April 9, 2018 By Tara Law Longtime Astoria event venue Riccardo’s by the Bridge reopened two days after being temporarily closed by the Health Department. The venue, located at 21-01 24th Ave., was closed on April 3 after the health inspector gave it 43 sanitary violations points. Riccardo’s was permitted to reopen after it passed an… Read more »
April 9, 2018 By Tara Law A city employee was arrested after attacking her girlfriend— and the police officer who arrived to arrest her— at the Giorgio Hotel in Long Island City/Astoria yesterday. Human Resources Administration employee Octayvia Scott, 26, was arrested around 2:05 p.m. after an argument with her 26-year-old girlfriend at the 38-60… Read more »
April 9, 2018 By Tara Law An unidentified man was killed Sunday morning after jumping in front of a Manhattan-bound R train at the Steinway Street subway station. A train operator told police that he saw the man jump from the platform shortly before 9:55 a.m. but was unable to stop. The man was declared… Read more »
April 6, 2018 By Tara Law An urgent care medical center will open next to the Ditmars train station this spring. CityMD, which has a network of 85 centers in New York/New Jersey and Seattle, is scheduled to open its eighth Queens location at 22-48 31st Street in late April or early May. This will… Read more »
April 6, 2018 By Christian Murray A number of stores by the Ditmars Boulevard station will be demolished in order for a new building to go up that will house Target. The stores to be bulldozed are located in a two-story brick building on 31st Street–between 23rd Avenue and Ditmars Boulevard–and include Subway, Kapil bodega,… Read more »
April 6, 2018 By Tara Law Police are searching for three men who robbed a woman of her headphones at the 46th St. (M/R) subway station in Astoria on March 28. The woman, 18, was standing on the R train platform at around 11:39 p.m. when the men approached her, police say. One of the… Read more »
April 5, 2018 By Tara Law Community mainstay Riccardo’s By the Bridge has been closed temporarily by the Health Department. The 67-year-old banquet hall and caterer, located at 21-01 24th Ave., is known for hosting weddings, anniversary parties and other events. The space was closed after receiving 43 violation points in an inspection on April… Read more »
April 4, 2018 By Tara Law An Astoria hotdog and burger joint with a track record of tax department shutdowns has closed for good. New York Dog House, which opened at 37-06 30th Ave. in 2012, announced Monday that it has closed in a message on Facebook. The restaurant was known for serving burgers, signature cocktails,… Read more »
April 4, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The city could abandon de Blasio’s BQX project—a 16-mile street level light-rail along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront—if studies determine the plan to be infeasible, according to a Daily News report. A report published by the News yesterday quotes Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, who spoke at NYU’s Rudin Center… Read more »
April 4, 2018 By Tara Law Police are searching for a 19-year-old woman who vanished in Astoria on Monday. Noor Al Hemyari, who is from Chicago, was last seen at 33-05 29th Street at around 8:40 a.m., police said. Al Hemyari is approximately 5 foot 4 inches tall and about 110 pounds, with black hair… Read more »