Open House at Historic St. George’s Church

Historic St. George’s Church will be hosting an Open House on Saturday. May 5, from 11 am to 5pm. There will be tours of the church and cemetery. Come find out more about the history of the church whose connection with John Jacob Astor gave our neighborhood its name!

St. George’s Church is at 14-20 27th Avenue. It’s accessible by the Q18, Q19, Q69 and Q100 buses. By N/W train, get off at the Astoria Blvd. stop, exit station on the Triboro Bridge side of station, walk east on Astoria Blvd, cross 21st Street, continue on 27th Avenue to 14th Street. Please remember that the church parking lot is only for those on church business.

Photo credit: Courtesy of Dominque Perrot

Clare Doyle

Clare Doyle is a graduate of the M.A. program in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies as well as a B.A. in Archaeology and History from University Dublin, Ireland. She has worked for 30 years in library reference publishing in New York. Clare is the Vice President of Green Shores NYC, a non-profit group that advocates for a cleaner, greener and more connected waterfront in Astoria and Long Island City