Hi everyone I am a current college senior at a New England state school. I am going to NYU next year for my masters and I have a full time job lined up in midtown. I am originally from Staten Island and plan to stay there and commute because I wont have much money while in grad school. After though I am looking to move out and have been looking at Jersey City, Williamsburg, and Astoria (trying to avoid actually being in manhattan). I have never been to Astoria but hear tons about it. Would love to hear personal experiences and the pros/cons. Thanks!

Looking to go out this Saturday 11/2, with a group of friends. If anyone has recommendations of bars/clubs in the neighborhood with good music/vibes please lmk! :)

Cute dude on the N heading toward Broadway. You were in a Stefan costume and did the “New Yorks hottest club” pose before getting off. We locked eyes a few times. You queer and wanna kiss? DM me. :)

I saw a thing on the interwebs about people making (inviting) their friends (to) do a sing-through of a musical for their birthday. This sounds like something I should do.

Turning Old in February, and I am looking for a venue for 15-20 people on a Sunday noon-ish where we can eat brunch, drink mimosas, and sing through a musical. It needs to be private, so other people are not subjected to this horror beauty and preferably would have a keyboard (doesn't need to be a real piano). I would ideally like an establishment that serves food because brunch is my favorite meal.

Any thoughts?

If I go a non-restaurant route like QED, is there a local culinary establishment that would drop off platters of brunch food?

My husband just took my dog for a walk and while they were walking past PS 17 on 30th, a group of about eight kids (12-15ish) threw an egg and purposefully hit my dog. She’s ok, but I’m PISSED. My husband doesn’t have a temper but he found one somewhere because he said he had to hold himself back from doing more than screaming at them.

He thinks they were heading toward the subway when they scurried off but be careful out there y’all.

Who do y’all recommend!?

Trick or Treaters: My household is giving out between Astoria Blvd and 24th Avenue along 32nd Street.

Not many people have been coming through and I don’t want to have many leftovers 😂

I'm handing out Haribo Gummy Bears, I'm not a cheapskate!

Anything happening tonight for Halloween? New to the neighborhood so looking to explore & maybe meet new people too!

Demolition permit filed with the city. This is the architect’s proposal for a new building on the corner. My block, why have you forsaken me?

Friday morning. Great. Lack of sleep really affects me and I scheduled an interview first thing in the morning not realizing they would be open until 4am. The bass, car honking and yelling that goes on until 5am will be the reason why I won’t be getting hired and, therefore, never be able to move out of this place.

Please call 311 tonight if you happen to be up past 11pm. Your neighbors appreciate you!

Currently jobless and looking for some leads in our local area. I am open to cafes, office work, remote (would be ideal) anything really. I am rather new to the area so I am finding hard to look around. Any helpful tips would be great, thanks.

Anyone know the status of Spirit Halloween Store? I'm heading there soon to get a last minute costume and wondering if it's as crazy as yesterday. TIA!

Hi guys, Happy Halloween! I'm unexpectedly going to have my little niece and nephew with me today and want to take them trick or treating. What are the best/safe areas to do so?

I don't have as much time as I usually do for baking this year but am still craving something for my Halloween sweet tooth. Anyone around the neighborhood see any local businesses offering holiday baked goods I could grab?

Thanks in advance and happy Halloween y'all!

We're gonna be handing out candy and playing fun Halloween movies on our projector from 4-10pm tonight

I just dropped off my laundry for drop-off/pick-up. There was a woman at the front of the laundromat with a dog in the laundry cart. The laundromat has red carts for dirty laundry and silver carts for clean laundry, and the dog was in a clean silver cart. To be fair, it was a smaller dog and it was sitting on a jacket. I remarked to the laundromat employee that there’s a dog in the cart and that I think it’s pretty gross. She told me not to worry because she uses plastic (to wrap the clean laundry) but I’m like “but the clothes still go in the cart when they’re done washing…?”

I didn’t say anything to the woman with the dog directly (though she definitely knew I was talking about her), and I didn’t ask the laundromat employee to ask to remove the dog. And I’m not trying to start beef with the laundromat employees because I’ve been going there for years and I know them all by name. But there was really no resolution and I just took my ticket and left. Am I overreacting here?

EDIT: omg I literally just called a woman out for letting her Yorkie pee on one of those freestanding canvas Amazon bins. The ones that the delivery people use when they have a lot of packages at a large building. I was like “ma’am are you serious? That’s for people’s packages.” And she was like “oh my god, I was going to pull the dog away…!” Totally incredulous that I would confront her. And by the way, her dog was sniffing around the box for a good few seconds beforehand, so she had ample opportunity to prevent that. The lack of etiquette from these dog owners is insane.

Anyone else got some Halloween scares in the shower this morning? Brown water

Hi all?

Other than the 31st ave open street, any other Halloween happenings around Astoria this evening?

Thanks

The scariest thing of all is not exercising your right to vote 😱

Anyone know of any dog-friendly fenced in grassy areas in Astoria? I can’t take my dog to Astoria park because if she sees a squirrel it’s game over, recall gone😂I typically avoid the concrete dog park

Hello neighbors! Would anyone be interested in signing a petition to get some clear signage regarding off leash pets over at the kayak launch? I’ve been pretty bummed out since the massive surge in dogs (or more specifically, entitled owners) lately.

This space is so unique and special, and over the past couple years it’s turned into a dog run. Holes everywhere, dogs chasing wildlife, jumping on strangers, etc etc. Any time I even point out kindly that it’s a $250 ticket, people get hostile and continue doing what they’re doing. I really don’t want this to turn into a situation where someone’s dog kills an animal, and honestly am kind of shocked it hasn’t happened yet.

311 never comes on time to give tickets. I’ve reached out to Socrates, parks department, and Julie Won’s office. Nothing has worked. Any suggestions?

Heyo! Did anyone near Othello’s get an Old Navy package delivered to their home on 10/30? Tracking said delivered but it’s not in the vestibule. I’m assuming it was left on the street and stolen but figured it was worth asking here.

Bought milk on Friday. Drank milk. Realized today that it said “Sell by 10/11” once it tasted weird. Went back to tell them. Checked fridge. Rest of milk in there had a sell by date of 10/2….

Believe the bodega is called “Fresh one deli & grill”

Hi! Sorry if this isn’t allowed, please remove if so. I’m looking to move in with some buddies in Astoria while I go to nursing school and I’m looking for some CNA or HHA work while living here (preferably PRN/per diem so I can make my own schedule).

Mount Sinai nor New York Rehab center ever got back to me and the temp agency apps I got don’t really look promising.

I’ll have my car but don’t really wanna drive more than 15-20 min maximum if I don’t have to.

Thank you in advance 🙂