Turning Scraps Into Treasure
This Astoria-based artist is giving a new meaning to metamorphosis in the modern age.
Astoria
Valentine’s Blooms Boost the Bottom Line for Florists
Alex Avdoulos’s hand quickly flicks leaves off of a stem of a flower. Within ten seconds she finishes a 12-inch stem as if it were nothing. Her cat, Lucy, purrs around her feet before hopping onto the front desk to greet customers. The front of the store is slowly filling with colorful bouquets of roses […]
Astoria: New Technology, Old Guard
Local business owners are not celebrating the community’s newly installed LinkNYC stations, though residents seem delighted with them.
New Yorkers React to Streetcar Proposal With Hope and Skepticism
New Yorkers react to Mayor de Blasio’s $2.5 billion streetcar proposal to link Brooklyn and Queens with mixed feelings.
Egyptian Chef Serves Up An Alternative Take On Hospitality
Ali El-Sayed is the charismatic personality behind the one-man operation that is Kabab Cafe on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens. He’s known for his eccentricity, his warmth, his goat with pomegranate reduction… and how he’s always teetering on the edge of a belligerent tirade. Ali was the first Egyptian to open up shop in the […]
Here Come the New Neighbors
With rich residents set to flood their Astoria neighborhood, public housing residents wonder what’s in store for them.
Does the NYPD Care About Cats?
Nine months ago, the NYPD took charge of animal cruelty law enforcement in this city, a job the ASPCA had handled for over a century. Are New York City’s animals better off?
The Curious Case of The Disappearing Cats
A neighborhood discovers that some feral friends have gone missing.