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	Astoria, NYC: Neighborhood Profile -- NY Bits
		Astoria is a wonderfully mixed neighborhood that combines some of the best things found in New York - proximity to Manhattan, relatively safe, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environment, relatively affordable rents, abundance of dining options and even a local arts scene.
		Astoria has traditionally been considered one of the most heavily "Greek" areas outside of Greece and Cyprus.
		Astoria is located in Western Queens, which is very convenient to Manhattan.
	www.nybits.com /queens/astoria (546 words)

	Greater Astoria Historical Society - History Topics
		In 1870-1872, the firm was moved to Astoria, Queens, where Steinway still produces the finest pianos in the world.
		Equipment from Astoria and later companies at Steinway and Long Island City can be seen today at the New York City Fire Department Museum in Manhattan.
		Nestled at the southwest corner of 58th Street and Queens Boulevard is the colonial Cumberson family cemetery.
	www.astorialic.org /topics/timeline/1850.shtml (1648 words)

	ASTORIA ENERGY LLC
		Astoria Energy is a new electric generating facility to be located in
		Astoria Energy is a new entrant to the market, increasing competition to drive down the cost of electricity to consumers.
		As a result, Astoria Energy will not have to construct long electric or gas interconnects that can be disruptive to neighborhoods.
	www.astoriaenergy.com (350 words)

	11104 - 11104, Astoria Queens. - Pictures
		Astoria and LIC are just across the East River from Midtown and the Upper East Side.
		As people are priced out of Manhattan, western Queens has gained in popularity, especially for folks in their 20s and 30s.
		North of Astoria Boulevard, housing tends to be in more expensive row houses, with fewer rentals.
	www.greatestjournal.com /userinfo.bml?user=11104 (293 words)

	Queens World: Changing The Future - Germans
		Perhaps the most visible and long lasting German-American family name in Queens is Steinway, famous for the pianos that bear their name to this day.
		The Steinway piano was such an exceptional produce, earning the First Grand Gold Medal of Honor at the Paris Exposition Universelle, that demand in Europe led one of the Steinway brothers to open a factory in the city of Hamburg, in their native Germany in the 1880s.
		In Astoria, the Steinway factory produced hundreds of olive drab upright pianos for the military, and then put on 1,200 workers to producing troop-carrying gliders.
	www.queenstribune.com /anniversary2002/germans.htm (1246 words)

	Astoria, Queens, developments - Wired New York Forum
		The conversion, which includes new construction, is a departure from the overwhelming pattern in recent years of developing for-sale units as condominiums.
		Pistilli said he expected them to be $300 to $400 a square foot, or an average of $350,000 for a 1,000-square-foot apartment.
		George Alexiou, president of an Astoria real estate brokerage company that bears his name, said that while those anticipated prices were "a little high," buyers might be willing to pay them because Riverview was new and the apartment market in the area was tight.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=51876 (904 words)

	Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice
		Astoria was settled in the 19th century by German immigrants.
		Apparently, they hoped that he would be flattered enough that he would invest money in their neighborhood and help to develop it.
		After World War II, Greek immigrants began to settle in Astoria, and for decades this neighborhood has been known as the center of Hellenic culture in the New York area.
	realtytimes.com /rtcpages/19990603_astoria.htm (490 words)

	Medieval New York: Medieval Astoria
		Queens County was settled as farmland in the 1640s after the Dutch founded Flushing in 1637 - the name is an anglicization of the Dutch port of Vlissingen.
		The village of Astoria was developed in 1839 by one Stephen Halsey, aided by the creation of a Ferry station at 92nd St in Manhattan.
		In 1870 all of western Queens was chartered as Long Island City, an entity that lasted until it was consumed by expanding New York City in 1898.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/medny/halsall7.html (1376 words)

	Astoria Energy, LLC - Ruling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In addition, since the Borough of Queens is in attainment with the standard for particulate matter established in the CAA, the Applicant was not required to use LAER to control the emission of particulates.
		DEC Staff notes that the Borough of Queens is in attainment for particulate matter and, therefore, Part 231 is not applicable.
		Regarding the claim that northwest Queens is bearing a disproportionate share of power plants, the only characteristic of power plants identified for consideration in this connection is air emissions, and as discussed above, that is a matter for the DEC permitting process to resolve.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/ohms/decis/astoriar2.htm (12644 words)

	Astoria, Queens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Astoria is next to Long Island City (bordering at Broadway), Sunnyside (bordering at Northern Boulevard), and Woodside (bordering at 50th Street), along the East River.
		Astoria Park, along the East River, is Astoria's largest park and contains the Astoria Pool -- the jewel of New York City's public pools and former site of the U.S. Olympic trials.
		Whitey Ford, star pitcher of the New York Yankees was born and raised in Astoria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Astoria,_New_York (1237 words)

	Astoria
		Astoria's Flushing Avenue was a large part of this tradition: it led all the way to Jackson Avenue, today's Northern Boulevard, the main route from Long Island City to Flushing.
		In 1915, Queens adopted the 'Philadelphia plan' of street nomenclature, in which the lower-numbered streets start at the waterfront and increase the further away from it you go.
		Queens lost many colorful street names, and was saddled with a confusing system in which many streets with the same number come together, as in Maspeth.
	www.forgotten-ny.com /streetnecrology/astorianecro/astoria.html (2369 words)

	Rent-Direct.com: NY Apartment Queens apartments Astoria Long Island City
		Astoria is just one subway stop away from Manhattan, making it very desirable for city dwellers looking for cheaper rents.
		Astoria was a movie-making center in the early years of the industry, and since the 1982 rededication of the Kaufman Astoria Studios, movie-making magic has returned to New York.
		Astoria: The N and W stop at: Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, Astoria Blvd, 30th Ave, Broadway.
	www.rent-direct.com /Queens_Apartments/apartments-astoria.html (384 words)

	Astoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Astoria Canyon, a submarine abyss 10 miles (16 km) offshore from the mouth of the Columbia River
		Astoria (airline), a short-lived domestic airline in Canada.
		Astoria is said to be the wife of Muppet Show character Waldorf
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Astoria (172 words)

	Dr. Gene Caiafa-New York City and Queens-Cosmetic Dentistry
		The offices of Park Dental Care of Astoria provide Queens and New York City area patients with cosmetic dentistry services that are among the most up-to-date and gentle available, all in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
		Two generations of dentists put their experience together to offer you a full range of general and cosmetic dental care – even dentures and dental implants – while never forgetting the importance of you as a patient, a person with individual needs.
		For nearly 30 years in Queens, the Caiafa family's distinguished reputation for fine restorative dentistry has been well known to those in the area.
	www.astoriaparkdental.com /html/practice.html (896 words)

	: Building And Dying In Old Astoria
		New and old houses on 12th Street in Astoria mirror the debate between builders and preservationists.
		Saturday, March 12, at 27th Avenue and 12th Street, a place that could be considered the front line of a housing fight in one of the borough’s oldest, and most coveted neighborhoods.
		The Astoria Presbyterian Church confirmed they considered demolishing their more than 100-year-old building to make room for a mixed use facility that would include senior housing.
	www.queenstribune.com /feature/BuildingAndDyingInOldAstor.html (1030 words)

	Lawmakers Blast Con Ed
		It was greeted with derision by local lawmakers, who promised to continue searching for the right answers to the causes and remedies to prevent a repeat in the future.
		Advancing the construction of a new substation in Northwest Queens to enhance reliability to customers by next year is being studied.
		Gianaris is leading an independent Assembly Task Force investigation of Con Ed's failures during the Queens flout.
	www.qgazette.com (852 words)

	Astoria B&B bed and breakfast - Queens, New York. Queens Bed and Breakfast Inns.
		Astoria B&B bed and breakfast - Queens, New York.
		The guestroom has a separate entrance, ample morning sun, and there is a private bathroom for our guests (Queen size sofa bed with additional mattress on top, extra twin mattress on the floor possible).
		By car from the North: Triborough Bridge, direction Queens, take the exit at end of the bridge, turn right on 31st Street (underneath the elevated train), left on 30th Ave., right on 50th Street.
	www.bedandbreakfast.com /new-york-queens-astoriabb.html (565 words)

	Long Island City - Astoria Queens - Business Networking on LongIslandConnection.org
		Astoria has become the Hottest, most Popular Neighborhood in Queens, only a few subway stops from Manhattan.
		Water Taxi’s to Queens is a fun way to get here.The Museum of Moving Images, Socrates Sculpture Park, Regal Movie Theatre,Free Summer Outdoor Concerts, Astoria Park, Astoria Park’s Free Pool, and many Great places for Ethnic Dining and Shopping and even Spa's.
		Immigrants from around the world have brought to Astoria the most Eclectic Mix of Café’s Restaurants, Greek, Chzeck, French, Italian, Hungarian, Spain, Thai, Chinese Buffet, Japanese, Brazilian, Mexican, Indian, Columbian etc. On any single corner it's possible to see four restaurants, each representing a cuisine from a different continents.
	www.longislandconnection.net /longislandcity.htm (363 words)

	Astoria Community Church - Our History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Several years ago, a group of Brazilian PCA churches became burdened for the thousands of Brazilians living in Astoria, and began to pray to start a church that would reach out to them.
		Later, a growing community of fellowship groups in Astoria from Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Manhattan) also began praying for God to help them reach their neighborhood with a new church.
		Our desire is to see Astoria Community Church develop into a healthy, vibrant worshiping community that will reach its neighborhood with the good news of Christ and that will help start other churches throughout Queens, New York, and the world.
	www.astoriachurch.org /Main_Pages/OurHistory.html (493 words)

	500 MW Combined-Cycle Power Plant
		In December 2005, NYPA put into commercial operation one of the cleanest, most-efficient power plants in New York City’s history in Astoria, Queens, next to its Charles Poletti Power Project.
		The new facility is adjacent to the Poletti project, an 885-megawatt generating facility that also runs on natural gas, with low sulfur oil as a backup fuel.
		Since 1905 this property, in the northwest corner of Queens, overlooking the East River, has been used for electricity generation, fuel storage and related industrial purposes.
	www.nypa.gov /ccp (305 words)

	Curbed: Queens: Astoria & Beyond Archives
		When we last heard from Astoria it was because the lights were out and there was a little riot at their pool during the summer heatwave.
		Not that I want Astoria to be cool, but it does sort of irk me the way Brooklynites write the place off completely.
		The word ‘Queens’ just sticks in their throat, and they start to pass out.) But then I cruised by the Eagle Electric renovation over on 21st Street the other day, and I realized this neighborhood is pretty much doomed–by utter tastelessness.
	www.curbed.com /archives/categories/queens_astoria_beyond.php (915 words)

	The Queens Gazette
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		The patriarch, the spiritual leader of 3.5 million Orthodox Christians around the world, first visited St. Demetrios School, where he met with students and youth of the community.
		It is seen as the Mother Church by the ancient Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem, by the younger autocephalous churches of Russia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Cyprus Greece, Poland and Albania, and by the autonomous churches of Czechoslovakia, Finland and Estonia.
	www.qgazette.com /news/2002/0313/Front_page/010.html (329 words)

	Buddhism & Meditation Classes in Astoria, Queens, New York
		Astoria, NY (Please use office entrance to the left of the main Church entrance)
		Luis continued to work on Wall Street for several years while attending classes at the Center, but gradually felt that he wished to devote himselfmore fully to study, meditation, and benefiting others through teaching.
		Luis is now the Coordinator of Branch Classes for Chakrasambara Buddhist Center, and teaches in the Upper East Side and in several branches in Queens.
	www.meditationinnewyork.org /mcq-astoria.php (388 words)

	Picture essays > Famine Cemetery. Astoria, Queens, NYC (sorabji.com)
		Its real name, however, is "Old Mount Carmel Cemetery," or more precisely "The Graveyard of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Astoria, Queens." It is named after Mt. Carmel Church which used to be located adjacent to the grounds.
		Carmel, the first Catholic church in Queens, was established largely to serve the Irish community.
		Located at the corner of 21st Street and 26th Avenue in Astoria, Queens, The Famine Cemetery is visible, if only briefly, to anyone driving along 21st Street to get to or from the Triborough Bridge or Grand Central Parkway.
	www.sorabji.com /_/Famine_Cemetery (535 words)

	wcbstv.com - Astoria Construction Headache Causes Queens Delays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Travel In Queens A Slow Go Queens drivers will need a lot of patience this weekend when a long-term construction project to demolish the Steinway Street Bridge begins in Astoria on Saturday.
		The ramps to the Grand Central westbound are closed from the northbound BQE and from Astoria Blvd at 74th Street.
		With the added traffic on Astoria Blvd., there’s no parking allowed between 31st and 49th street until 5 a.m.
	wcbstv.com /topstories/local_story_049093935.html (258 words)

	My Astoria - LIC and Astoria's Community Website - Queens, NY
		With our Astoria Business Directory, News, Community Event Calendar, Member Forums, Editorials, Astoria Weather and Free Classifieds, we offer the most comprehensive resource for Astoria, NY on the web.
		About Astoria, NY Astoria and Long Island City are diverse, multi-cultural neighborhoods located in NorthWestern Queens, NY.
		With a population of more than 200,000 residents, and 4000 registered buisinesses, the area is home to ethnic communities, artists, and young professionals, looking for quick access to Manhattan, a vibrant, safe neighborhood, and a lower cost of living.
	www.myastoria.com (390 words)

	Times Ledger - News - Page One
		Some members of the Queens political establishment spoke only two words when asked to react to Tuesday's 44-count indictment of embattled Flushing Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin: No comment.
		Charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct against a fl Queens Village teenager stemming from a June incident involving four 105th Precinct police officers were dismissed by the Queens district attorney's office Monday and now the boy plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit, his attorney said.
		Queens making progress in fight against crowded schools
	www.timesledger.com (360 words)

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