r/astoria

I was walking down 30th Ave and feeling genuinely dispirited by all the AI slop posters in the business windows, so when I turned the corner and saw this I had to go inside and compliment them on it. The shop owner told me his kids made it - even better!

Hope this can be an example for other shops. When you choose the low effort, cheap, lazy option to promote your business, it does exactly that - it portrays your services as low effort, cheap, and lazy. People crave substance, humanity and effort, and these days it's increasingly easy to make yourself stand out by giving it to them.

I've been fostering this 12yo sweetie the past few months - he's a former colony cat turned indoor cat and you'd never guess he's an old man.

He does his own thing most of the time, but loves treats, spending time in the same room as you, and loves pets. He's very vocal and silly!

He's toothless and very healthy. If you're interested in adopting him, it would be through the Brooklyn Animal Action and I can connect you!

Be who you want to be, but I don't need to see this shit promoting racist violence walking my kids around the neighborhood after work.

[CLAIMED]

Hi, neighbors.

Our sweet cat passed away last night. He gave us a wonderful and cuddly seventeen years.

We would love to pass on the food we still have for him for a family with a senior cat, plus some cat litter if you need it, pictured here.

Pick up at Ditmars and 37th, and if you're not too far away I can also bring it your way, just DM me.

Cat tax as well, because he was the handsomest boy and our hearts are aching today.

The food here is great, but please don't order the lobster....

Q101 is getting automated enforcement :)

Corner of 34th street off Grand

Hi
I’ve been building a side project called YourScene.

It’s a local discovery app for finding events, watch parties, bars, venues, and things happening nearby.
The problem I’m trying to solve is that local discovery still feels scattered. In places like NYC, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and Denver, people are checking Instagram, Reddit, Eventbrite, venue calendars, Google Maps, group chats, and word of mouth just to figure out what’s happening tonight.
I’m trying to make something that answers:
“What’s actually worth going to near me right now?”

A few things I’m building toward:

smaller local events, not just huge promoted ones
watch parties and fan spots
neighborhood-based discovery
filters for low-key / not touristy / small crowd / 30+ / family-friendly
live local posts through Pulse, so it’s not only scraped listings
better trust signals for venues and events
It’s still early, but I’d love feedback from other builders.

What would you focus on first: better event supply, better maps, stronger filters, community/Pulse, or onboarding?

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/yourscene/id6777555961
Bugs/feedback: support@yourscene.app
Appreciate any honest feedback.

Just passed by this new shop last week during their soft open. Looks like it used to be menz kave but new owners took over and renovated the whole place with new barbers. Place looks super modern and barbers did a great job with my haircut. Owners were extremely friendly and offered me a bunch of goodies so thought I’d post here to show support for a new business where owners are from neighborhood for once lol. They also have a pokemon card machine if anyone is interested in that.