The BOAST: Best of Astoria & LIC 2022 Survey is LIVE! The site is boast.nyc/survey. Please fill it out by Friday, December 23, and be sure to add your name and email at the end of the survey for a chance to win a prize. We always appreciate short write-ups with your entries, and please share the… Read more »
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BOAST: Best of Astoria & LIC 2021 Survey is LIVE
Let us know your favorites in the BOAST: Best of Astoria & LIC 2021 Survey! The BOAST: Best of Astoria & LIC 2021 Survey is LIVE! The site is boast.nyc/survey. Please fill it out by December 28, 2021, and be sure to add your name and email at the end of the survey for a chance… Read more »
Extras from the Survey
Not everything from the BOAST: Best of Astoria 2020 survey made it onto the site. Here are some noteworthy categories and entries, in alphabetical order. (Please check to make sure they are open before going.) Best Brazilian Food Barzola Favela Grill Pao de Queijo Best Date Spot Mosaic Sanfords Astoria Sweet Afton The Ditty (It’s… Read more »
The BOAST: Best of Astoria 2020 Survey is LIVE
The BOAST: Best of Astoria 2020 Survey is LIVE! The site is boast.nyc/survey. Please fill it out by December 24, 2020, and be sure to add your name and email at the end of the survey for a chance to win a prize. We always appreciate short write-ups with your entries. It’s been a very… Read more »
Extras from the BOAST 2019 Survey
Not everything from the BOAST: Best of Astoria 2019 survey made it onto the site. There were some great write-ups of places that were not winners, and some categories did not have clear winners so they were left off the site entirely. So here they are, the extras from the survey. In both the Best… Read more »
BOAST: Best of Astoria 2019 Survey and NYE in Astoria
Last chance to vote for your favorites in the BOAST: Best of Astoria 2019 Survey We have extended the BOAST: Best of Astoria 2019 Survey to Sunday, December 29. If you know Astoria, and haven’t filled it out yet, please do! At the end of the survey, if you enter your name and email, you… Read more »
Vote for your favorites in the BOAST: Best of Astoria 2019 Survey!
Can you believe it’s already the end of 2019? The end of the decade?? So at the end of this year and decade, we have a special BOAST: Best of Astoria 2019 Survey for you to fill out. We have removed some categories (bye-bye Best Movie Theater [but know that you can see movies at Regal… Read more »
BOAST: Best of Astoria 2018 Survey is Live
Can you believe it’s already the end of 2018? We think this year completely flew by. The BOAST: Best of Astoria 2017 party at The Queen’s Room felt like it was just the other day, although it was in February! But with the end of the year comes the BOAST: Best of Astoria 2018 Survey!… Read more »
Write-ups from the 2017 Survey That Did Not Make the Cut
Not everything that people entered on the survey was a BOAST winner. But we did want to share the write-ups of those places. Best American Restaurant Blackbird’s: “Best wings in Astoria! Great selection on tap and super friendly staff.” Flattopps: “Cool people, great food, fun music.” The Pomeroy: “The Pomeroy is a cozy, modern American… Read more »
BOAST: Best of Astoria 2017 Survey is LIVE!
We hope you voted today in the New York Election! Also, be sure to fill out the BOAST: Best of Astoria 2017 survey, which will be LIVE until Wednesday, Nov. 29. You decide what’s Best in Astoria, so we would like to hear from you, and from anyone who knows about this great neighborhood. Write your… Read more »
Featured BOAST Location

MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org
An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMA PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world, and supports innovation in contemporary art. Warm Up, a popular program on Saturdays in the summer, takes place in the courtyard where DJs spin and people dance for hours.