Astoria Pols Rally Against Proposed ‘Bikini Bar’ Updated September 28, 2012 8 …
ASTORIA — Astoria residents who say a proposed “bikini bar” would negatively alter the neighborhood’s character, held a rally Thursday against the venue’s liquor license application. Racks — located on Steinway Street between 19th and 20th Avenues — had been a billiards club, but now its owners want to reopen as a “bikini bar.” “I […]
Astoria Pols Rally Against Proposed ‘Bikini Bar’ Updated September 28, 2012 8 …
ASTORIA — Astoria residents who say a proposed “bikini bar” would negatively alter the neighborhood’s character, held a rally Thursday against the venue’s liquor license application. Racks — located on Steinway Street between 19th and 20th Avenues — had been a billiards club, but now its owners want to reopen as a “bikini bar.” “I […]
NYC diner adding horse meat to the menu
Read more: Local, News, Horse Meat, M Wells Diner, Queens, Dave Nellhaus, Long Island City, Horse Slaughter, Long Island, Horse on the Menu, Moma P.S. 1 Museum, Moma, P.S. 1 Horse Meat nbsp/nbspCourtesy NBC News NEW YORK — Horse meat is not something New Yorkers are accustomed to eating, but it will soon be added to […]
NYC diner adding horse meat to the menu
Read more: Local, News, Horse Meat, M Wells Diner, Queens, Dave Nellhaus, Long Island City, Horse Slaughter, Long Island, Horse on the Menu, Moma P.S. 1 Museum, Moma, P.S. 1 Horse Meat nbsp/nbspCourtesy NBC News NEW YORK — Horse meat is not something New Yorkers are accustomed to eating, but it will soon be added to […]
Even Health Dept. Isn’t Safe From Bedbugs
A single bedbug led to the temporary evacuation and fumigation of one floor of the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, on Friday. The episode occurred on the 19th floor of the 21-story glass-and steel Gotham Center at the corner of Queens Plaza South and 28th Street. The […]
Even Health Dept. Isn’t Safe From Bedbugs
A single bedbug led to the temporary evacuation and fumigation of one floor of the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, on Friday. The episode occurred on the 19th floor of the 21-story glass-and steel Gotham Center at the corner of Queens Plaza South and 28th Street. The […]
The other Indian Banquet hall (and takeout sweet spot)
Amchaal at 23rd and Jackson. The food rules! And look at this giant wedding party table.
Arts Listing
The Queens Botanical Garden presents the Jamaica Estates Association Art Show “The Artist Within: The Urge to Create” on view through Sept. 30, Tuesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery of the Visitor Center and Administration Building, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Reopening after extensive renovations, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens […]
Astoria’s Popular Restaurant “Mundo” Slated to Close Soon
ASTORIA — The next few weeks may be the last chance for awhile to taste one of the city’s most distinctive blend of cuisines — Mundo restaurant’s mix of Argentinian and Turkish food. The owners of the popular eatery say they plan to close to take on a new challenge. Guillermo Lucerofabbi, an Argentinian, and […]
Astoria Pols Rally Against Proposed ‘Bikini Bar’ Updated 3 hrs ago
ASTORIA — Astoria residents who say a proposed “bikini bar” would negatively alter the neighborhood’s character, held a rally Thursday against the venue’s liquor license application. Racks — located on Steinway Street between 19th and 20th Avenues — had been a billiards club, but now its owners want to reopen as a “bikini bar.” “I […]
Big wheel
Ours is bigger than yours! Describing it as unlike any attraction “on the planet,” Mayor Bloomberg gave the high sign yesterday to a 625-foot-tall Ferris wheel for Staten Island that will become the tallest in the world and could transform the borough’s sleepy waterfront into a thriving tourist and shopping destination. The New York Wheel’s […]
35 Long Island Sound projects funded by federal grants
By Mark Zaretsky, Register [email protected] / Twitter: @markzar Long Island Sound-based education for school kids in New Haven and other cities and the removal of a dam on the West River are among 35 projects that will benefit from the latest round of federal Long Island Sound Futures Fund grants. Twenty grants totaling $757,922 are […]
A big wheel on SI
Ours is bigger than yours! Describing it as unlike any attraction “on the planet,” Mayor Bloomberg gave the high sign yesterday to a 625-foot-tall Ferris wheel for Staten Island that will become the tallest in the world and could transform the borough’s sleepy waterfront into a thriving tourist and shopping destination. The New York Wheel’s […]