Sept. 27, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A family-owned pizzeria in Astoria that closed in May after a fire tore through its storefront reopened Monday – with the help of a resident-backed GoFundMe campaign. Retro Pizza Cafe, located at 41-02 Broadway, has started serving customers once again – more than four months after a fire caused… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Allie Griffin Congress Member Carolyn Maloney is calling on state officials to shut down a smokestack at a Long Island City power plant that is the biggest polluting plant in New York. Maloney joined residents of the Queensbridge Houses Saturday to renew their call for the New York State Energy Research… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Allie Griffin A Forest Hills concert featuring hip hop artists Nas and DJ Cassidy last week raised enough money to help a local charity feed nearly 2.5 million New Yorkers for a day. All proceeds from the ‘Concert to Feed NYC’ on Sept. 23 at Forest Hills Stadium were donated to… Read more »
Sept. 27, 2021 By Allie Griffin A block in Astoria was named after the late real estate developer George Kaufman, who restored Astoria Studios in the 1980s — and, in turn, helped revive New York City’s production industry. A section of 35th Avenue, between 35th and 36th Streets, was co-named “George S. Kaufman Way” at… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Sept. 26, 2021, 7:07 PM EDT BY JOSEFA VELASQUEZ Weeks after record rainfall from Hurricane Ida remnants wrecked basement apartments and claimed 13 lives locally, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Bill de Blasio are expected to announce financial aid Monday for undocumented New Yorkers locked out of… Read more »
Sept. 25, 2021 By Christian Murray A 31-year-old man is dead and another man wounded after they were both shot in front of the Astoria Houses NYCHA complex Friday night. Anthony Edwards, a resident of Astoria Houses, was shot in the face in front of the public housing development at around 11:10 p.m. He was… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2021 By Michael Dorgan and Christian Murray The NYC Dept. of Transportation is currently installing a bike boulevard on 39th Avenue in Sunnyside. The QUEENS POST visited 39th Avenue on Wednesday and spoke to several people at random about the plan. The people interviewed happened to be either walking or riding their bikes… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer has secured more than $5.1 million to cover the costs of badly-needed roof repairs at MoMA PS1. The capital funding will allow the Long Island City art institution to make the repairs that the building has needed for nearly a decade. “MoMA PS1’s growth… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2021 By Christian Murray A subway train smashed into a Citi Bike that had been thrown onto the tracks at the Steinway Street station in Astoria Sunday night, police said. A man, who was part of a group of four men and one woman, allegedly threw the bike from street level onto the… Read more »
Sept. 23, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city is opening a new shelter for homeless New Yorkers in an East Elmhurst building that was originally planned to become a hotel. The city is converting a building, located at 112-16 Astoria Blvd., into a shelter for 140 adult families experiencing homelessness, the Department of Social Services… Read more »