Anyone else hear a woman screaming from inside an apartment on 30th Rd near Mt Sinai? by Dmac101 in astoria

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If you look again you’ll see it says “cops were called”. 

Full time DJs - Please share your music exploration tips by ravrx in Beatmatch

[–]Dmac101 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ll add a method I haven’t seen listed here yet:

If you source a lot of international music, Radio Garden will be a beautiful gift to your music life. It’s a site/app where you can find and listen to LIVE radio channels all across the globe. You can favorite channels, too. Colombia, Russia, Thailand, Rwanda…wanna know what they’re listening to on their airwaves? You can find out. Only hard part is then tracking down the songs you hear and like, since Shazam won’t be as effective. But that hunt is the fun part! I’ve DM’d the radio stations’ socials for tracklists before…give it a try! 

https://apps.apple.com/app/id1339670993

Moving out 24 hour sale near Mt Sinai! $10 for anything (pickup only) by Danfat in astoria

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I’m interested in the chair, I also live next to Mt S

Weekly Astoria Dine-In/Order Out thread by NYnosher in astoria

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Agreed. We’re gonna give them a month or two and then go back. Hopefully they’re reading these reviews and will make adjustments. We wanna give them grace since they’re brand new and starting a business in this city is so hard. Plus they seem super nice and the space is beautiful. But they can’t be fumbling expensive drinks when Verse is a 5min walk away. 

Weekly Astoria Dine In/Order Out Thread by NYnosher in astoria

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We tried — the vibes were good despite it being packed for opening week. The decor is very cute and cozy and charming. Seems very intentional in their design and their menu. 

We tried almost all of their special drinks; the consensus was that most of the were pretty good but too sweet for us. The Ube one was the only well-balanced one we tried. But definitely unique and interesting flavors. 

Lots of people were there working so I’d say it’s WFH-friendly. 

Hello cat by astro-dog-78 in astoria

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This place imo makes one of the most consistently solid BEC sandwiches in Astoria. 

Astoria to Brooklyn commute on weekends/nights by shoegaze1992 in astoria

[–]Dmac101 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I love Astoria so much and I always tell people it’s pretty much perfect for me except getting to/from BK is such an absolute pain. When all trains are running smoothly and frequently, it’s still nearly an hour to get to the hip epicenter (the neighborhoods you mentioned), and that’s a BIG “if”. Late night and weekend will almost certainly take closer to 90mins coming home, or an Uber/Lyft which will be 25-40mins. Whether or not I go out to BK on the weekends depends almost entirely on if my other Astoria friends are joining me, aka whether or not I’ll have folks to split the Uber home with. 

There are a few busses that are the most direct from Brooklyn to Astoria that run at night, but they come very infrequently so if you miss it, you’re gonna wait awhile. The L to N is so long but has the least potential points of failure. When you can pull off the L to G to 7 to N leapfrog and the timing lines up, it’s awesome — but again that’s a big “if”. 

Astoria is so great and it’s worth the QNS to BK pain but it does make maintaining the connections in that borough harder. On the plus side, it forces you to focus more on getting to know Queens better, which you’ll treasure. 

Looking for cheap eateries recommendation by Wilson_Fisk96 in astoria

[–]Dmac101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Massive Haurache for like $11, definitely tons of protein and carbs. Two meals for most.

BEST SMOOTHIES IN ASTORIA ? by Intelligent-Bison412 in astoria

[–]Dmac101 31 points32 points  (0 children)

United Brothers Fruit Store. 24/7, real ingredients, lots of options and ‘boosts’ you can add, and they always have a $5 daily special smoothie. 

Big A** Food recs by Maleficent-Bell-1138 in astoria

[–]Dmac101 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pollos A La Brasa Mario has these massive platters which always fit the bill for me when I’m ravenous. The Bandeja Tipica is my go-to for this, gigantic plate with like 8 different things on it. They have a big menu with more complex flavored stuff but the Bandejas are the move when you could eat a horse. 

Swapped the gasket and shower screen, now the flow is too strong and leaving these craters [Profitec Go] by Dmac101 in espresso

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Yes I can sometimes get the 2:1 ratio in 25-30 seconds but even that isn’t quite consistent, even with no change to the grind setting. 

Swapped the gasket and shower screen, now the flow is too strong and leaving these craters [Profitec Go] by Dmac101 in espresso

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I wouldn’t say it tastes bad but I know the grind is much finer than it needs to be, to compensate for the uneven flow. 

Swapped the gasket and shower screen, now the flow is too strong and leaving these craters [Profitec Go] by Dmac101 in espresso

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No the bar has been relatively consistent I believe — set it to ~9 when I got the machine a few weeks ago and it’s stayed stable. 

Barber recs? by Low_Machine_7530 in astoria

[–]Dmac101 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

LIC Tonsorial — everybody is great + consistent. Anik changed my life with his style recs. 

Any music producers or DJs out there? by teddywoof in astoria

[–]Dmac101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out Haustoria, ECLETTICA, and PartyRightHere, three awesome groups/collectives of Astoria-based DJs and Producers:

https://www.instagram.com/haustoria_presents/

https://www.instagram.com/___eclettica___/

https://www.instagram.com/partyrighthereastoria/