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LinkNYC kiosks, offering wifi and phone charging, about to go up in Astoria

March 23, By Hannah Wulkan

Several kiosks offering Wi-Fi and cellphone charging will be going up in Astoria in the coming weeks.

The city will be installing about three LinkNYC kiosks to replace old payphones along Broadway that are slated to be up and running in April,…

Dog House reopens after working out tax difficulties with New York State

March 23, By Hannah Wulkan

A trendy hotdog restaurant has reopened and is looking to expand its offerings after being shut down for owing back taxes earlier this year.

The New York Dog House, located at 37-06 30th Avenue and known for its specialty hotdogs with unique toppings,…

Astoria Sports Complex’ expansion plans, which would come with ice rink and soccer field, gets thumbs up from Community Board

March 22, By Hannah Wulkan

A local business man got a step closer to approval for a plan to massively expand his sports facility last night, bringing in a full-sized indoor hockey rink and soccer field to Astoria.

Community Board 1 voted last night to support the owner’s plan to add two floors to the Astoria Sports Complex at 34-38 38th Street,…

Several local Radio Shack stores are closing

March 21, By Hannah
Wulkan

Several local Radio Shack stores are shutting down following the company filing for bankruptcy last month.

As part of a court filing in Delaware, the electronics store released a list of 365 branches it plans to shut down by the end of the month,…

Two Astoria houses to get demolished to make room for apartment buildings

March 21, Staff Report

Two new apartment buildings with a total of 20 new residential units will be going up in Astoria.

According to building records, two separate developers filed plans to build new apartment buildings in different parts Astoria yesterday,…

Vandal scrawls homophobic message on Astoria legislators’ building

March 20, By Christian Murray

A homophobic slur that was scrawled in blue ink was discovered on the wall of the building that houses two Astoria legislators this morning.

The graffiti, which read ‘Obama f..t,” was found in two places on the 31-19 Newtown Avenue building,…

LIC man who threw dog out of window sentenced to a year in prison

March 16, By Hannah Wulkan

A man who lives on the border of Long Island City and Astoria was sentenced to a year in prison for dropping his dog out of a third story window last summer, announced Queens District Attorney Richard Brown today.…