Creek Revitalization To The Editor: As 2017 draws to a close we want to thank all our volunteers and supporters for making it such a productive and successful year at NCA. Key accomplishments in revealing, restoring and revitalizing our dear waterway: 1,600+ people engaged in educational events, tours and activities; 12,000+ pounds of debris removed from street ends areas; 2,500+ […]
Hell Gate Centennial Wraps Up Year-Long Celebration With Photo Gallery Exhibit
As 2017 comes to a close, the Hell Gate Bridge Centennial Celebration and the centennial committee gathered for one more event honoring a Queens icon and one of the largest engineering feats in America. At the T Studio at 38-01 23rd Ave., Room 203, photography and history enthusiasts came to the “Celebrating the Hell Gate” photo exhibit featuring more than […]
Dutch Kills Man, 81, Killed In Crash
was in a crosswalk at 31st Street at about 9 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 when a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban traveling southbound on 37th Avenue struck him and crashed into a support column for the elevated subway line. Police found Leano lying on the street with injuries to his head and torso, an NYPD spokesperson said. Leano was taken to […]
Road Improvements Allow Truck Traffic To Ride All Of BQE
The portion of Interstate 278 on the Grand Central Parkway that connects the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) to the Robert F. Kennedy Triborough Bridge dates back to the 1930s and excepting exemptions for smaller trucks, larger trucks were not allowed on the parkway, making Astoria Boulevard a truck route to the bridge. Last May, the four elected officials who represent Astoria, […]
Members Of Amorelli Realty Receive Awards
At the end of the year Holiday Dinner held by the Astoria/LIC Kiwanis Club on December 21, three members of Amorelli Realty received awards. Christina Halvatzis was presented with the Woman of the Year Award for 2017. Two new members of the Astoria/LIC Kiwanis Club, Joseph Vaccaro and Dillon DePinto, both received Rookie of the Year for 2017. Nicholas Zikos […]
THE ORIGINAL BEN’S BEST
The expression “Everything old is new again” could not be truer. Today’s food “trends” emphasize “artisanal, handcrafted, micro-brewed, and small batch.” Well, The Original Ben’s Best Kosher Deli has been making food in the artisanal Kosher tradition for the past 72 years. Original Ben’s Best is the real deal and one of only 16 remaining, traditional Kosher delis where there […]
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Joan Becht WilletteJoan Becht Willette, aka The Enchanted Goddess, is a writer, educator, curator/host and the creatrix of “The Enchanted Goddess Project: A Literary Creative Arts Series” which hosts creative workshops and performances. Some of her work has been published in the Newtown Literary Journal, Siren Magazine, Silver Birch Press and “These Winter Months” anthology. She was also featured in the NYC […]
Queens Kids Shine in TADA!
TADA! Youth Theater, a unique Drama Desk award-winning non-profit youth theater that produces original musicals for children, teens, and family audiences, presents “The Perfect Monster,” January 19 through February 19, at TADA! Youth Theater (located at 15 West 28th Street). Queens children appearing in “The Perfect Monster” include: Sydney Best, 12, as Rattle; JJ DiBartolo, 11, as Jocko; Kahlea Hsu, […]