City Island City Island is chock full of antique shops, art galleries, and seafood restaurants, most of them arrayed along City Island Avenue. Located on a spit of an island… Read More »City Island

Historic Houses of Queens Queens, New York, boasts a rich history that includes dozens of poorly publicized but historically impressive houses. A mix of farmsteads, mansions, seaside escapes, and architecturally… Read More »Historic Houses of Queens

Open House NY - A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion Home to renowned piano manufacturer William Steinway and his family, this grand Italianate villa overlooking Bowery Bay was the… Read More »Open House NY – A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion

Civil Rights on Long Island Long Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground… Read More »Civil Rights on Long Island

A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt Only the brave should join us on a virtual tour of the Queens Cemetery Belt. Thomas Wolfe wrote, “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn,”… Read More »A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt

  Prospect Park with Forgotten NY Prospect Park is hardly Forgotten: millions use it to relax, play ball, stroll, take in the sun. But there are plenty of nooks and… Read More »Prospect Park with Forgotten NY

The highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens! The borough of Queens has long been celebrated as the melting pot of America. Over a million foreign-born residents call it home, yet… Read More »All the Queens Houses: the highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens

Greater Astoria Historical Society Holiday Party  Please join us for our annual ‘Tis the Season’ Virtual Holiday Party for fun and good conversation Special Guest:  Tom Wilk Founder of Wilk… Read More »An Evening with Tom Wilk – Master Beekeeper

Walk Through Ravenswood w/ FNY & GAHS 12th Street looking north between 37th and 36th Avenues (c. 1910) There are many layers of Ravenswood ... ... a past community of… Read More »Walk Through Ravenswood (Astoria, Qns.)

Black History Month with Forgotten NY Weeksville Brooklyn There is much to see of Black History ... . . . ... but streets, parks, and buildings that are renamed for… Read More »Forgotten NY – Black History Month with Sergey Kadinsky

Virtual Lecture - Wednesday, March 30th at 7 PM View of Bridge Construction from Blackwells (Roosevelt) Island Opened in 1909, the Queensboro Bridge is the longest bridge spanning the East… Read More »The 113th Anniversary of the Opening of the Queensboro Bridge

"April is National Poerty Month" MONDAY APRIL 25 @ 6:30 PM! Join us for our virtual reading, featuring Maria Lisella, Olena Jennings & Ama Birch!  + a poetry open mic!! To… Read More »GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL 6TH ANNUAL POETRY READING!