May 11, Staff Report
The police are looking for three suspects wanted for stealing a woman’s bag from an Astoria bar last month.
The suspects allegedly grabbed the woman’s bag from a hook inside Break Bar & Billiards, located at 32-04 Broadway,…
May 10, By Jason Cohen
A new Mexican restaurant with a Spanish twist opened in Astoria Thursday.
Lunera, located at 32-25 Steinway Street, offers a large menu created by Jose Ignacio Sanchez, the executive chef at the Spanish Embassy.…
May 10, Staff Report
The N train will not be running in Astoria for eight weekends this summer so the MTA can replace switches and do track work.
The MTA said the N line will not be making stops between Queens Plaza and Astoria-Ditmars Blvd from 12:01 am Saturdays to 5 am Mondays in both direction directions.…
May 9, By Jason Cohen
Local historians who are looking to preserve an historic Astoria house are not backing down despite the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s (LPC) decision last month determining that it did not meet the criteria to be saved.…
May 8, Staff Report
An Astoria pizzeria has been temporarily shut down by the Health Department.
Fat Cats Pizza, located at 32-20 34th Avenue, was shut down on May 2 for racking up 53 violation points during a standard health inspection.…
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May 5, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed his penis to a 13-year-old girl in Astoria last month who was on her way to school.
The allegedly perpetrator approached the school girl in front of 29-22 36th Avenue at around 7:40 am on Friday April 7,…
May 4, By Jason Cohen
The vandal who has been scrawling homophobic graffiti throughout Astoria this year struck again Tuesday night.
The latest incident, scrawled in black paint over garage doors on 23rd Street (between 28th and 29th Avenues),…
May 4, By Jason Cohie
An enraged livery driver who felt he had been cut off by a yellow cab driver in Astoria Tuesday night stabbed the cabbie in a fit of road rage, police said.
The livery driver was traveling southbound on Crescent Street,…
April 24, By Hannah Wulkan
Astoria movie buffs will have the chance to watch eight movies that celebrate the diversity of the borough this summer.
Socrates Sculpture Park will kick of the 19th annual Outdoor Cinema series on July 5,…