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Astoria, New York is located in Queens County. Zip codes in Astoria, NY include 11102, 11101, and 11104. The median home price in Astoria is $489,000.

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Yesterday | The Village Voice

The Mayoral Candidates Talked Tech in Queens Last Night and Didn't Sound PC

"What type of cellphone do you have, what carrier is it and what's your favorite app?" At 7:30pm, after media and tech folk scrambled into the Museum of the Moving Image off 35th Avenue in Astoria, the NYC Tech Forum began.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Newswise

Hospital for Special Surgery to Celebrate 150th Anniversary, Honor...

Hospital for Special Surgery will celebrate its 150th anniversary and honor the City of New York at its 30th Annual Tribute Dinner.

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DNAinfo.com

Astoria's Street Food 'King' to Sell His Famous Falafel in Supermarkets

Soon, fans won't have to wait in line to get Fares "Freddy" Zeideia's famous street falafel - they'll be able to make it themselves.

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DNAInfo.com

Bloomberg Wants to Make Food Composting Mandatory

BIG!Compost, a program of the Astoria-based Build It Green!NYC, is starting new drop-off sites at the Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue 7 Train station in Hunters Point, and the G Train stop in Greenpoint.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Newsday

Vladimir Putin says Patriots Super Bowl ring was gift

Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying insinuations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring that's on display in the Kremlin, but says he's ready to buy him another ring as a gift.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

New York Post

NYPD Daily Blotter

The man in this picture and an alleged accomplice are being sought for questioning in connection with a rash of violent cellphone robberies in Astoria, police sources said.

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BroadwayWorld.com

Museum of the Moving Image Welcomes Woodkid for 'Director's Studio' Series Today

Yoann Lemoine is an accomplished filmmaker and musician. He is best known for his music video collaborations with Lana Del Rey , Katy Perry , and Drake featuring Rihanna .

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Examiner.com

Randall's Island Rice Planting Celebrates the Art of Rice: NYC's Only Rice Paddy

New York may be home to all manner of firsts and bests: the Yankees, the IRT, the Manhattan and Tiffany's to name a few but why didn't we ever lay claim to a rice paddy? After all, rice is a key ingredient in so many cultural cuisines, including Asian and Latino.

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Energy Tribune

Senate Unlikely to Vote on Fracking Bill

With the Senate session winding down in Albany, and about a thousand bills left to debate, the hydrofracking moratorium bill may not even hit the floor for a vote.

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The Village Voice

Queens Comfort: A Tale of Old Toys, a Pakistani Soap Opera, and Mac & Cheese

The restaurant scene in New York can be unnervingly similar to elementary school friendships.The closing of a restaurant is like a best friend moving to a different country: You know that no one will ever fill that void, and the most aching pains come when someone new arranges his or her pencil case in the desk where that old friend once sat.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Museum of the Moving Image to Welcome Woodkid for 'Director's Studio' Series, 6/15

Yoann Lemoine is an accomplished filmmaker and musician. He is best known for his music video collaborations with Lana Del Rey , Katy Perry , and Drake featuring Rihanna .

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Glendale Register

Union, pols criticize MTA for closing subway booths

With people being pushed onto tracks, sexually assaulted and robbed, members of Transit Workers Union Local 100 and elected officials called on the MTA to re-staff station booths throughout the subway system.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

SFGate

Someone Just Killed Themselves On the Subway Tracks Near My House

Somebody just killed themselves on the MTA train tracks in Astoria, New York City by the Broadway N Q line station near my house, and I saw firemen hosing what was left of him or her off the tracks.

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Sat Jun 08, 2013

NY1

June 12th In NYC History

Astor isn't fooled and the college is never built - but the name sticks. 1968... "Rosemary's Baby" - the popular movie about Satan worship on the Upper West Side - opens at theaters in the Big Apple.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

HipHopDx

[News] Harry Allen Explains How Odd Future Maximizes YouTube

Exclusive: On Sunday June 9, the "Media Assassin" will host "Hip Hop in the YouTube Age: How the Medium is Changing the Message" at the Museum Of The Moving Image in Queens, New York.

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The Daily Times

CRIME: N.Y. men charged in connection with cigarette smuggling

The incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6, when a Delaware State Police trooper observed a 1995 Jeep Cherokee without two working taillights in the area of Route 113 and Arrow Safety Road, police said.

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New York Daily News

In the Now: 'Alien,' Big Apple BBQ

' height='901' itemprop='associatedMedia' alt=' Sigourney Weaver in 1979's "Alien ' width='635' src='http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1365072.1370541443!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/alien.jpg' /> There are aliens, and then there's "Alien."

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TrekEarth

Saint Demetrios Cathedral Astoria

Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Astoria New York. The people then felt a need to organize their own Church and in 1927 the ground on which St. Demetrios stands today, was purchased for $3,500.

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The Village Voice

The Green Cab Invasion: Court Upholds Outer Borough Hail Plan

It's 2 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday night in Astoria. You've just left the bar with your friends and, because of the way the world works, the N/R/Q trains are running every hour and you just missed it.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

StreetsBlog.org

New Astoria Mega-Developments: In the Floodplain, Far From the Train

A waterfront residential development proposed for Astoria is 1.5 miles from the nearest subway and would overburden existing bus routes, but unless Council Member Vallone acts, it's full steam ahead.

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