Interesting Facts About My Neighborhood
Go Astoria! :)
37th Street between Ditmars Boulevard and 23rd Avenue is sometimes referred to as "the Seinfeld Street." In the Seinfeld television show, this street is occasionally seen in external establishing shots as the block where George Costanza's parents live.
Scott Joplin, composer noted for his famous ragtime music, is buried in St. Michael's cemetery in Astoria.
A Bronx Tale was actually filmed on 30th Avenue in Astoria. The high school seen in the movie is Bryant High School.
Along the East River, is Astoria's largest park and contains the Astoria Pool-the jewel of New York City's public pools and former site of the U.S. Olympic trials.
The Hell Gate Bridge and New York Connecting Railroad viaduct rise high above Astoria.
The oldest beer garden in New York City, Bohemian Hall, dating from October 1, 1910, when, before the first Greek immigration, Astoria was largely Irish, Italian and "Bohemian" (now Czech) and Slovak.[2]
In All in the Family, Archie Bunker and his family lived at the fictional address 704 Hauser Street in Astoria.[3]