July 7, By Jackie Strawbridge
The annual Astoria Park Waterfront Concert Series kicks off Thursday, bringing new bands and crowd favorites to the Great Lawn.
From jazz to doo wop to disco, performances will run for six consecutive Thursdays starting at 7:30 p.m.…
July 6, By Jackie Strawbridge
Time Warner Cable will absorb the former Lefkos Pyrgos bakery and neighboring stores to open a new retail location.
Located at 31-01 23rd Ave., the new Time Warner Cable store will be “a smaller version” of the company’s flagship store in Manhattan’s Flatiron district,…
July 3, By Christian Murray
The police have arrested a man who allegedly robbed an Astoria bank on Monday while in a wheelchair.
Kelvin Dennison, 23, of Queens, was arrested Thursday on robbery charges after the police received several tips after CrimeStoppers posted a video of the suspect shortly after the incident.…
July 3, By Michael Florio
The owner of a popular Astoria gym opened an indoor cycling studio on Steinway Street last year.
Lisa Eskenazi, the owner of Simply Fit Astoria, a gym that has been located at 37-16 Astoria Blvd for the past four years,…
July 3, By Christian Murray
A retired firefighter who was a member of Battalion 49 in Astoria won $5 million after buying a scratch-off lottery ticket in Sunnyside.
Carmelo Mercado, 63, who retired from the FDNY after suffering lung ailments from Sept.…
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uly 2, By Jackie Strawbridge
Donato’s on Broadway is papered up and may soon transform into a new eatery.
The Italian bistro, located at 34-02 Broadway, came into the neighborhood in 2012.
Owner Pablo Calle has also run a restaurant of the same name in Woodside for almost two decades.…
July 1, By Michael Florio
Astoria, are you ready to dance?
Reflexion Dance & Fitness, a new dance and fitness studio, is scheduled to open this month and will be operating out of the Greek Culture Center at 26-80 30th Street,…
July 1, By Jackie Strawbridge
Astoria resident Bill Antonio has been playing soccer in the neighborhood all his life, but rarely on a real soccer field.
Among local players and coaches, he said, “that’s always the forefront of our conversations: what are we going to do about a field?”
He ran through the options: the free-for-all “patch of grass” at Astoria Park;…
June 30, By Michael Florio
An NYPD officer who attempted to pay for sex now faces up to a year in jail after being caught in an undercover sting operation.
The fired officer, Luis Gutierrez, 39, approached a dancer,…
June 30, By Jackie Strawbridge
The Parks Department is standing by its controversial decision to remove a mini-pool from Astoria Heights Playground.
Parks is working on a more than $3 million redesign plan for the playground, which will include the replacement of the playground’s 3-foot deep pool with a spray shower,…