February 24, Staff Report
A local development firm filed permits to demolish a small one-family home in Astoria, presumably to put up a new residential complex.
According to Building Department records, AKI Development, a group with numerous other projects in Astoria,…
February 24, By Hannah Wulkan
Councilman Costa Constantinides officially announced plans to update street safety and add a public gathering space to Steinway Street today.
In the coming months, Constantinides plans to make improvements to the streetscape to increase safety and form a working group to determine a space for a public plaza,…
February 24, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who robbed an Astoria resident at gunpoint during the early hours Tuesday morning.
Police have released a video of the suspect who approached a 39-year-old man inside the courtyard of his home,…
February 23, By Hannah Wulkan
After several issues with the Department of Taxation and Finance, a local restaurateur is hoping to change the policies for those in debt to the state.
The Dog House, a popular restaurant specializing in gourmet hot dogs at 37-06 30th Avenue in Astoria,…
February 21, By Hannah Wulkan
Two men were hospitalized with stab wounds Monday night in Astoria, with one left in critical condition.
Police responded to a 911 call at 30th Avenue and 38th Street at 10:36 p.m., and arrived to find two men having been stabbed.…
February 21, By Hannah Wulkan
Astoria residents will get to decide how to spend $1 million in the coming months.
Councilman Costa Constantinides announced the launch of the latest round of participatory budgeting today, allowing residents to vote on what improvements they would like to see in the community.…
February 21, By Hannah Wulkan
A popular Astoria restaurant has been shut down for the second time for allegedly failing to pay its taxes.
The New York Dog House at 37-06 30th Avenue was closed down by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance on February 15 for owing $168,323.88 in taxes,…
February 17, By Hannah Wulkan
A new opera company is about to make its debut in Queens.
The Queens Opera Theatre will mark its first-ever performance at the Flushing Town Hall with a free concert on April 15 at 7:30 p.m.,…
February 21, By Hannah Wulkan
The artists who displayed their controversial “He Will Not Divide Us” installation at the Museum of the Moving Image have found a new home for the piece and slammed the Museum for shutting down the project earlier this month.…
Feb. 19, Staff Report
The comment section of the Sunnyside Post is likely to change following an increase in the number of mean-spirited responses in recent times.
The Sunnyside Posts comment section has rarely been moderated and that was largely because of the belief of “free speech,” as well as the share volume of them on a day-to-day basis.…