The number of classrooms with 30 or more students rose by two percent in city schools this year. In kindergarten through third grade, classrooms with 30 or more children went up 14 percent. “We’re the second most overcrowded district in the city,” said Community District Education Council 30 (CDEC 30) Co- President Jeff Guyton. CDEC 30 unanimously approved a resolution […]
Trinity Lutheran Church Day Trip And Weekend Retreat
Join Pastor Paul and members of the Trinity Lutheran Church Astoria/Long Island City, to Walk the High Line Park and have dinner afterwards. Join the Trinity family on Thursday, July 31, 5:30 p.m. for a visit to this amazing park and dinner afterward (pay your own way). They will meet at W. 30th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues, where […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
Dates & times are subject to change. To list your event, send info to qgazette@aol.com, or 42-16 34th Ave, Astoria 11101, TWO weeks prior to the event. COMMUNITY MEETINGS CLUBS Bella Italia Mia ($5m/ $7nm) Christthe King HS, 3rd Floor, 68-02Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village-Dominick Sabatino: Suor AngelicaJul 13, noon-Magnanini Winery Trip ($80 incl. 6-course meal, dancing, wine tasting)Newburgh NY. Deposit […]
Goldfeder Honors Small Business Of The Month
Assemblymember Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway) honored Boarders Surf Shop, a father-son homegrown local business as June’s Small Business of the Month. Goldfeder presented the owners, Steve Stathis (r.) and Chris Stathis (l.), with an official New York state Assembly Proclamation. Boarders received extensive damage during Superstorm Sandy, but through the help of their staff and family, they reopened their doors and […]
Astoria House Shooting Victims In Stable Condition
On July 3, police responded to a report of a person shot in front of the Astoria Houses at 27-10 8th Street. When police arrived a little after 4:30 p.m., they discovered a 15 year old boy, with a gunshot wound to his shoulder and a 30 year old man, with gunshot wounds to his torso and leg. EMS also […]
Goldfeder Joins Vets At American Legion Post 1847
To kick off the Fourth of July, Assemblymember Phil Goldfeder paid a special thank you to local veterans at the American Legion Post 1847’s Annual Independence Day Breakfast.
Van Bramer Completes 20-Mile Bike Tour De Queens
On July 6, New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer completed Transportation Alternatives’ seventh annual Tour de Queens. Councilmember Van Bramer, his sister and brother-in-law, Kim and Syd Foskew, joined over 1,400 cyclists from around the city for the annual 20-mile borough bike tour which took riders through the neighborhoods of Flushing, East Flushing, Murray Hill, Auburndale, Bayside, […]
Fresh Air Fund Helps Kids Escape Summer In The City
June 30 marked the beginning of Fresh Air summer experiences for thousands of New York City children, including many Queens residents. The excited youngsters left the Port Authority Bus Terminal to visit volunteer host families and enjoy one or two weeks of simple summertime joys such as skipping rocks across a lake, running barefoot through the grass, roasting marshmallows, and […]
Make Music New York In Woodhaven
The Woodhaven Business Improvement District celebrated “Make Music New York” with the live music of Plastic Soul. (L. to r.); The four members of Plastic Soul joined Maria Thomson, Woodhaven Business Improvement District/Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation executive director; GWDC/WBID staff members, Kris, Lina, Nick and Lisa. It was an evening with “dancing in the streets”.
QC Godwin-Ternbach Museum Receives Warhol Silkscreens
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has given the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College seven color silkscreen prints by the celebrated pop artist. This follows the 2008 donation of 150 original Warhol Polaroid snapshots and gelatin silver prints, timed to honor the 20th anniversary of the foundation. Through its Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program, more than 28,000 original […]