Posts Tagged ‘Astoria Real Estate’

September Remodeling

September Remodeling Paint interior rooms while it’s still warm enough to leave windows open. Ditto for shampooing or replacing carpets. Check heating system including filters, pilot lights, and burners, and have the system serviced by a qualified professional. Clean and vacuum dust from vents, baseboard heaters and cold-air returns. Remove window air-conditioning units and store [...]

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Alobar is a famous Restaurant in LIC

Alobar is a famous Restaurant in LIC that servers up some amazing dishes: http://ow.ly/ddY5d

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Suzanne Yacka, Astoria Foodie Expert:

Suzanne Yacka, Astoria Foodie Expert: http://ow.ly/dfbSf 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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Pedestrian and cycle path run from LIC to Flushing

The first phase of a bike and pedestrian trail that will connect waterfront parks in western Queens is slated to be completed this fall. The 10.6-mile Queens East River and North Shore Greenway will eventually run from Long Island City to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The first phase will link Queensbridge Park, in Long Island City, [...]

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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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Maintaining Your Washer & Dryer

Here’s a list of maintenance tips to keep your washer and dryer running smoothly and safely: Replace vinyl dryer exhaust ducts with metal duct work to reduce fire hazards. Before every dryer load, clean out the lint filter. Every three months, wash the lint filter with detergent to remove invisible chemical residues that can restrict [...]

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Food business training for entrepreneurs in LIC

The Queens Chamber of Commerce is offering a free Restaurant Boot Camp in Spanish on Monday in Astoria to help aspiring entrepreneurs navigate often confusing city regulations, secure funding and avoid costly fines. The Entrepreneur Space, a business incubator in Long Island City, also has five-week courses on how to set up food businesses on [...]

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U.S. new single-family home sales slip

U.S. new single-family home sales slip to lowest on record since October March 23, 2012 01:00PM Based on last months’ new homes sales data, the housing recovery is still on shaky ground. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, sales of new single-family homes fell 1.6 percent between January and February to a seasonally adjusted annual [...]

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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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Astoria Outdoor Theater

Diving Board Is Set to Begin a Second Career in the Theater By SARAH MASLIN NIR Juliet’s balcony may never be the same. Astoria, Queens, is about to get its first outdoor amphitheater, situated where an Art Deco diving pool, built in the 1930s, fell into disuse decades ago. Plans call for filling the pool, [...]

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A quieter video exhibit opens in Astoria

A quieter video exhibit opens in Astoria by Paula Neudorf, Associate Editor | Posted: Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:00 pm Last weekend the wildly popular Jim Henson show at the Museum of the Moving Image officially closed, while an exhibit of a very different sort opened on the floor below it. “Restless: Films and Other [...]

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Astoria gets MP Taverna !

Michael Psilakis to Open MP Taverna in Astoria Wednesday, March 7, 2012, by Amanda Kludt [Photo of Mezzo Mezzo via Adam Kuban] It only makes sense than Michael Psilakis, arguably the most well-known Greek chef in New York would open a restaurant in the city’s largest Greek community, years after he established himself by serving [...]

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