January 26, By Hannah Wulkan
Six people were arrested in Astoria over the weekend after police discovered several firearms and drugs at an apartment while responding to a call about an assault.
On Sunday around 1:30 a.m., several officers responded to a call following an alleged assault near 24th Avenue and 21st Street.…
January 24, Staff Report
An Astoria dentist office will be offering free dental care to uninsured patients one day next week.
Steinway Family Dental Center, located at 32-50 Steinway Street, will offer a free day of care to uninsured patients from 10 a.m.…
January 24, By Hannah Wulkan
Seven people were arrested yesterday for participating in a prescription drug scheme that involved forging prescriptions from an Astoria physician’s office and using them to put more than $3 million in pain killers on the street.…
January 23, By Hannah Wulkan
Nearly 40 tenants who were notified in November that they were being evicted from an Astoria dormitory-style building are starting to fight back.
The tenants who live at the New York School of Urban Ministry,…
January 23, Staff Report
Residents of Queensbridge Houses gathered last week to celebrate a full year without any gun violence on the 3,142-unit complex.
On Thursday, the public housing complex– the largest in North America–celebrated the first full 365 day stretch without gun violence in over a decade.…
January 20, By Hannah Wulkan
The cost to rent an apartment in Astoria continues to climb, according to a recent report release by the real estate research firm MNS.
The average price to rent an Astoria apartment jumped 4.3 percent over the past year,…
January 20, By Hannah Wulkan
Celebrity Jaden Smith kicked off a participatory art piece outside of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria this morning titled “HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US,” which will be in place to film people repeating the title phrase for the next four years to protest the presidency of Donald Trump.…
January 19, By Christian Murray
The Department of City Planning will present its analysis of the Queens Plaza/Court Square district at a public meeting January 31, representing a major step in its attempt to upzone the area in order to make provision for affordable housing.…
January 18, By Hannah Wulkan
Community Board 1 voted last night to support two zoning variances that would permit the owner of two existing billboards to use them for advertising purposes in a residential section of the neighborhood.
The billboards are owned by Outfront Media and the advertisements would go up at 69-25 and 49-23 Astoria Boulevard across from Saint Michael’s Cemetery.…
January 18, Staff Report
Police are searching for three suspects who stole packages and cash from the same Astoria apartment building twice last week.
Two men and a woman entered an apartment building on 30th Street around 3:53 p.m.…