Astoria

Benham
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!
507 personas locales recomiendan
Museo de la Imagen en Movimiento
36-01 35th Ave
507 personas locales recomiendan
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!
238 personas locales recomiendan
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Blvd
238 personas locales recomiendan
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.
192 personas locales recomiendan
Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road
192 personas locales recomiendan
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.
22 personas locales recomiendan
Q.E.D.
27-16 23rd Ave
22 personas locales recomiendan
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…)
424 personas locales recomiendan
Parque Astoria
19 19th St
424 personas locales recomiendan
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
9 personas locales recomiendan
Comfortland
4009 30th Ave
9 personas locales recomiendan
Delicious donuts/locally roasted coffee/breakfast + lunch
American comfort food in a psychedelic toy museum/diner
94 personas locales recomiendan
Queens Comfort
36-18 30th Ave
94 personas locales recomiendan
American comfort food in a psychedelic toy museum/diner
Fresh ingredients and inventive paninis. Easy on-the-go or nice for sit-down
63 personas locales recomiendan
Il Bambino
34-08 31st Ave
63 personas locales recomiendan
Fresh ingredients and inventive paninis. Easy on-the-go or nice for sit-down
Family style Cypriot/Greek island food.
24 personas locales recomiendan
Zenon Taverna
34-10 31st Ave
24 personas locales recomiendan
Family style Cypriot/Greek island food.
Super thin crust pizza, square slices
22 personas locales recomiendan
Rizzo's Fine Pizza
30-13 Steinway St
22 personas locales recomiendan
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!
15 personas locales recomiendan
Diamond Dogs
34-04 31st Ave
15 personas locales recomiendan
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!
21 personas locales recomiendan
The Letlove Inn
27-20 23rd Ave
21 personas locales recomiendan
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.”
161 personas locales recomiendan
Sweet Afton
30-09 34th St
161 personas locales recomiendan
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!
85 personas locales recomiendan
The Bonnie
29-12 23rd Ave
85 personas locales recomiendan
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.
23 personas locales recomiendan
Mar's
34-21 34th Ave
23 personas locales recomiendan
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.
15 personas locales recomiendan
The Highwater
34-20 Broadway
15 personas locales recomiendan
Fun, new-ish tiki-vibes on Broadway.
over 100 years old, a true NYC classic.
8 personas locales recomiendan
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
29-19 24th Avenue
8 personas locales recomiendan
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!
40 personas locales recomiendan
SingleCut Beersmiths
19-33 37th St
40 personas locales recomiendan
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.
18 personas locales recomiendan
LIC Beer Project
39-28 23rd St
18 personas locales recomiendan
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
10 personas locales recomiendan
Big aLICe Brewing
8-08 43rd Rd
10 personas locales recomiendan
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!
12 personas locales recomiendan
Fifth Hammer Brewing
10-28 46th Ave
12 personas locales recomiendan
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!
15 personas locales recomiendan
The Astoria Bookshop
36-19 31st St
15 personas locales recomiendan
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!
125 personas locales recomiendan
Astoria
125 personas locales recomiendan
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!