Oct. 27, 2021 By Christian Murray The streets of Sunnyside Gardens will be closed for a few hours Sunday night to make way for approximately 1,000 kids who will be trick-or-treating. The annual Halloween event through Sunnyside Gardens will return this year in full force after the pandemic crimped festivities last year. “I’m expecting 1,000… Read more »
Oct. 27, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A facility offering indoor beach volleyball—as well as a bar and lounge area—will be opening in Sunnyside in the coming months. The establishment, which will be 17,000 square feet in size, is opening on the ground floor of an industrial building at 41-20 39th St.—across the street from the… Read more »
Oct. 27, 2021 By Allie Griffin The state has rejected a controversial proposal put forward by a Houston-based energy company to build a natural gas power plant in Astoria. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation denied permits sought by NRG Energy to revamp its 50-year-old Astoria Generating Station on 20th Avenue by replacing… Read more »
Oct. 27, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A new store selling discounted home décor products has opened in Woodside. Kavka Designs, a New York-based business, opened its first brick-and-mortar store last month at 43-26 52nd St. The business had been operating solely online. The company, which was established in 2016 by husband-and-wife duo Chintan Singh and… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin A beloved music teacher at an Astoria Catholic school was fired from his teaching position earlier this month after the diocese learned he married his longtime boyfriend. Matthew LaBanca was let go from both his teaching position at St. Joseph Catholic Academy and his position as the music director… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2021 By Allie Griffin A mixed-income housing lottery has opened for 270 units in a new development on the Long Island City waterfront. The city is accepting applications for units in the mixed-use, two-tower development known as Gotham Point. The 270 apartments up for grabs are located in one of the two waterfront… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2021 By Max Parrott The Department of Transportation unveiled its plan for 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights last week and residents learned that the stretch will not be converted into a car-free linear park. Instead, the agency presented a plan to Community Board 3 on Oct. 21 to turn the 1.3-mile corridor that… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2021 By Allie Griffin An Astoria assembly member has joined a hunger strike taking place outside City Hall in support of taxi drivers fighting for debt relief. Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani and more than a dozen yellow cab drivers are on day three of a hunger strike they started Wednesday to demand the… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A group of Astoria business owners and a non-profit are putting up a Christmas tree in Athens Square Park once again this year—and are hosting a fundraising event on Wednesday, Oct. 27 to raise funds for the initiative. The group, which is comprised of Greek-American and Italian-American business owners,… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Oct. 5, 2021, 7:45 p.m. BY Rachel Holliday Smith and Samantha Maldonado The city is not just choosing a new mayor in November. This fall, New York voters must also decide on five proposed changes to the state constitution. Five ballot proposals are up for a vote… Read more »