Astoria Essentials

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Astoria Essentials

Transportation

Your easiest way to get around!
33 locals recommend
Ditmars Blvd Station
33 locals recommend
Your easiest way to get around!

Food scene

Amazing fresh pasta to cook at home
Cassinelli Food Products
3112 23rd Ave
Amazing fresh pasta to cook at home
Cozy, friendly neighborhood coffee shop
12 locals recommend
OK Cafe
22-04 33rd St
12 locals recommend
Cozy, friendly neighborhood coffee shop
Old-school Sicilian bakery with great pizza at the counter in the back. Their olive bread is also highly recommended!
12 locals recommend
Rose & Joe's Italian Bakery
22-40 31st St
12 locals recommend
Old-school Sicilian bakery with great pizza at the counter in the back. Their olive bread is also highly recommended!
Amazing Italian gelato - the best place for a treat on a hot day.
Gelato & Co
2902 23rd Ave
Amazing Italian gelato - the best place for a treat on a hot day.
Amazing falafel and shawarma served by the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
27 locals recommend
King of Falafel & Shawarma
3015 Broadway
27 locals recommend
Amazing falafel and shawarma served by the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
Italian deli with pizza, sandwiches, and Italian delicacies. Don't miss their still-warm homemade mozzarella.
12 locals recommend
Rosario's
22-55 31st St
12 locals recommend
Italian deli with pizza, sandwiches, and Italian delicacies. Don't miss their still-warm homemade mozzarella.
Take a trip to Greece by visiting this shop!
11 locals recommend
Mediterranean Foods I
30-12 34th St
11 locals recommend
Take a trip to Greece by visiting this shop!
Friendly atmosphere and authentic Italian food
7 locals recommend
Ornella Trattoria Italiana
29-17 23rd Ave
7 locals recommend
Friendly atmosphere and authentic Italian food
Longtime neighborhood favorite with novel takes on traditional Greek food. A great location to eat outside right by Astoria Park.
44 locals recommend
Agnanti
19-06 Ditmars Blvd
44 locals recommend
Longtime neighborhood favorite with novel takes on traditional Greek food. A great location to eat outside right by Astoria Park.
Often makes lists of the best ramen in NYC
46 locals recommend
HinoMaru Ramen
33-18 Ditmars Blvd
46 locals recommend
Often makes lists of the best ramen in NYC
Solid family Greek restaurant; our favorite for takeout.
10 locals recommend
Stamatis
29-09 23rd Ave
10 locals recommend
Solid family Greek restaurant; our favorite for takeout.
Their seafood attracts visitors from all over the NYC area, and justifiably so! Go for lunch to beat the crowds.
226 locals recommend
Taverna Kyclades
36-01 Ditmars Blvd
226 locals recommend
Their seafood attracts visitors from all over the NYC area, and justifiably so! Go for lunch to beat the crowds.
The "Sandwich King" caters to the correction officers heading to Rikers Island, and they often make lists of the best sandwiches in the U.S.
12 locals recommend
Sal, Kris & Charlie's Deli
33-12 23rd Ave
12 locals recommend
The "Sandwich King" caters to the correction officers heading to Rikers Island, and they often make lists of the best sandwiches in the U.S.
An incredible array of treats and very inviting sidewalk seating.
166 locals recommend
Martha's Country Bakery
36-21 Ditmars Blvd
166 locals recommend
An incredible array of treats and very inviting sidewalk seating.
You'll feel like you're eating in Ali's living room at this jewel box of an Egyptian restaurant.
10 locals recommend
Kabab Cafe
25-12 Steinway St
10 locals recommend
You'll feel like you're eating in Ali's living room at this jewel box of an Egyptian restaurant.
Excellent Egyptian food in a beautiful setting.
10 locals recommend
Mombar
25-22 Steinway St
10 locals recommend
Excellent Egyptian food in a beautiful setting.

Bars

This is not a well-kept secret any more, but it's still the most amazing place to while away an afternoon with beer under the trees. Definitely a fun place to hang out with kids, too.
224 locals recommend
Bohemian Hall
29-19 24th Avenue
224 locals recommend
This is not a well-kept secret any more, but it's still the most amazing place to while away an afternoon with beer under the trees. Definitely a fun place to hang out with kids, too.
Eclectic comedy club and performance space; you never know who you might see on stage in this quirky local treasure.
22 locals recommend
Q.E.D.
27-16 23rd Ave
22 locals recommend
Eclectic comedy club and performance space; you never know who you might see on stage in this quirky local treasure.

Sightseeing

Fantastic interactive exhibits documenting how movies are made. Also a great theater if you're a film fan.
507 locals recommend
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave
507 locals recommend
Fantastic interactive exhibits documenting how movies are made. Also a great theater if you're a film fan.
Gorgeous waterfront park with NYC's largest pool, a huge lawn for picnics, and a newly renovated track.
424 locals recommend
Astoria Park
19 19th St
424 locals recommend
Gorgeous waterfront park with NYC's largest pool, a huge lawn for picnics, and a newly renovated track.
An oasis of calm and incredible design in an unexpected place.
192 locals recommend
Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road
192 locals recommend
An oasis of calm and incredible design in an unexpected place.
Great city skyline and unexpected art!
238 locals recommend
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Blvd
238 locals recommend
Great city skyline and unexpected art!

Essentials

Small but well-stocked grocery store, open 24 hours.
Verdi Fresh
2101 31st St
Small but well-stocked grocery store, open 24 hours.
Nothing fancy, but everybody needs a good laundromat!
Soapy Sock Laundromat
29-01 21st Ave
Nothing fancy, but everybody needs a good laundromat!
24 hour drugstore and pharmacy with a Minute Clinic
416 locals recommend
CVS
115 W 125th St
416 locals recommend
24 hour drugstore and pharmacy with a Minute Clinic