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

Check out this great shot from the LIC Partnership of students from the Frank Sinatra High School singing at today’s celebration of the Kaufman Arts District! Today the city, neighborhood organizations and local pols declared ... Read More

Astoria is ready for the world to know it’s the place to be for the arts. The western Queens neighborhood gathered Friday to celebrate the announcement of the designation of the Kaufman Arts District, the first ... Read More

There’s no shortage of neighborhoods teeming with amazing culture in New York City, but to date, only two areas—along 4th Street on the Lower East Side and the amorphous Fort Greene–Downtown Brooklyn hub that’s anchored ... Read More

Astoria is getting its own official arts district this week, in hopes of creating a "world-class vibrant cultural destination and home for creative industries." The brunch line at Queens Comfort is about to get a ... Read More

The neighborhood surrounding the Kaufman Astoria Studios has been known as the Cultural Campus, home to seven institutions like The Museum of the Moving Image, The Queens Council on the Arts and the Frank Sinatra ... Read More

QUEENS — A section of Astoria, known for its numerous cultural venues and the famed Kaufman Astoria Studios, will be named a new arts district on Friday — the first such district in the borough ... Read More