Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden Serves Up Family Fun This Summer, With A Side Of Cold Brews
The crowd that gathered at Astoria’s Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden last Thursday night was one as eclectic as the neighborhood that surrounds it –…
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Date Night – A Metropolitan Experience
For all of those who think it’s too difficult to put together a night of good food and entertainment right here in our own backyard,…
Relaxing With Beers And Bratwursts At Astoria’s Studio Square
The Garden at Studio Square in Astoria was described by Jonathan Wallace, a 27-year-old who lives nearby the establishment, as “the new Yankee Stadium of…
Queens Vets Seek Help With Disability Benefits, Jobs At Maspeth HS
The veterans who filed into Maspeth High School on Monday have known hardship. They’ve known what it is to serve in conflicts across the globe,…
Fabulous Food And Fun In Rye
Ok, come on. Admit it. You know they are dangerous, illegal and you don’t want the kids messing around with them, but you still love…
After Deadly Accident Killed Glendale Grandfather, Family Asks Public For Help
Antonino Ferruccio had a lot to look forward to: celebrating his upcoming 60th birthday and 35th wedding anniversary, spending time with his tight-knit family –…
Cutting The Red Tape: Legislation Paves Way For Rebuilding After Sandy
Armed with signs emblazoned with such phrases as, “We are done keeping calm,” and “Gov. Cuomo: Let the rebuilding of homes and hearts begin,” the…
Drained By Commutes, Residents Rally For Reactivating Rockaway Rail
Fed up with two-hour commutes from Rockaway to Manhattan and buses that are consistently overcrowded and late – or entirely missing in action – a…
Jamaica Bay Geese Killings Enrage Animal Rights Advocates, Defended By Feds
The United States Department of Agriculture rounded up and killed more than 260 geese from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last week, which federal officials…
Buffalo Wild Wings Coming To Old Forest Hills Theatre
Buffalo Wild Wings, a national barbecue and sports bar chain, is expected to open in the former Forest Hills Theatre building on Continental Avenue next…
‘An Avoidable Travesty’ – Breezy Point residents sue LIPA, National Grid over Hurricane Sandy fi res
Billy Heeran wants his life back. He wants to know what it is to have the business his father started in 1980, Harbor Light Pub,…
Ann Maggio: A Life Of Fighting For Ridgewood – Civic leader, 90, dies after devoting decades to bettering her neighborhood
In Ridgewood, Antoinette “Ann” Maggio’s touch is everywhere: at the Grover Cleveland athletic field, which she helped to transform decades ago from a hangout for…
Maspeth Gets Their ‘Way’ – Beloved resident George Gibbons Jr. to be honored with street co-naming
The Maspeth community can celebrate. They got good news from City Hall last week, when Mayor Bloomberg signed legislation that makes official plans to re-name…
City Council Votes For Police Oversight – Opponents worry about the end of stop and frisk
Two recently passed City Council bills have once again put the NYPD’s controversial crime fighting tool, known as stop-and-frisk, back in the spotlight as area…
Rally Against Attack On Gay Man – Protest calls for an end to violence at RH clubs
A small but impassioned crowd gathered outside the Player’s Lounge and Restaurant in Richmond Hill on Thursday night last week, in reaction to the bashing…