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Waterfront Concert Series 2009

DIRECTIONS TO ASTORIA PARK CONCERT SITE

BY CAR

FROM QUEENS / LONG ISLAND :

GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY TO 31ST EXIT (HOYT AVENUE EXIT - LAST EXIT IN QUEENS);

PROCEED PAST THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD OF THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY (TRIBORO) BRIDGE APPROACH; GO STRAIGHT

TURN RIGHT ONTO 19TH STREET;

PROCEED ALONG 19TH STREET AND MAKE A LEFT AT DITMARS BLVD.;

AS YOU APPROACH THE WATER, MAKE A LEFT ONTO SHORE BLVD.;

AFTER PASSING UNDER THE HELL GATE BRIDGE , YOU WILL NOTICE THE PERFORMANCE STAGE TO YOUR LEFT.

 

FROM THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY (TRIBORO) BRIDGE:

EXIT ROBERT F. KENNEDY (TRIBORO) BRIDGE AT 31ST STREET (NOTE SIGN INDICATING “ALL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC MUST EXIT”);

MAKE FIRST LEFT AFTER THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE ( 33RD STREET );

TURN LEFT AGAIN ONCE YOU CROSS OVER THE OVERPASS-STAY TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID TRAFFIC;

PROCEED ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD OF THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY (TRIBORO) BRIDGE APPROACH;

AS YOU APPROACH THE PARK PARKING LOT, TURN RIGHT ONTO 19TH STREET;

PROCEED ALONG 19TH STREET AND MAKE A LEFT AT DITMARS BLVD.;

AS YOU APPROACH THE WATER, MAKE A LEFT ONTO SHORE BLVD.;

AFTER PASSING UNDER THE HELL GATE BRIDGE, YOU WILL NOTICE THE PERFORMANCE STAGE TO YOUR LEFT.

 

FROM BROOKLYN :

BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY (WEST) TO EXIT 41 ( ASTORIA BOULEVARD )

PROCEED PAST THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD OF THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY (TRIBORO) BRIDGE APPROACH; GO STRAIGHT

TURN RIGHT ONTO 19TH STREET;

PROCEED ALONG 19TH STREET AND MAKE A LEFT AT DITMARS BLVD.;

AS YOU APPROACH THE WATER, MAKE A LEFT ONTO SHORE BLVD.;

AFTER PASSING UNDER THE HELL GATE BRIDGE , YOU WILL NOTICE THE PERFORMANCE STAGE TO YOUR LEFT.

 

DIRECTIONS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:

 

TRAIN - N/W TO DITMARS, WALK DOWN TO 19TH ST. & 23RD AVENUE

BUS - MTA BUS Q69 TO 23RD AVENUE AND 21ST STREET

 
 
 
 
 

    


 

 

 

Summer Fun Children's Series 2009

Athens Square Park

30th Avenue and 30th Street

Tuesdays - 10:30am

July 7th - 100 Years of Popular Dance

July 14th - Uncle Brothers

July 21st - Word Flow

July 28th - Dance Around the World

August 4th - Salsa Festival

August 11th - We are all Americans

Dutch Kills Playground

36th Avenue and Crescent Street

Wednesdays - 10:30am

July 8th - 100 Years of Popular Dance

July 15th - Uncle Brothers

July 22nd - Word Flow

July 29th - Dance Around the World

August 5th - Salsa Festival

August 12th - We are all Americans

This series is made possible in part with funds provided by: NYC Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., through a grant from NYC Dept. of Youth and Community Development, The Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the NYS Council on the Arts, administered by the Queens Council on the Arts, Athens Square Inc., NYC Councilman Eric Gioia through the Dutch Kills Civic Association, and in part by public funds from the

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

                                

DIRECTIONS TO ATHENS SQUARE PARK

FROM THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY (TRIBORO) BRIDGE :

EXIT 31ST STREET, TURN RIGHT UNDER ELEVATED STRUCTURE;

PROCEED TO 30TH AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 4 TRAFFIC LIGHTS;

TURN RIGHT AT 30TH AVENUE;

PROCEED ONE BLOCK TO 30TH STREET;

PARK IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE PAST 30 TH STREET, NEXT TO PS 17

FROM GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY:

EXIT HOYT AVENUE (LAST EXIT BEFORE THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE), TURN LEFT UNDER ELEVATED STRUCTURE;

PROCEED TO 30TH AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 4 TRAFFIC LIGHTS;

TURN RIGHT AT 30TH AVENUE;

PROCEED ONE BLOCK TO 30TH STREET;

PARK IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE PAST 30 TH STREET, NEXT TO PS 17.

DIRECTIONS TO DUTCH KILLS PLAYGROUND

FROM THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY (TRIBORO) BRIDGE :

EXIT 31ST STREET, TURN RIGHT UNDER ELEVATED STRUCTURE;

PROCEED TO 36TH AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 9 TRAFFIC LIGHTS;

TURN RIGHT AT 36TH AVENUE;

PROCEED TO CRESCENT STREET, APPROXIMATELY 4 BLOCKS;

PLAYGROUND IS ON THE LEFT , AT THE INTERSECTION OF

CRESCENT STREET, NEXT TO PS 112.

FROM GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY:

EXIT 31ST EXIT (HOYT AVENUE -LAST EXIT IN QUEENS), TURN LEFT UNDER ELEVATED STRUCTURE;

PROCEED TO 36TH AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 9 TRAFFIC LIGHTS;

TURN RIGHT AT 36TH AVENUE;

PROCEED TO CRESCENT STREET, APPROXIMATELY 4 BLOCKS;

PLAYGROUND IS ON THE LEFT , AT THE INTERSECTION OF

CRESCENT STREET, NEXT TO PS 112.

 
 

2009

STREET FAIR CALENDAR

Central Astoria LDC

Sun., April 26th

Steinway St. between  28th & 34th Ave

St. Demetrios Cathedral

May 13th-18th

30th Drive between 30th & 31st Street

Broadway-Astoria

Merchants & Professionals

Mon., May 25th

Broadway between Crescent & 47th Street

St. Antonio Abate Society of Castrofilippo

June 24th-28th

Ditmars Boulevard between 35th & 38th St

Friends of Community Board 1

Sun., July 12th

30th Avenue between 29th & 42nd Street

St. Irene Chrysovalantou Church

July 23rd-26th

23rd Avenue from 35th to 37th Street & on

36th Street from 23rd Avenue to under the Amtrak overpass

114th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol

Sun., July 26th

Broadway between Steinway & 48th Street

Steinway Street Bid

Sun., August 9th

Steinway Street between 29th & 34th Avenue

30th Avenue Business Association

Mon., September 7th

30th Avenue between 29th & 41st Street

Hellenic Orthodox Traditionalist

Church of America

(St. Markella)-September 17th-20th

26th St. from 23rd Ave. to the Amtrak trestle

Broadway- Astoria Merchants & Professionals

Sun., Sept. 27th

Broadway between Crescent & 47th Street

Dutch Kills Civic Association

Sun., October 25th

36th Avenue between 29th & 35th Street

ALL FAIRS RUN 11AM-6PM
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