The borough’s house of blockbusters is about to get bigger. Kaufman Astoria Studios, the 94-year-old dream factory responsible for hundreds of city-made movies, will open a new 18,000-square-foot sound stage by 2016, officials said. “We’re just trying ... Read More

Kaufman Astoria Studios has announced plans to build a new 18,000-square-foot sound stage on its Astoria, Queens campus within the next two years. Stage N would bring the total number of stages at the movie, television ... Read More

Kaufman Astoria Studios is gearing up to add a new 18,000-square-foot sound stage to the film spot’s 500,000-square-foot lot. Dubbed Stage N, the addition would open within the next two years and bring the total number ... Read More

Kaufman Astoria Studios announced that it plans to build a new 18,000 s/f sound stage on its campus within the next two years. The new stage, which will be called Stage N, will bring the total ... Read More

Once used to make Marx Brothers films and later to produce Army propaganda and training movies, the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens have become a magnet for restaurants, bars and other venues frequented by a ... Read More

A new art district designation has western Queens keeping its cool. Community leaders and elected officials hailed the designation of the Kaufman Arts District in Astoria Friday, celebrating the creative space as a booming borough attraction ... Read More

Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer was joined by Western Queens cultural leaders and elected officials outside Kaufman Astoria Studios to announce the designation of the Kaufman Arts District in Astoria. With the help of Van Bramer, ... Read More

A small section of Astoria—known for its cultural venues and the Kaufman Astoria Studios–was officially designated as an “arts district” on Friday. The district, the first of its type in Queens, is comprised of the Kaufman ... Read More

On Thursday, we had the honor and pleasure to attend the announcement of the Kaufman Arts District. A whole slew of Western Queens cultural leaders and elected officials were there to usher in this amazing ... Read More

 Today, the Queens neighborhood of Astoria, which is home to the Museum of the Moving Image and the Queens Council on the Arts, will officially get its own arts district. To be dubbed the Kaufman ... Read More