Jan. 23, 2024 By Maxwell Murray A new fitness center has just arrived in Long Island City, centered on holistic exercise goals, community, and charity. The Trinity gym, located on 11th Street by 44th Avenue, is owned by Irish immigrants Seamus Keane, 34, and John Collins, 36, born out of an idea and an… Read more »
Jan. 23. 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan A former professional boxer, who’s won dozens of brawls in Ireland and New York, opened a new boxing gym in Astoria earlier this month. Donal Ward, the owner and gym’s only trainer, wanted to bring a first of its kind boxing gym to his neighborhood. But the move to… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry No criminality is suspected in the death of a three-month-old infant girl who was found by her mother unconscious and unresponsive inside a migrant shelter in Long Island City on Sunday afternoon. Police from the NYPD 114th Precinct in Astoria and EMS responded to a 911 call of an… Read more »
Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Mount Sinai Health System announced on Tuesday the opening of Mount Sinai Queens-Crescent Street in Astoria, a new outpatient practice offering multispecialty care in a new state-of-the-art facility. Located across the street from Mount Sinai Queens at 30-14 Crescent St., the new location will enhance health care accessibility for… Read more »
Jan. 12, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_71223" align="alignnone" width="680"] Sunnyside Community Sevices is hosting a fundraiser for families who were displaced by a five-alarm fire at the apartment complex on 47th Avenue just before Christmas. Photo by Paul Frangipane[/caption]
Jan. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
Jan. 6, 2024 By zgewelb Jan. 6, 2024 By Amanda Salazar New year, fresh start. Now is a great time to start trying out new ways to keep yourself on track and focused on your work. Whether you’re a student, have a full-time job or are somewhere in between, these nine productivity apps can help… Read more »
Jan. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry Sunnyside residents who were displaced by a massive five-alarm inferno that destroyed their apartment complex just days before Christmas, had their misery compounded Thursday when they were given just a three-hour window to remove their belongings from the burned-out apartments so repairs could begin. The tenants had been notified… Read more »
Jan. 5, 2024 By zgewelb Jan. 5, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Plans were unveiled Thursday for an 8-story, two building development in Astoria. The development, known as Fabric Astoria, will have 99 units spread across two sites–22-54 46th St. and 22-51 45th St. The 45th Street building will consist of 64 rental units. The 46th Street… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2024 By zgewelb Jan. 4, 2024 By Ethan Marshall A total of five affordable housing one-bedroom units in a five-story residential building are now available, with monthly rents starting at $2,400. Located at 21-27 30th Dr. in Astoria, the development features 14 units, with nine being market rate. A lottery is being held… Read more »
Jan. 3, 2024 By zgewelb Jan. 3, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Astoria residents woke up the day after Christmas to find four new trees planted smack in the middle of the sidewalk. The new trees, planted along 29th Street between Broadway and 31st Avenue, came as a surprise since the city generally plants trees alongside curbs. Residents posted pictures of the trees on social media, and they blew up in a local Facebook group and on the r/astoria subreddit page. Many visited the site to take a look for themselves and poke fun at their placement, with some even… Read more »