Astoria

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Astoria

Arts and Culture

The preeminent museum of film, television, and digital art on the East Coast! also one of the very best movie theaters in America, playing great repertory stuff, along with sneaks of new releases!
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I-Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave
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The preeminent museum of film, television, and digital art on the East Coast! also one of the very best movie theaters in America, playing great repertory stuff, along with sneaks of new releases!
A beautiful and ever-changing space on the water, home to new work from some of NYC’s best contemporary sculptors! Make sure to check their program schedule online; in the summer, they offer free yoga, outdoor movies, and more!
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I-Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Blvd
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A beautiful and ever-changing space on the water, home to new work from some of NYC’s best contemporary sculptors! Make sure to check their program schedule online; in the summer, they offer free yoga, outdoor movies, and more!
The museum and institute for Japanese minimalist sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Also has a wonderful outdoor area for chilling. Meditative, simple, wonderful.
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I-Museum kaNoguchi
9-01 33rd Road
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The museum and institute for Japanese minimalist sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Also has a wonderful outdoor area for chilling. Meditative, simple, wonderful.
Local hub for comedy, spoken word, and other interesting performance art. Definitely worth checking out the calendar; sometimes really cool stuff just pops-up here.
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Q.E.D.
27-16 23rd Ave
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Local hub for comedy, spoken word, and other interesting performance art. Definitely worth checking out the calendar; sometimes really cool stuff just pops-up here.
expansive outdoor enclave on the East River, buttressed between the Hellgate and RFK Bridges. There is a wonderful outdoor public pool in the summertime, but make sure to read up on the rules before you go (must have a combination lock, swimsuit with lining, nothing allowed on pool deck besides towel/water bottle/book…)
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Astoria Park
19 19th St
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expansive outdoor enclave on the East River, buttressed between the Hellgate and RFK Bridges. There is a wonderful outdoor public pool in the summertime, but make sure to read up on the rules before you go (must have a combination lock, swimsuit with lining, nothing allowed on pool deck besides towel/water bottle/book…)

Food scene

Delicious donuts/locally roasted coffee/breakfast + lunch
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Comfortland
4009 30th Ave
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Delicious donuts/locally roasted coffee/breakfast + lunch
American comfort food in a psychedelic toy museum/diner
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Queens Comfort
36-18 30th Ave
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American comfort food in a psychedelic toy museum/diner
Fresh ingredients and inventive paninis. Easy on-the-go or nice for sit-down
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Il Bambino
34-08 31st Ave
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Fresh ingredients and inventive paninis. Easy on-the-go or nice for sit-down
Family style Cypriot/Greek island food.
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Zenon Taverna
34-10 31st Ave
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Family style Cypriot/Greek island food.
Super thin crust pizza, square slices
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Rizzo's Fine Pizza
30-13 Steinway St
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Super thin crust pizza, square slices

Good Bars

Our local spot for no-nonsense; quality beers with capable bartenders who can handle a cocktail properly. Bonus points for the backyard and bring-your-own-food policy. Nick Spaceman or Willy might be your bartenders and they are our friends!
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Diamond Dogs
34-04 31st Ave
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Our local spot for no-nonsense; quality beers with capable bartenders who can handle a cocktail properly. Bonus points for the backyard and bring-your-own-food policy. Nick Spaceman or Willy might be your bartenders and they are our friends!
Simple, dark... a real bar! Also low-key one of the best music venues in NYC (every Monday with The Adam Platt Trio, every Tuesday with The Subtonics, other programming can be found via its Facebook or by the posters on the wall). If your bartender is a tall loveable grump, that is Mike; if its a Frank Zappa-looking dude with long curly hair, that’s Heavy Metal Chris!
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The Letlove Inn
27-20 23rd Ave
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Simple, dark... a real bar! Also low-key one of the best music venues in NYC (every Monday with The Adam Platt Trio, every Tuesday with The Subtonics, other programming can be found via its Facebook or by the posters on the wall). If your bartender is a tall loveable grump, that is Mike; if its a Frank Zappa-looking dude with long curly hair, that’s Heavy Metal Chris!
Just down the block, a standard dive with friendly people, karaoke, etc...
The Local
41-04 31st Ave
Just down the block, a standard dive with friendly people, karaoke, etc...
An Astoria classic with about ten years under its belt, we love the pickleback shots! If Micca is your bartender (little buddy with short curly hair), you can tell her Benham says “hi.”
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Sweet Afton
30-09 34th St
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An Astoria classic with about ten years under its belt, we love the pickleback shots! If Micca is your bartender (little buddy with short curly hair), you can tell her Benham says “hi.”
Restaurant and bar from the same folks as Sweet Afton, but with a sizable and comfy outdoor space. They usually have a DJ on Friday night. If Ziggy is your bartender (Scottish gent with a bald head), you can tell him that I sent you!
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The Bonnie
29-12 23rd Ave
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Restaurant and bar from the same folks as Sweet Afton, but with a sizable and comfy outdoor space. They usually have a DJ on Friday night. If Ziggy is your bartender (Scottish gent with a bald head), you can tell him that I sent you!
A bit of high-end from the owner of LetLove Inn and Sparrow, with a wonderful oyster happy hour and great bartenders.
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Mar's
34-21 34th Ave
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A bit of high-end from the owner of LetLove Inn and Sparrow, with a wonderful oyster happy hour and great bartenders.
Fun, new-ish tiki-vibes on Broadway.
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The Highwater
34-20 Broadway
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Fun, new-ish tiki-vibes on Broadway.
over 100 years old, a true NYC classic.
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Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
29-19 24th Avenue
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over 100 years old, a true NYC classic.

Local Breweries

The big kids on the block, with national distribution and a growing story. The taproom is a little bit out of the way, but is a big and wonderful place, always spinning good records. If you encounter a really funny and kinda snotty beertender named Jordan, you can tell him you are staying at my place! He is family!
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SingleCut Beersmiths
19-33 37th St
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The big kids on the block, with national distribution and a growing story. The taproom is a little bit out of the way, but is a big and wonderful place, always spinning good records. If you encounter a really funny and kinda snotty beertender named Jordan, you can tell him you are staying at my place! He is family!
super tasty and unique, LICBP is my favorite of the Queens breweries, especially for their sour beers.
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LIC Beer Project
39-28 23rd St
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super tasty and unique, LICBP is my favorite of the Queens breweries, especially for their sour beers.
founded by three Astoria best friends, these guys are the little brewery going all the way. They now have two spaces. If you go, you can tell Bruno (big huggable loveable ginger with a beard) that I sent you!
ICONYC - Satellite Taproom
43-50 12th Street
founded by three Astoria best friends, these guys are the little brewery going all the way. They now have two spaces. If you go, you can tell Bruno (big huggable loveable ginger with a beard) that I sent you!
a place for the beer purist, always some really cool stuff being made over here. Call in advance, because the taproom has funny hours sometimes
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Big aLICe Brewing
8-08 43rd Rd
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a place for the beer purist, always some really cool stuff being made over here. Call in advance, because the taproom has funny hours sometimes
the new kids on the block!
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Fifth Hammer Brewing
10-28 46th Ave
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the new kids on the block!

Retail Spots

your friendly local record store and coffee shop
Hifi Records & Café
23-19 Steinway St
your friendly local record store and coffee shop
female owned and 100 percent local. We are lucky to have such a bookshop in the neighborhood!
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The Astoria Bookshop
36-19 31st St
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female owned and 100 percent local. We are lucky to have such a bookshop in the neighborhood!
honestly, the place that I shop the most. Good selection of books, clothes, and sometimes you can hit the jackpot if they get a shipment of good records in from the warehouse.
Salvation Army Family Store
34-02 Steinway St
honestly, the place that I shop the most. Good selection of books, clothes, and sometimes you can hit the jackpot if they get a shipment of good records in from the warehouse.

Neighborhoods

I have lived in Astoria for the better part of the last ten years and have nothing but love for the neighborhood and its local culture. It is extremely diverse and very safe; a wonderful place to live or visit!
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Astoria
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I have lived in Astoria for the better part of the last ten years and have nothing but love for the neighborhood and its local culture. It is extremely diverse and very safe; a wonderful place to live or visit!