Astoria is a middle-class and commercial neighborhood in the Queens district of New York City, bordered by East River and adjacent to three other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City, Sunnyside (bordering Northern Boulevard), and Woodside ( bordering on 50th Street). It is located on Community Board 1, and patrolled by the New York City 114 Police Office. By 2016, Astoria has an estimated population of 78,793.
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The area now known as the Astoria was originally called Hallett's Cove, after the first landowner William Hallett, who settled there in 1652 with his wife, Elizabeth Fones. Beginning in the early 19th century, the prosperous New Yorkers built large houses around the streets 12 and 14, an area later known as the Astoria Village (now Old Astoria). Hallett's Cove, founded on April 12, 1839 and previously founded by feather merchant Stephen A. Halsey, is a well-known recreational destination and resort for Manhattan's wealthy.
The area was renamed John Jacob Astor, then the richest man in America with a net worth of more than $ 40 million, to persuade him to invest in that neighborhood. He only invested $ 500, but the name remained so, as a fierce battle over naming the village was finally won by supporters and Astor friends. From Astor's summer home in Hell Gate, Manhattan - on what is now East 87th Street near York Avenue - he can look across East River, the newly named Long Island village in his honor. Astor, however, never actually set foot on Astoria.
During the second half of the 19th century, economic and commercial growth brought increased immigration from German settlers, mostly furniture makers and cabinets. One of the settlers was Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, the Steinway family patriarch who founded Steinway & amp; Children in 1853, which is currently a world piano company. Then, Steinways built a sawmill and foundry, as well as a tramway. The family eventually established Steinway Village for their workers, a city company that provides school teaching in German as well as English. Part of the motivation to put Steinway's factory in Queens is to keep the workers isolated from the fermentation of workers' organizing and radicalism that took place in other parts of New York, especially the Lower East Side.
Astoria and several other villages in the vicinity, including Steinway, were incorporated into Long Island City in 1870. Long Island City remained an independent municipality until it was incorporated into New York City in 1898. Plantations in the area were transformed into residential and network roads to accommodate more and more residents.
Astoria also stands out in the early American filmmaking as one of its original centers. The legacy was preserved today by the Museum of the Moving Image and Kaufman Astoria Studios.
Today, many of Astoria's beaches are being redeveloped and underutilized industrial sites in a forgotten historic neighborhood are being revived. Hallets Point is one of five former industrial sites on the shore of the coast being transformed, and will carry seven new mixed residential towers, including 2,000 market-level units and 500 affordable units, into the neighborhood. The development will also include new waterfront parks, supermarkets, retail stores and restaurants, and two new schools. These seaside projects are designed by New York's architectural firm, along with private developers, municipal agencies, and landscape architects.
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Demographics
Based on data from the 2010 US Census, the Astoria population was 78,793, a decrease of 10,329 (11.6%) from 89,122 counted in 2000. Covering an area of ​​902.94 hectares (365.41 ha), the neighborhood has a population density of 87.3 per acre (55.900/sq., mi; 21,600/km 2 ).
Racial makeup from the environment is 49.2% (38,749) White, 4.5% (3,553) African American, 0.2% (137) Native Americans, 16.2% (12,759) Asia, 0.0% (30 ) Pacific Islands, 1.2% (936) of other races, and 2.2% (1.714) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 26.5% (20,915) of the population.
Astoria was first completed by the Dutch and Germans in the 17th century. Many Irish settled in the area during the wave of Irish immigration to New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Italians are the next important immigrants in Astoria, and many Italian restaurants, delis, bakeries, and pizza shops are found throughout Astoria, especially in the Ditmars Boulevard area.
Jews are also significant ethnic and religious groups. The Israel Astoria Center, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1925 after it grew beyond the Mishkan Congregation of Israel, built in 1904.
The 1960s saw a massive increase of Greek populations from the Greek mainland, and after 1974, there was a wave of Greeks from Cyprus. This cultural trail can be seen in various Greek restaurants, bakeries, tavernas and cafes, as well as some Greek Orthodox churches. While the population of the Greeks at Astoria was 22,579 in 1980, it dropped to 18,127 in 1990 due to decreased immigration and lower birth rates. The Greek organizations in the area include the Hellenic American Action Committee (HANAC) and the Hellenic Society Federation in Greater New York. Recent economic problems in Greece have seen the rise of Greek immigration.
About 20,000 Maltese also live in Astoria, and although this population continues to emigrate from the area, there are still many Maltese, backed by the Maltese Center in New York.
Beginning in the mid-1970s, the Muslim population in the neighborhood grew from previous immigrants from Lebanon to include people from Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. In the 1990s, Steinway Street between 28th Avenue and Astoria Boulevard saw the establishment of many Arabian shops, restaurants and cafes, unofficially called "Little Morocco".
Croats from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina have been around since the 1960s and their numbers continue to grow. The new population of South American and Balkan communities has experienced significant growth since the early 1990s, including a large population of Brazilians, living on the Avenue 36th area. The Albanians, Bulgarians, Serbs, and Bosnians also showed an increase in numbers. Many Spanish-Americans live in Astoria, with most of them Galician descendants from Northwest Spain; This community is supported by Casa Galicia (Galicia House) and Circulo Espaà ± a (Spanish Circle).
At one time, many Bangladeshi-Americans settled in Astoria, but in 2001, many of them moved to Metro Detroit. A survey of the regional Bengali-language newspaper-Astoria estimates that, in the 18 months to March 2001 period, 8,000 Bangladeshis moved to the Detroit area. However, in 2010, the Bangladesh American community in Astoria has been on the rise.
The population loss in Queens is very high in immigrant neighborhoods such as Astoria, which suffers the largest population loss in the city, losing more than 10,000 inhabitants between 2000 and 2010.
Geography
There is some debate about what constitutes Astoria geographical boundaries. The neighborhood was part of Long Island City before its final incorporation into New York City in 1898.
The area south of Astoria is called Ravenswood, and traditionally, Broadway is considered a frontier between the two. Today, however, many residents and businesses south of Broadway identify themselves as Astorians for convenience or status, since Long Island City has historically been considered an industrial estate, and Ravenswood is now largely a low-income neighborhood. Some highways have lent their names to unofficial terms for the area they serve. For example, the eastern end of the Astoria, with Steinway Street as the main street, is sometimes referred to simply as "Steinway", and the northern end around Ditmars Boulevard is sometimes referred to as "Ditmars", with their convergence point that brings the environmental name "Ditmars-Steinway ". The banners displayed on lampposts along 30th Avenue refer to him as "The Heart of Astoria".
Ravenswood
Ravenswood is the name for a strip of land bordering the East River on Long Island City, and is part of Astoria.
The land was bought in 1814 by Colonel George Gibbs, a businessman from New York City who developed it. Gibbs died in 1833, and the land was divided into nine packages by three developers. From 1848, there were several mansions built on this land, but high-class housing did not survive. Spring 1853 brought the opening of a post office in its own shop and the state "run by Messrs. Moore & Luyster, and Mr. Samuel H. Moore of the company received a postmaster appointment, handling mail at the corner of the store."
Ravenswood, unlike Astoria, has never been a village; there is no disposition at all times to be independent because there is no population or commercial activity sufficient to justify such action. Ravenswood remained the exclusive village of Newtown Town until its absorption with the villages of Astoria and Hunters Point, Blissville, Sunnyside, Dutch Kills, Steinway, Bowery Bay and Middleton villages in Newtown City to Long Island City in 1870. In 1870, Ravenswood, with several other hamlets and the Astoria Village, merged to form Long Island City.
In 1875, the first commercial building was erected, and the mansions converted into offices and boarding houses. In 1879, the Long Island Terra Cotta Company was founded in Ravenswood, by Rudolph Franke. By 1900, Ravenswood was very commercial, and has remained so to this day. However, the name retains its residential character through the New York City Housing Authority project built in 1949 to 1951 under the name of Roads 34th and 36th, and 12th and 24th Streets.
The name also identifies a large power plant set up along the East River coast just south of the Roosevelt Island Bridge. Ravenswood Power Station No. 3 was built by Con Edison in 1963-65 but, due to deregulation, has been owned by KeySpan, National Grid, and TransCanada. The power plant can generate about 2,500 megawatts of electricity, which is about 20 percent of New York City's electricity demand.
Ditmars
Ditmars is a middle-class section of Astoria bordered by Bowery Bay in the north, 31st Street to the east (the boundary with adjacent neighborhoods of Steinway, with the Ditmars sometimes confused), 23rd Avenue to the south and the East River to the west. The adjacent Steinway neighborhood was largely developed as a corporate town by Steinway & Children's piano companies, and include homes and public facilities are also available for non-employees. However, the Ditmars environment is not included in Steinway & amp; Subsidiary housing and related facility projects. Ditmars is considered a popular environment among young professionals and in some real estate references adjacent to the Ditmars and Steinway environments combined as a single "Ditmars-Steinway" reference. This neighborhood takes its name from Ditmars Boulevard which is named in honor of Raymond Lee Ditmars, (1876-1942) famous American herpetologist and curator of the New York Zoological Society Reptile at the Bronx Zoo.
Eastoria
Eastoria is bordered by Hazen Street to the East, and Steinway Street to the west. Most are filled with stiffness Astoria Heights
Astoria Heights, or Upper Ditmars, is bordered by Hazen Street to the west, La Guardia Airport to the east, Bowery Bay to the north, and Astoria Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway to the south. These are mostly quiet middle-class neighborhoods from private homes of one and two families.
The Riker-Lent Homestead is near the northern end of Astoria Heights on 78-03 19th Road. Built around 1655 by Abraham Riker under the patent of the last governor of Nieuw Nederland, Peter Stuyvesant, is believed to be the oldest residence in New York City still used as a residence. There is an adjacent family funeral. The Smiths, who bought the house in 1975, had restored it for years. The yearly general tour is given usually in mid-September by the owners for the benefit of the local history community, but has since ceased to exist.
Before the ban, there is a dance hall, picnic area, and amusement park on North Beach.
Ragtime composer Scott Joplin is buried on Grand Central Parkway at St Michael's Cemetery, which sometimes hosts ragtime concerts.
The Rikers Island Bridge to New York City's main prison, Rikers Island, runs from the northern edge of Hazen Street. Technically, Rikers Island is in the Bronx since New York City took over from Long Island City in 1884, after it annexed the Southern Bronx but before consolidating Queens. However, like Astoria Heights, Rikers Island gets a letter from East Elmhurst station (Postal Code 11370) from Post Office Flushing.
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Places of interest
- Moving Image Museum in the former building Kaufman Astoria Studios
- Museum Isamu Noguchi
- Socrates Sculpture Park
- Astoria Park along the East River, is Astoria's largest park and also contains the city's largest urban swimming pool in New York (330 ft), also a former site in 1936 and 1964. Olympic trials.
- The Hell Gate bridge and New York Connecting/Northeast Corridor Rail Bridge rise high above the Astoria.
- The oldest beer garden in New York City, Bohemian Hall , was founded in 1910 when Astoria was mostly Irish, Italian, Bohemian (Czech) and Slovakian.
- The Greater Astoria Historical Society in the historic Quinn Memorial Building on the corner of Broadway and 36th Street serves as a valuable historical resource and provides tourist information.
- St. Michael's Cemetery at Astoria Boulevard is the burial place of composer and pianist Scott Joplin. and gangsters, Frank Costello.
- Steinway & amp; The Sons piano factory located at 1 Steinway Place (not to be equated with Steinway Street) has been operating in Astoria since the late 19th century and is a legacy of award-winning, artistic, and vibrant expertise, Steinway Village on its own. Limited factory tour is available.
Bicycle paths , built as part of the city bike path system, are added to the Astoria streets including marked spaces along Vernon Boulevard, 20th Avenue, 21st Street, 34th and 36th Avenues, and access to a protected path across the Triborough Bridge to Randalls and Wards Islands. Riders can also do more beautiful cycling along the short section of Shore Blvd. bordering Astoria Park and Ralph DeMarco Park, a range that is sometimes closed to motor vehicle traffic during the event. - The Modern Art Foundry , foundry, located in Astoria.
- In addition to the Bohemian Hall, the Astoria Center of Israel, the Paramount Studios Complex, the Sohmer and Company Piano Factory, the Steinway Mansion, and Trinity Lutheran Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Transportation
Astoria is serviced by the N
and W trains, running along the BMT Astoria Line elevated above 31st Street, as well as local M and R train from New York City Subway, which stops on Steinway Street and 46th Street station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line underground.
The main road that runs north-south is Vernon Boulevard along the East River; 21st Street, the main traffic artery with a mix of residential, commercial and industrial areas; 31st Street; and Steinway Street (named after Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later Henry E. Steinway), founder of the Steinway & Sons piano company), a large commercial street with many retail stores, and a very prominent Middle East section between Astoria Boulevard and 28th Avenue, this area full of Middle Eastern food restaurants serving some local food from Lebanon, Egypt and Morocco, most of the food in this restaurant is Halal to match the Muslim population who are the main customers in this neighborhood.
Astoria has been served by the Astoria NYC Ferry route since August 2017.
Health care
Due to its location, Astoria is conveniently serviced by hospitals and nearby New York City health centers, as well as FDNY EMS services. In 2014, there are 5 firehouses FDNY in Astoria. Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens is the only hospital medical center in the neighborhood. It operates 24/7 and is part of the Mount Sinai Health System network. Other nearby hospitals include Elmhurst Hospital Center near Elmhurst, as well as Forest Hills Hospital (part of Northwell Health) in Forest Hills.
Education
School
The New York City Department of Education operates the Astoria public school.
Astoria also has several private schools, many of which offer parish education:
- Immaculate Conception School (21-63 29th Street)
- Les Enfants Montessori School (29-21 Newton Avenue)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School (23-15 Newtown Avenue)
- Queens Lutheran School (31-20 37th Street)
- St. Catherine and st. George School (22-30 33rd Street)
- St. Demetrios Astoria School (30-03 30th Drive)
- St. Francis of Assisi School (21-18 46th Street)
- St. John Preparatory School (21-21 Crescent Street)
- St. Joseph's Academy (Pre-KÃ, - 8th) (28-46 44th Street)
- The Most Precious Blood School (Pre-K-8) (32-52 37th Street)
- El-Ber Islamic School (25-42 49th Street)
- School 30th Avenue (28-37 29th Street)
Library
Queens Borough Public Library operates three branches in the ZIP code Astoria:
- Astoria (14-01 Astoria Boulevard)
- Broadway (40-20 Broadway)
- Steinway (21-45 31st Street)
Famous people
Born in Astoria
- Ted Alexandro (born 1969), comedian
- Iris Apfel (born 1921), entrepreneur and style icon
- Tony Bennett (born 1926), Grammy-winning singer
- Eddie Bracken (1915-2002), actor
- Hillary Brooke (born Beatrice Peterson, 1914-1999), artist and love interest Lou Costello on The Abbott and Costello Show
- The Cadillac Man, author, Missing Lost Land: My Life on the Streets
- Maria Callas (1923-1977), opera singer (childhood)
- Robert Davi (born 1953), actor, appeared on The Goonies , Die Hard , and License to Kill
- John Frusciante (born 1970), guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Ed Gardner (1901-1963), actor, famous for his work at Duffy's Tavern
- Anthony Giacchino (born 1969), filmmaker and producer
- George Gibbs (1815-1873), geologist who contributed to the study of language of indigenous peoples in the Washington Region
- Jack Kelly (1927-1992), the actor; mayor of Huntington Beach, California
- Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), singer, songwriter, actress, LGBT activist
- Melanie Martinez (born 1995), singer-songwriter, appeared on The Voice (2012)
- Patrick McGoohan (1928-2009), actor
- Chris Megaloudis, a soccer player for the Puerto Rican national football team.
- Ethel Merman (1908-1984), actress and singer Broadway
- Eric Metaxas (born 1963), author, founder of "Socrates in the City"
- Marilyn Milian (born 1961), judge on the television series The People's Court
- Dito Montiel (born 1965), writer, screenwriter, director and musician
- Nicole and Natalie Albino, from Nina Sky's music duo
- Al Oerter (1936-2007), Olympic discus throws four gold medalists
- Melanie Safka (born 1947), singer-songwriter
- Joe Santagato (born 1992), Youtuber and entertainer
- Franz Schurmann (1926-2010), Cold War expert in the People's Republic of China
- Dee Snider (born 1955) rock band singer Twisted Sister
- Christopher Walken (born 1943), actor
- Gordon Willis (born 1931), award-winning Academyematic winner
Raised or moved to Astoria
- Alvey A. Adee (1842-1924), the executive of the US Secretary of State.
- Lidia Bastianich, (born 1947) celebrity chef, TV host, cookbook writer and restaurant owner
- Panayiota Bertzikis, a serial social entrepreneur, grew up in Astoria.
- Frank Bonsangue, actor and television personality
- Chester Carlson (1906-1968), founder of xerography and founder of Xerox
- Cambrian Crews, author and storyteller
- Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), actor
- Christian Finnegan, comedian and actor
- Whitey Ford (born 1928), pitcher of the New York Yankees
- Chamique Holdsclaw (born 1977), basketball player
- George Maharis (born 1928), actor and comedian best known for his work on Route 66
- John H. Meier (born 1933), financial expert and former business associate Howard Hughes; also involved with Watergate
- Nicole Petallides (born 1971), Fox Business reporter
- Henrietta Rodman (1877-1923), feminist and educator
Cemetery site
In addition, Astoria is the final resting place of New York City mafia, Frank Costello, as well as ragtime composer and musician Scott Joplin. Both Costello and Joplin are buried at St. John's Cemetery Michael. The cemetery hosts yearly general events and concerts to celebrate Joplin's musical legacy, including Joplin's retrospective.
In popular culture
The environment is often featured in various media; in movies and television, this area is shown as Astoria or as a setting for other locations in New York City.
Movies
- In the movie Joe (1970), the character of Peter Boyle lives in Astoria.
- The 1973 adaptation of the John-Michael Tebelak Godspell musical stage includes many character shots under support for The Hell Gate Bridge, or East River Arch Bridge, as seen from Randall's Island, both while the plot unfold as well during visual montage occurring in numbers such as Day by Day and We Beseech Thee . The view of this bridge is similar to that found in Astoria Park and Astoria can sometimes be seen in the background shooting facing east.
- Serpico (1973), with Al Pacino, has several scenes filmed in Astoria. For example, a train stop on Ditmars Boulevard is the location for a chase scene, and Serpico holds a secret meeting at Astoria Park under the Hellgate Bridge.
- King Kong (1976) held a scene at Astoria, on Astoria Boulevard and 31st Street, where two main characters boarded the RR train at Astoria Boulevard station on the BMT Astoria Line.
- The 1982 Tempest version of the movie, starring John Cassavetes, has scenes taken at cafes on 23rd Ave off 31st St.
- Five Corners (1987), starring Jodie Foster, was shot at Astoria.
- Martin Scorsese GoodFellas (1990) was filmed at a location in Astoria.
- The film Queens Logic (1991) was filmed around Astoria and featured the landmark of Astoria - Hell Gate Bridge. One of the screenwriters, Tony Spiridakis, is rooted in Astoria.
- The Robert De Niro movie A Bronx Tale (1993) was made in the Bronx, but most of the exterior scenes were filmed in the Astoria as well as the surroundings of Woodside. The high school featured in the film is William Cullen Bryant High School at 31st Avenue, the church used in this film is St. Joseph's on 30th Avenue, and a funeral parlor scene shot from a funeral home on 30th Ave, across the street from St. John's Church. Joseph.
- Independent film Girls Town (1996) features a shooting scene at Astoria Park.
- Woody Allen Hollywood Ending (2002) has a shooting scene in the neighborhood around Tahapan Kaufman Astoria.
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Shia LaBeouf, and adapted from 2001 memoir Dito Montiel about the experiences of filmmakers who grew up in the neighborhood during the 1980s, filmed in various locations around Astoria.
- The Accidental Husband (2008), Directed by Griffin Dunne; with Uma Thurman, Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan filmed at Astoria on 33rd Street and 23rd Avenue.
- The remake of the comedy film Arthur (2011) illustrates at least one scene showing Astoria, Queens, using visual Batmobile displayed from 34th Street and 34th Avenue in the neighborhood.
Games
- Video game Grand Theft Auto IV - taking place in New York City called Liberty City - has a neighborhood called Steinway in the Dukes area, partner of the in-game Queens. The game features "Steinway Beer Garden" inspired by Bohemian Hall, but as an Irish and German themed bar, not Czech. (A fake TV ad for Steinway Beer Garden, can be seen on the Rockstar website, including voice-over commented that the park is "ethnically confused.") Steinway Park is modeled after Astoria Park, with a famous outdoor swimming pool (including dive platforms) and beautiful waterfront paths. Many of the signs and aides of a real local Astoria business appear in the game, although the names have been changed (eg "ASTORIA Medical Dental" to "ROSARIA Medical Dental").
- The Godfather II video game describes Astoria in the New York City version.
Literature
- In the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby (1925), Jay Gatsby was pulled by a policeman on a "motorcycle" in Astoria while driving with the narrator to the city.
- Astoria is the setting for Dito Montiel's memoirs, Guides for Recognizing Your Saints (2001), which were later filmed in 2006.
- Astoria is the setting for the novel Autobiography/Masquerade (2006), written in honor of the memory of Antonio "Nino" Pellegrino, a Astoria native who appears briefly at A Bronx Tale . In the novel Ayn Rand The Fountainhead (1943), Howard Roark's main character destroyed the Cortlandt Homes residential project located in the East River at Astoria.
Music '
- Sufjan Stevens recorded most of Illinoise at The Buddy Project Recording Studio at Astoria.
- Rapper Action Bronson recorded his music video "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" in Astoria. The video was released on May 20, 2013 as the single for her album Saaab Stories .
- Queens Metal band Emmure released a song on their 3rd studio album Felony, titled "The Bar at Astoria". It was featured on the Ibanez website in their interview with band members in their product promotion.
- The music video for the song "Your Love" (1985) by the English band The Outfield is installed in the sound stage/painting studio behind what is currently Strand Pharmacy on 25-01 Broadway. At the end of the video, the female "painter" walks out of the sound stage to Crescent St.. and then turn left onto Broadway.
Television
- The 1970s sitcom All in the Family is set in Astoria, although the address given for Archie Bunker's house (704 Hauser Street) is fictitious, and the outer part of the house is shown in credit opening shot elsewhere in Queens.
- The Cosby television series, starring Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, and Madeleine Kahn (not to be confused with the previous series
) made at Astoria and filmed there , at Kaufman Astoria Studios on 35th Avenue. - The original series Showtime Nurse Jackie was photographed at Kaufman Astoria Studios and at a location in Astoria.
- The original series of Netflix Orange Is the New Black was photographed in Kaufman Astoria Studios and at a location in Astoria.
- The 37th Street block between Ditmars Boulevard and 23rd Avenue is sometimes referred to as "Seinfeld Street." On the Seinfeld television show, this road is sometimes seen in the taking of an external stand as a block where George Costanza's parents live.
- Kaufman Astoria Studios has long hosted the Sesame Street PBS series and has been commended for local shoots on films such as The Stepford Wives , a 2009 remake of > Pelham 123 pickup , and Golden Globe winner Angels in America .
- The Abbi Abrams character from Wide City lives in Astoria.
References
External links
- Astoria Music and Art
- Astoria Celebrity Magazine Astoria/LIC's Premier Glossy Magazine
- Articles from the Greater Astoria Historical Society explain the Queens street numbering system
- A slideshow of the New York Times comedians living in Astoria
- The Greater Astoria History Society
- 114th Precinct of the New York Police Department dead link
- NYC Education Board assessment from Astoria public schools
- Greek culture in Astoria
- Environmental Custody: Astoria
- The NYC NYC Annual Festival
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