March 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan American Brass, an upscale restaurant in Long Island City that opened just days before the pandemic struck in March 2020, is getting ready to welcome diners back to enjoy its stunning waterfront views as well as its high-end cuisine. The views at the Hunters Point eatery had been obstructed… Read more »
March 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Van Morrison, the Grammy Award-winning singer and musician, has announced he will perform a concert at Forest Hills Stadium later this year. Morrison, 76, will take to the stage on Sep. 10 at the 13,000-capacity venue as part of a U.S. tour, he announced Monday. The Forest Hills concert… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan It was one of the greatest upsets of all time in world soccer. In 2004, no-hopers Greece defied odds of 300-to-1 to win the European Championships for the first time in its history — and now residents in Astoria can relive the famous victory on the silver screen. A… Read more »
March 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The ever-popular Queens Night Market will return for its seventh year next month. The weekly food festival, which showcases the culinary diversity of Queens each Saturday, will return beginning April 16 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park with dozens of vendors confirmed to take part. The cost of entry for… Read more »
March 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A man was fatally struck by a subway train in Astoria Thursday afternoon after slipping off the platform while urinating on the tracks. The 27-year-old victim fell in front of an R train at around 3:35 p.m. as it pulled into the 46th Street station, according to police. The… Read more »
March 14, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Two armed men pulled a man out of his vehicle at gunpoint early Monday morning just feet away from a Woodside elementary school. The driver, 45, was sitting in a Toyota Corolla outside 57-14 Woodside Ave. — situated across the street from St. Sebastian’s Catholic Elementary School — when… Read more »
March 14, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a knife-wielding man who robbed a woman at the Queens Plaza subway station Sunday. The incident comes just a little over two weeks since a homeless man brutally robbed and attacked a 57-year-old woman with a hammer as she walked down a flight of steps… Read more »
March 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Residents living in the densely populated area of Queens Plaza will soon be getting a new public park. The park, which will be around a half-acre in size, will open early next year next to Sven, a 71-story luxury building located in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island… Read more »
March 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A lifelong Astoria resident has opened a new café and bakery on 31st Street – nearly three years after signing a lease on the premises. The new establishment, called Elevenses, opened last month at The World Artisan Market, a repurposed warehouse building located at 34-39 31st St. Elevenses is one… Read more »
March 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An Astoria accounting professor who owns a local tax consultancy firm was sentenced to 14 months in prison Wednesday for preparing bogus tax returns — following a sting operation conducted by undercover investigators. Ahmed Abdelhalim, who teaches at LaGuardia Community College, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court after pleading… Read more »