May 3, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Elected leaders and community activists will be rallying next week to prevent the demolition of the Key Food store on 31st Street, which is one of several stores slated to be demolished along the strip to make room for Target. The rally, to take place at 2:45 p.m. on May… Read more »
May 2, 2019 By Meghan Sackman An American craft cocktail bar with a catchy name has opened on 23rd Avenue in Astoria. Bad Ass Bar, located at 26-17 23rd Ave, held its grand opening party yesterday and is offering carefully curated craft cocktails. The establishment’s logo is a donkey and its owner decided to name the… Read more »
April 30, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer has joined several local organizations in calling for separate pedestrian and cycling paths on the Queensboro Bridge after increasingly crowded conditions have led to serious injuries. Van Bramer, along with Transportation Alternatives, Bike New York, the Court Square Civic Association, and many community… Read more »
April 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Two Albany lawmakers are asking for support on newly proposed legislation that would ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores across New York State, while allowing for shelter and rescue animals to be featured in the stores. Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal and State Senator Michael… Read more »
April 26, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police arrested two men at a Woodside motel Thursday wanted in connection with a string of armed robberies that took place in Astoria and Woodside over the past two months. Police arrested Khyrel Ware, 21, of Long Island City, and Luis Martinez, 19, of Astoria, and charged them both with multiple… Read more »
April 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan An all new state-of-the-art learning annex will replace the beaten-up classroom trailers at Astoria’s P.S. 85. Council Member Costa Constantinides, educators and community leaders were joined by parents today at the 23-70 31st Street school to announce the plans for the new building. The annex will seat 476 students… Read more »
April 24, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A developer has filed plans with the Department of Buildings for an 8-story, 31-unit residential building on Broadway. The building, which would be built on the vacant 7,500 square foot lot located at 14-41 Broadway, would be 80 feet tall and encompass 24,206 square feet. The structure, currently located between… Read more »
April 24, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police are searching for two men who allegedly committed seven robberies at gunpoint or with a knife in Astoria and Woodside in the past two months. Police named the suspects as Khyrel Ware, 21, and Luis Martinez, 19. The NYPD released photos of the pair based on prior arrests. The… Read more »
April 23, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Residents voted to revitalize the Astoria branch of the Queens Library, upgrade local schools and add more bus countdown clocks when they went to the polls last month to determine how $1 million of city capital should be spent in the district via a process called Participatory Budgeting. Participatory Budgeting… Read more »
April 19, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Kinship Coffee, a small batch, artisanal coffee shop run by an Astoria couple, opened its third Astoria location last week. The new cafe, located at 30-10 Broadway, is just a few steps away from the Broadway N/W subway station. The 450-square-foot locale focuses on highlighting the taste of carefully… Read more »