Feb. 23, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A number of Queens City Council members have called on the DOT to install a series of new traffic calming measures at the Astoria intersection where a 7-year-old girl was fatally struck by an SUV last week. Council members Julie Won, Tiffany Cabán and Selvena Brooks-Powers, wrote to the… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Curtis Sliwa, the 2021 GOP mayoral nominee and the founder of the Guardian Angels, has launched a new political club in Astoria Queens aimed at breaking up the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) stronghold in western Queens, he announced in a release Wednesday. The new group, which Sliwa…
Feb. 21, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Residents continue to mourn the death of a 7-year-old girl who was fatally struck by an SUV in Astoria Friday, Feb. 17, with many calling on the city to make the intersection where she died safer. Dolma Naadhum was hit by a 2021 Ford Explorer at the intersection of… Read more »
Feb. 21, 2023 By Danielle Louie The Queens real estate investment sales market recorded 659 transactions, totaling over $4.4 billion dollars in 2022, according to a report from Ariel Property Advisors. “Investment activity in Queens was fueled by the first half of 2022 which was the best half-year ever, both in transaction and dollar volume,” said…
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Feb. 20, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The site of a large gas turbine site in northern Astoria has been sold to an offshore wind developer and Senator Chuck Schumer has praised the deal saying it is an example of “climate justice.” The Astoria Gas Turbines, which is situated on 20th Avenue in the Ditmars section… Read more »
Feb. 18, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb A 7-year-old girl died after being struck by a car that allegedly ran through a stop sign in Astoria, according to authorities. Officers from the 114th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian struck at the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th…
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Feb. 14, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The operators of a restaurant in Astoria are on a mission to track down a pair of newlyweds who danced and dined inside the premises shortly after getting married last week — and they want to offer the couple a year’s supply of doner kebabs. The couple visited German Doner… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2023 By Sarah Belle Lin Call it a match ground and grilled in a fit of fiery heat. Such is the burning passion that a kebab restaurant in Astoria, Queens, is displaying as it launches the search of a lifetime for the newlywed couple who recently visited their restaurant and danced a “first… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A man was shot while in a car in Astoria early Saturday, Feb. 11, the second shooting in the neighborhood in under 12 hours. The victim, 23, was riding in a Mercedes Benz on 33rd Street, between 30th Avenue and 28th Road, when a suspect fired multiple shots into… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A man was shot near the Astoria Houses NYCHA complex Friday, Feb. 10, and the suspect remains at large. The victim, a 33-year-old man, was shot in the left leg while in the vicinity of Astoria Boulevard and 8th Street at around 4:25 p.m., police said. The alleged shooter… Read more »