Posts Tagged ‘Astoria Condos’

Z Hotel in LIC has amazing interior

Z Hotel in LIC has amazing interior design work: http://ow.ly/ddY0Y

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‘Floating Garden’ Coming to LIC

‘Floating Garden’ Coming to Long Island City: http://ow.ly/ddYbk

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Astoria in first stages of waterfront

Astoria in first stages of waterfront plan:http://ow.ly/dovao http://www.DAXSLLC.com

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The Astoria Youth Football Camp and Astoria Youth Football

The Astoria Youth Football Camp and Astoria Youth Football registration begins Monday and runs through Aug. 9 at John Warren Field. Sign-up is from 5 to 5:30 p.m., and the camp is from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

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Upward Bound students celebrate successes, Astoria

Thirty-two local high schoolers from Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside took summer pretty seriously this year, removing invasive plants, saving butterflies, giving tourists an insight into local ecology, learning and performing Shakespeare and becoming experts in the job search. They took on these community projects through the Upward Bound Summer Academy, now in its 20th year at [...]

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Summer on a Stick and in a Straw Astoria

Astoria Mex specialist Pachanga Patterson is about to make its backyard even more appealing by adding a bar, the Icebox, specializing in frozen margaritas, ice pops, and raspados (shaved ice) in seasonal flavors. The Icebox will ring in Cinco de Mayo with pineapple-chile-powder raspados and grapefruit-ginger-honey and avocado-jalapeño-lime ice pops — the treats are $3 [...]

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Astoria Power Plant

A coalition of community leaders and residents is pushing the state to support an Astoria power plant in its quest to replace its decades-old, dirty generators with newer, cleaner ones. Smart Power NY was created to support NRG’s bid for a power purchasing contract, which will enable the company to fund its $1.5 billion repowering [...]

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Campaign for Trader Joe’s in Astoria

A group of Astoria residents wants Trader Joe’s to peddle its argula pizza and mini chicken tacos — as well as its cheap, fresh produce — closer to home.  Ran Craycroft, founder of the Why Leave Astoria? blog, asked readers last week to fill out an online form on the company’s website requesting to bring [...]

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Astoria Condos Heat Up

Astoria draws homebuyers even as LIC cools off March 16, 2012 10:00AM The Santorini in at 35-40 30th Street in Astoria While Long Island City dominates the Queens development landscape, nearby Astoria has quietly flourished, according to the Wall Street Journal. While average home prices in LIC and New York City as a whole declined [...]

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Mount Sinai seeking to expand in Astoria

Mount Sinai hospital seeking green light for expansion $113 million project would bolster emergency room and add beds By Irving Dejohn / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 6:00 AM   Christie M. Farriella for New York Daily News Mount Sinai Hospital Queens at 25-10 30th Ave. in Astoria. A western Queens hospital [...]

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Much More Than Just ‘Maintenance’

January 12, 2012 Much More Than Just ‘Maintenance’ By JIM RENDON IN New York, the cost of a co-op or condo can seem an impossible hurdle. But alongside the asking price is another figure that can induce sticker shock: the monthly maintenance fee — or, as it’s called in condos, the common charge. The fee [...]

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Six Mistakes Housing Investors Make

Six Mistakes Housing Investors Make By KAREN BLUMENTHAL Traditional investments are delivering low returns, and home prices are at bargain levels. Is it time to consider buying some rental housing?   Illustration by Scott Pollack Investing in real estate right now can be surprisingly profitable, if everything goes well. Rents are climbing in many areas, [...]

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