The next meeting of Community Board 1 District Service Cabinet will be held Thursday, May 13 at 10 a.m. at the Kaufman Astoria Studios, 34-12 36 St., 3rd floor conference room. The agenda will include District Manager Lucille Hartmann’s Report on the Noguchi Museum’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, Green Shores, Astoria Park’s “It’s My Park Day” and “Astoria Water Walk” as […]
R.F.K Bridge Lane Closing
One lane out of three on the ramp from Queens leading to the Manhattan span of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic around-the-clock for approximately five weeks starting Monday, May 3 to allow for roadway repairs in the center lane. These closures will affect all traffic going from Queens into Manhattan. Motorists are advised to […]
Recycling For The 21st Century
Following the introduction of a comprehensive legislative package to expand and improve recycling programs in the five boroughs, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, together with Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Committee Chair Letitia James, City Councilmember Jessica Lappin and City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. joined the announcement at Astoria Park on May 10 to discuss important legislation that […]
Vallone Jr. Calls For Subway Surveillance Cameras
At the first Public Safety Committee hearing following the recent Times Square bomb scare, Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. (D–Astoria), committee chairman, called for swift installation of subway surveillance cameras in the entire underground transit system. “Nearly 10 years have passed since the September 11 (World Trade Center attack) and we still don’t have working cameras in many subway stations,” Vallone […]
Moonstruck Diner Comes To Queens
Following decades of success in Manhattan with four locations, the Moonstruck Diner has reached Astoria to the delight of this vibrant community. Opened just four weeks ago, this ultra-modern eatery is decorated in slate gray with smoked glass and steel tables with white chairs and retro wallpaper. The sleek interior lets you know this is not your mom and pop […]
Crystal Exports Windows For Upscale Development In China
Crystal Window & Door Systems, 31-10 Whitestone Expwy., in Flushing, recently began shipment of one of its most popular vinyl window products to a new residential development under construction in a truly different location – mainland China. Bucking the national trend across all industries of ever-increasing overseas imports, Crystal stands apart through its export of made-in-America windows to China. Crystal […]
New Exhibit Celebrates Bayside’s Historic Women
The Bayside Historical Society paid homage to the many important women who helped shape Bayside over the past three hundred years in the new exhibit entitled, The Women of Bayside. More than 150 people turned out for the grand opening on May 2 at the society’s headquarters at the Officers Club in Fort Totten, Bayside. “All of these women in […]
Community Meetings
Community Meetings Dates & times are subject to change, call to confirm. Associations May 13, 7:30 p.m., Dutch Kills Civic; Growing Up Green School, 39-37 28th St., 718.786.2049. May 13, 7 p.m., United Forties Civic; St. Teresa’s Parish Center, 50-22 45th St., Woodside; 718.392.0416. May 19, 8 p.m., Whitestone Veterans Memorial @ American Legion Post 131; May 30, @ St. Luke’s Church; May […]
Pulpit
All Nations Baptist: •Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., for three months, free English classes which have already begun, registration required, limited space, 86-76 80th St., Woodhaven; 718.296.2025. **** All Saints’: •May 22, Saturday, 11 a.m. Penny social, drawings, refreshments, fun. •Jun. 12, Saturday. Vendors wanted for strawberry fair in Sunnyside, call for information. •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, boys/girls ages […]
2010 Karpenisi Organization Awards
In our turbulent times, scholarships are being limited to our middle class college students. Many of our community and political leaders instead of standing by our middle class, have forgotten them, because they are not attending Ivy League colleges or cannot aid them in their aspirations. The basis of the Greek-American Society has been our middle class businesspersons. They stand […]