December 12, By Hannah Wulkan
Several politicians held a press conference Friday to call on local power plant operators to stop burning toxic fuel oil, citing public health risks.
The elected officials, who gathered near the Ravenswood power plan on Vernon Avenue,…
December 12, By Christian Murray
Nearly 40 residents who live in an Astoria faith-based housing facility received an eviction notice Nov. 28 telling them to vacate their 46th Street building by the end of the year.
The residents, many of whom have lived in the dorm-style rooms for years,…
December 9, Staff Report
A local Astoria woman will have her moment in the spotlight next week.
Chelsea Cohen, a production editor at Simon & Schuster publishing company, will be a guest on Jeopardy next Thursday. The episode will air on ABC at 7 p.m.…
December 8, By Hannah Wulkan
The Parks Department officially broke ground on the nearly $6 million renovation of Astoria Heights Playground this morning.
The renovation of the park, located on 30th Road between 45th and 46th Street, will update the entire site for the first time in over 20 years,…
December 8, Staff Report
A two-family house located at 25-18 32nd Street is likely to be transformed into a six-story mixed use building, according to records filed with the building department yesterday.
The developer, Astoria 28 LLC, filed plans to enlarge the existing structure,…
December 7, By Hannah Wulkan
The NYPD and the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested a doctor last Thursday who allegedly sold over 23,000 medically unnecessary oxycodone prescriptions out of his offices in Astoria and Jamaica.
Emmanuel Lambrakis, 69, allegedly earned about $2.5 million between January 2011 and December 2016 by selling prescriptions for the highly addictive narcotic opioid over the course of 5 years,…
December 6, Staff Report
Eleven people were injured in a crash on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge early this morning, according to an FDNY spokesman.
The crash occurred at 3:08 a.m. on the Queens side of the bridge. An FDNY spokesman did not have details as to how the crash occurred or how many cars were involved at press time.…
December 5, By Hannah Wulkan
Anti-gay graffiti reading “kill fags + dykes” was posted on a bus shelter in Astoria over the weekend.
The hateful message was scrawled on an advertisement for a gay pride celebration posted at the bus stop at Steinway Street and 31st Avenue.…
December 5, Staff Report
Michael, a popular crafts store located at 51-09 Northern Boulevard, was burglarized last week, according to police.
Thieves broke into the store Thursday night and stole $8,900 in cash from the safe.
Police were unable to provide details on how the thieves were able to get in to the safe.…
December 1, By Hannah Wulkan
Another apartment building is going to go up on Broadway.
A new seven-story building with 19 units will be rising at 25-28 Broadway, according to plans filed with the city yesterday.
The new building will be 74 feet tall and have 19 apartments on the top five floors,…