Kayla Levy covers all things Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills and Bayside for Patch. She has written for New York Magazine's Curbed and the Strategist, and Time Out. Follow her on Twitter @kaylev and send story tips to kayla.levy@patch.com.
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The neighborhood is number two on a new list of NYC neighborhoods with the most affordable homes for median-income, first-time buyers.
A small business owner in northeast Queens said she's defying the city's vaccine mandate, which went into effect this week.
NYC's curbside compost program returns this fall, and Forest Park's rangers are teaching locals about the natural process on Sunday.
The bench painting and gardening event this Saturday, which starts at 10:00 a.m., is proceeded by an hour-long, free yoga class.
Police are still looking for two men, one of whom they said stabbed another man with a knife outside of an Astoria deli last week.
The Queens Night Market will donate proceeds from its Sept. 18 opening night to undocumented Queens residents who were impacted by flooding.
Bayside's twice-postponed St. Patrick's Day Parade has been rescheduled for Sept. 18 — six months before the holiday's March 2022 date.
Tacostoria, which opened its doors less than a year ago, is holding a two-day long closing event after the owner didn't renew his lease.
The Queensbridge Houses COVID infection rate was on-par with the complex's ZIP code, but the death rate was 51 percent higher, data shows.
Fall brings pumpkin patches to life in the Bayside-Douglaston area.
There are many of pumpkin patches to pick from as fall approaches.
Find a corn maze, pumpkin patch, gourds and other autumn activities near Astoria-Long Island City.
An iconic Forest Hills ice cream shop went take out only after the city began enforcing its vaccine mandate, sparking debates among locals.
Hygienic basics can't be purchased with SNAP benefits, so a group of Bayside residents gathered the items to distribute at local pantries.
Hygienic basics can't be purchased with SNAP benefits, so a group of Bayside residents gathered the items to distribute at local pantries.
After a seventh construction worker died at work this year, the city inspected 1,929 sites in Queens and found safety issues at 934 of them.
The public comment period on a controversial Astoria power plant proposal ended this week, giving the state 45 days to make a decision.
