November 15, By Hannah Wulkan
Dutch Kills Playground is one step closer to undergoing a $4.5 million facelift.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer unveiled the official designs for the upgraded playground today, which is located between 36th and 37th Avenues,…
November 15, By Hannah Wulkan
The W train’s return has received a cool reception from some local politician who claim that Astoria residents are now getting less subway service than before.
In a joint statement released yesterday, Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer and Costa Constantinides condemned the MTA for a reduction in train service to Queens with the return of the W train,…
November 14, By Hannah Wulkan
An influential community organization has put together a list of items it believes should be considered when the city determines how $30 million of improvements should be spent on Astoria Park.
The Astoria Park Alliance,…
November 11, Staff Report
A former Astoria resident was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the 1992 murder of a 23-year-old man, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced yesterday.
The defendant, 44-year-old James Pacheco who formerly lived at 40-08 10th Street,…
November 10, By Hannah Wulkan
The City Council is planning to take a closer look at the emissions and efficiency of power plants throughout the city, 70 percent of which are in Astoria and Long Island City.
For the first time,…
November 10, By Hannah Wulkan
Two single-family homes in Astoria are about to be demolished as the developer aims to cash in by constructing two new apartment buildings.
The developer filed permits in October to demolish two single-family homes at 31-31 and 31-33 30th Street.…
November 9, By Hannah Wulkan
The woman who was pushed in front of a subway train at the Times Square-42nd Street Station on Monday was an Astoria resident.
Connie Watton, 49, was standing on the 1 train platform when 30-year-old Melanie Liverpool of St.…
November 9, By Hannah Wulkan
The presidential election was the focus of much conversation for the last few days and months, but equally important to many residents’ day-to-day lives were the local positions decided yesterday.
The only local seat that saw change was the 30th Assembly District,…
November 11, Staff Report
The City approved a demolition plan for the old Western Beef supermarket in Astoria yesterday, which will make way for a new 210-room hotel.
The site, which runs from 36-12 to 36-32 Steinway Street, will be built up in to a 5-story hotel,…
November 8, By Hannah Wulkan
Astoria residents will have a chance to preserve their memories of the neighborhood in the Queens Library archive this weekend.
As part of the Queens Memory: 50 Years of Integration program, a program focused on preserving the history of Queens,…