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,…
April 29, By Christian Murray
Plans to overhaul the Queensbridge Park House were unveiled Thursday, with city officials announcing that $3 million will be spent on redoing the dilapidated space that has been out of use for decades.
The Park’s old field house,…
April 27, Staff Report
A large Chinese restaurant located on the border of Sunnyside and Long Island City has been temporarily shut down by the Health Department.
New Grand Buffet, a spacious sit-down Chinese restaurant located at 34-45 48th Street,…
April 26, By Christian Murray
Homophobic graffiti was sprayed on yet another Astoria building this week in what has become a widespread pattern.
The graffiti, scrawled in black paint over garage doors on 23rd Street (between 28th and 29th Avenues),…
April 24, By Hannah Wulkan
A local restaurateur is opening up a new upscale diner and market in the old Astor Bake Shop storefront.
When it opens in a few months, Astoria Provisions, at 12-23 Astoria Boulevard, will check many culinary boxes,…
April 24, By Hannah Wulkan
A group of local politicians will host a rally to call for new initiatives to combat climate change later this week.
Councilman Costa Constantinides, along with other Astoria officials, will host a Climate Change Rally on Shore Boulevard near the Astoria Park Great Lawn on Friday at 6:30 p.m.…
April 21, By Hannah Wulkan
Astoria will see six projects funded through the participatory budgeting process after a record number of people voted this year, announced Councilman Constantinides last night.
This year 3,617 people cast ballots during the week-long participatory budgeting process to decide how to spend $1 million,…