 outside Perfection nightclub at 62-05 30th Avenue,…
April 18, Staff Report
Two men broke into a parked van on Northern Boulevard earlier this month and stole more than $5,000 in property, according to police.
The men climbed into the rear of the van that was located near Northern Boulevard and 46th Street on Wednesday,…
April 18, By Hannah Wulkan
The proposed streetcar connecting Queens and Brooklyn along the waterfront may not be a financially viable plan, according to recently released documents.
The planned $2.5 billion Brooklyn-Queens Connector, or BQX, would run parallel to the East River,…
April 17, By Hannah Wulkan
The new Citywide Ferry boats will begin sailing in to Astoria in August.
Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomed the first three of 20 new ferryboats at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park earlier today,…
April 16, Staff Report
A man entered a Chinese restaurant in East Elmhurst Thursday and took off with the tip jar, police said.
The suspect walked into Chopsticks Restaurant, located at 77-18 21st Avenue, and removed the tip jar from the counter.…
April 14, By Hannah Wulkan
Astoria is going green.
In honor of Earth Day on April 22, the Astoria Park Alliance is hosting a park cleanup and festival to celebrate the warm weather and kick off the summer season.…