September 23, By Hannah Wulkan
Whether looking for a serious political discussion or some lighthearted mockery to pair with the first presidential debate on Monday night, several local establishments have you covered with watch parties.
The events will showcase the candidates going head to head on TV for the first time but with comedians,…
September 23, Staff Report
Steinway Street will soon see more construction as the development boom continues.
A 3-story mixed-use building located at 31-53 and 31-55 Steinway Street in Astoria was bought by a real estate development company for $7,450,000 in July.…
September 23, By Hannah Wulkan
The W train is returning to Queens.
Beginning on November 7 the W train, which was discontinued in 2010 due to MTA budget cuts, will start up again and will take the place of the Q train on the tracks in Astoria and Long Island City.…
September 22, By Hannah Wulkan
An activist group will lead a march through the streets of Astoria Saturday in the hopes of shutting down the Rikers Island prison complex for good.
The march will culminate with a rally at the foot of the bridge to Rikers as part of the #CLOSErikers campaign,…
September 21, By Hannah Wulkan
A popular ride sharing service will now also deliver food directly to your doorstep.
Uber announced this morning that it has expanded its UberEATS app in to Queens for the first time, covering Astoria,…
September 21, By Hannah Wulkan
Astoria’s landscape will continue to expand upward as a single story discount store in Astoria will be replaced by a seven story mixed-use building with apartments and retail space.
The site for the new building,…
September 20, Staff Report
Burnside Biscuits has closed its doors just over a year after it opened.
The southern-themed restaurant, located at 32-07 30th Avenue, opened last July and was backed by the owner Bareburger Euripides Pelekanos. It announced last week via several of its social media channels that it would close for good on September 19.…
September 20, By Hannah Wulkan
Pita Pan, a popular Mediterranean restaurant on 30th Avenue, has been closed by the Health Department for sanitary violations.
The restaurant, located at 37-15 30th Avenue, was closed after accumulating 48 violation points at the inspection last Thursday,…
September 16, By Hannah Wulkan
Socrates Sculpture Park is working to bring in a permanent installation to the park—an office building.
The park, a hybrid public space/museum, was founded 30 years ago on an old landfill as a place for artists to display large-scale installations.…
September 14, By Hannah Wulkan
The defunct diving pool in Astoria Park is back in the spotlight again.
In 2014 the Parks department announced that it would fill in the diving pool and create a performance space, but a local Astoria resident has started a petition to restore the diving pool to its former glory.…