Sept. 16, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The fourth annual Astoria Film Festival (AFF) is set to take place next month and will feature dozens of short films, web series and podcasts. The festival, which will be a mix of in-person and online events, will run from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31. There will be a… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A multinational bakery chain will be opening a café on Jackson Avenue before the end of the year. Paris Baguette, a Korean-based global franchise that serves cakes, pastries, sandwiches and coffee, will be opening at 27-35 Jackson Ave. in mid to late December, according to a company spokesperson. The… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Police have released a shocking video of a mugger brazenly hit a 77-year-old woman in Astoria on Sunday – while robbing the senior of her handbag that contained a bible and cash. The unsettling footage, captured on a cellphone by a passerby at around noon, shows the pair tussle… Read more »
Sept. 13, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A concert that features a group of local musicians playing Broadway hits is coming to Sunnyside this Saturday. The concert, called Bravissimo Broadway, will take place on Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. at the Sunnyside Reformed Church, located at 48-03 Skillman Ave. The musicians will perform a number of… Read more »
Sept. 13, 2021 By Michael Dorgan An alleged hit-and-run driver who plowed into a dirt bike rider and man on a moped on the Long Island Expressway while drunk early Saturday – killing one of them and injuring another – has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an incident. Jorge Serrano,… Read more »
Sept. 9, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Two new businesses are set to open in Long Island City where a popular comedy club was located for more than a decade. A boxing fitness studio and a Thai restaurant will be moving into the Jackson Avenue space previously occupied by the Creek and the Cave, a comedy… Read more »
Sept. 9, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A large indoor soccer complex is set to open in Astoria this fall. The facility, which will be 10,000 square feet in size, is expected to open in a single-story industrial building at 36-39 35th St. The new complex will be operated by Socceroof, a Brooklyn-based company that currently… Read more »
Sept. 8, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The Taste of Sunnyside, an annual event that aims to showcase the diverse restaurant mix of the neighborhood, will return this year with a new twist given COVID-19. The annual event, which was canceled last year due to the pandemic, is being revamped as a restaurant/bar crawl as opposed… Read more »
Sept. 7, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A man who allegedly punched two 19-year-old men in an apparent anti-gay attack on a subway train in Long Island City in July has been collared by police. Jonathan Santos, 33, was arrested Tuesday for the attack – in which he also allegedly struck a woman who tried to… Read more »
Sept. 7, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A new law aimed at protecting employees from contracting COVID-19 by improving workplace safety standards went into effect Monday – after months of delays. The law, called the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO), requires businesses to implement a range of safety standards in order to prevent… Read more »