Unguwar Girkanci tare da salo da al'ada
Astoria babbar unguwa ce a arewa maso yamma na Queens wanda kebantaccen tarihin Girka ne na tarihi da giyar Czech. Kodayake suna alfahari da duka biyun, Astoria tana da halaye da yawa.
Koyaya, wannan babban bambancin makwabta yana da ƙari da yawa. Wani bangare saboda unguwar tana da girma ta yadda babu tsarin gine-gine masu hadewa: zaku ga manyan gine-gine masu hawa hudu da kuma gidaje masu iyali daya.
Kogin Gabas yana ayyana iyakar yamma da arewacin Astoria; iyakokinta na ciki sune titin 49th gabas da 36th Avenue da Northern Boulevard a kudu. The N da Q jiragen kasa yi da yawa Tashoshi a cikin unguwa tare 31st Street. Titin Steinway da Titin 31st sune motocin tasi suka fi yawan sintiri.
Tushen
Asalin Astoria ya kasance asalin Holan ne a farkon 1600s kuma ta mamaye asalin kabilu daban-daban a cikin shekarun baya. Turawan mulkin mallaka sun mallaki yankin a tsakiyar karni na 20, har zuwa lokacinda Girkawa suka zauna anan a cikin 1960.
Tun daga wannan lokacin, karin baƙi daga Gabas ta Tsakiya, Brazil da Kudu maso Gabashin Turai sun isa. Yayinda haya ta tashi sama a cikin Manhattan da Brooklyn, yawancin daliban da suka kammala karatun kwaleji kwanan nan da iyalai matasa sun sami gidan Astoria mai araha, aminci akan titi, gidajen abinci, da sauƙin tafiya zuwa Manhattan. Kuma sun yi gida, ma.
Baƙi za su sami gidajen cin abinci na tsohuwar makaranta daga al'ummomin ƙaura daban-daban waɗanda ke kiran wannan unguwa "gidansu". Kwanan nan kwanan nan, gidajen abinci da sanduna sun buɗe.
A gefe guda, yankuna masu saurin tafiya a cikin Astoria suna kusa da Ditmars Avenue a Titin 31st a ƙarshen arewacin unguwar, da 30th Avenue da Broadway, gabas da Titin 31st. Hanya mafi kyau don zuwa unguwa shine ta hanyar jirgin N da Q, wanda ke tsayawa da yawa a Astoria.
Tafiya
Broadway da 30th Avenue, gabashin titin 31st, suna shimfidu ne cike da gidajen shakatawa, waɗannan rukunin suna da alamun Turai. Astoria an san ta da haɗuwa da tsohuwar da sabuwa, wanda shine dalilin da yasa zaku sami gidajen cin abinci na Girka da na Italia inda menu bai canza ba a cikin shekarun da suka gabata tare da sabbin gidajen cin abinci da aka buɗe waɗanda suke da alama suna tsallewa akan duk yanayin girke-girke.
Astoria's hippest side is on display at the Queens Kickshaw, wanda ke ba da sandwiches tare da kofi mai fasaha kusa da mahadar hanyar Broadway da Steinway Street. A can, rukunin shagunan Gabas ta Tsakiya da gidajen abinci a titin Steinway ya sami laƙabi da "Little Egypt."
Gaskiyar magana ita ce Ditmars Boulevard, yanki ne mai tafiya a arewacin Astoria, shine wuri mafi kyau don samun abincin Girka. Kycledes Taverns yana ba tsofaffin kayan abincin abinci na makaranta, al Agnanti, zaku iya samun meze da butar giya da ke kallon Astoria Park.
Filin shakatawa na Astoria yanki ne na gefen kogin koren wurare, tare da wurin wanka na birni, hanya da hanyar keke. Don gudanar da aikin ruwan sama, kai tsaye zuwa Kaufman Astoria Studios, an buɗe sutudiyo fina-finai a cikin 1920 - kuma har yanzu ana aiki a yau - wanda ke da Gidan Tarihi na Hoton Motsi. An faɗaɗa kuma an buɗe shi a cikin 2011, gidan kayan gargajiya yana bincika tarihin talabijin, fim da wasannin bidiyo, kuma yana yawan nuna fina-finai.