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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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Peter Vallone and John Liu May Form Unorthodox Alliance

Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. is a self-proclaimed conservative Democrat, a sharp-tongued proponent of stop-and-frisk and a perpetual thorn in the side of the borough's Democratic establishment.

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Thu May 23, 2013

DNAInfo.com

Luck Be a Lady for a Dog Named Sinatra in Need of a Home

An Astoria man who left Queens earlier this month to enlist in the Army was forced to leave his beloved dog behind - a three-year-old Blue Brindle Pitbull named Sinatra.

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The Real Deal

Community board OKs Lincoln Equities' Hallets Point development plan

Lincoln Equities Group received unanimous approval from Queens Community Board 1 on a plan to build apartments, parkland and retail space at Hallets Point in Astoria , DNAinfo reported.

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Wed May 22, 2013

New York Post

Kermit the Frog & pals hop to Qns. pad

The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is creating a gallery for Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, as well as for the stars of "Fraggle Rock." About 400 items - including original puppets and costumes - were donated by the estate of Muppet creator Jim Henson and his wife, Jane Henson, who died last month.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Broadcasting & Cable

Where to Be, What to Watch: Week of May 20-May 26

B&C/Multichannel News' TV in a Multiplatform World As television content moves further away from the TV set, the industry has a lot to figure out when itcomes to multiplatform viewing.

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New York Daily News

Dozens of drug dealing suspects nabbed in Queens housing projects

An apartment in the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City that was padlocked after a sweeping drug bust in which dozens of alleged drug dealers were arrested.

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Thu May 16, 2013

New York Daily News

Man, 32, dies in Queens motorcycle accident

Highway officers investigate a fatal motorcycle accident on Vernon Blvd. at 31st Ave.in Astoria, Queens early Wednesday morning.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Newsday

Bareburger opens in Great Neck

At Bareburger, burgers are made from free-range, pasture-raised meat that is antibiotic and hormone free.

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Fri May 10, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Cady Huffman Set for Sonnet Project Launch, 5/20

New York Shakespeare Exchange is thrilled the announce the 12 sonnets that will launch the year-long interactive SONNET PROJECT on at The Museum of the Moving Image .

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Thu May 09, 2013

New York Daily News

Astoria candidates try to become first non-Vallone in City Council seat in decades

As term-limited Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. runs for Queens Borough President, a growing number of hopefuls are vying to be the first lawmaker not named Vallone to represent the district since 1974.

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BroadwayWorld.com

APAC's Sacramone Honored at New York State Senate 16th Annual Women of Distinction Ceremony

The Astoria Performing Arts Center has announced that Executive Director Taryn Sacramone is being recognized for her hard work and dedication to the arts and the community.

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Tue May 07, 2013

NorthJersey.com

Wedding: Jakubiak- Iaconetti

Elizabeth Jakubiak, of Astoria, N.Y., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jakubiak, of Astoria, N.Y., married Paul Iaconetti, of Rockaway, son of Mr.

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The Bowery Boys

The Great Gatsby's New York City, in ten different scenes, from the...

Times Square at night, 1921 BOWERY BOYS BOOK OF THE MONTH Each month I'll pick a book -- either brand new or old, fiction or non-fiction -- that offers an intriguing take on New York City history, something that uses history in a way that's uniquely unconventional or exposes a previously unseen corner of our city's complicated past.

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DNAInfo.com

Astoria Brewery Says Bike-Share Expansion Would Be a Boon to Businesses

Not everyone is happy about Citi Bike. Residents of a co-op building on Bank Street sued on the city on April 25, 2013 after a 31-bike City Bike Share dock was installed on their block the day before.

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Mon May 06, 2013

New York Post

NYPD Daily Blotter

A 20-year-old woman was raped in Ozone Park early yesterday by a motorist who had offered her a ride home in exchange for gas money, authorities said.

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Sun May 05, 2013

New York Post

NY rent control freak

For the 62-year-old sister of the mayor of Salt Lake City, it was a death-bed adoption by a senile 85-year-old man in order to claim rights to his Queens apartment and its $100-a-month rent.

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Fri May 03, 2013

Hotel News Resource

Nobody Asked Me, But... No. 101 - By Stanley Turkel, MHS, ISHC

Hotel History: The Pierre Hotel ; Nothing Like Home: Designing the Hotel Experience; My Service as an Expert Witness; Quote of the Month Did you read that the penthouse triplex at the Pierre Hotel in New York City was for sale for $125 million, the highest price ever listed for a New York hotel residence? At 13,660 square feet, that works out to ... (more)

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Thu May 02, 2013

DNAInfo.com

108th Precinct in Queens Gets New Commanding Officer

The 108th Precinct in Queens is getting a new commanding officer, as Deputy Inspector Donald Powers moves on from the post he's held for the last three years.

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Wed May 01, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Blood Brothers Begins at Astoria Performing Arts Center Tonight

The Astoria Performing Arts Center has announced Willy Russell 's BLOOD BROTHERS, musical staging by Christine O'Grady , musical direction by Julianne B. Merrill, and directed by Tom Wojtunik .

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DNAinfo.com

Hundreds March in Manhattan for May Day Protests

Ringed by metal barricades and dozens of cops, the protesters chanted - "We stand for justice! The people united will never be defeated!" - as some pounded on drums and others waved signs denouncing student debt and advocating immigrants' rights.

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