I want to help develop an audience for creative live music in and around Astoria. Making good friends and connections is also not besides the point! By joining you'll get invitations to local jam sessions and concerts right here in Astoria and Long Island City.

Welcome to "Little in the City," the Long Island City parents group! We organize play dates, parties, and other events for children and their parents in Long Island City. Together with organizations such as Trinity Church or the Chocolate Factory we have brought to life larger yearly events such as the Easter Egg Hunt in Gantry Park or the Long Island City Halloween Parade. We also engage in advocacy work for Long Island City families regarding the improvement and maintenance of public parks and …

Join this group to participate in Ice Skating activities in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New Jersey, Staten Island, Westchester, Long Island, and everywhere in between.. We do not discriminate. If you are a beginner or expert you are welcome to join and you will find great people to share your new or old passion with. I will do my best to organize events and keep things humming, but please offer any help you can when it comes to new ideas and finding great deals! To insure everyone gets …

The Meetup's 400+ members represent a wide range of ages and skiing/snowboarding abilities. Both singles and couples are welcome. We have both events and trips - the perfect opportunity to meet new friends! The club is based in New York City, with members from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Long Island, New Jersey, and many other places all around the NY Metropolitan area. I also use this group to let you know about events run by the Miramar Ski Club, which I am a member of. Joining this gr …

We are a Co-Ed pick up soccer group / league that play soccer for FUN! Our games are outdoors and we play our hometown Long Island City (1 Stop / 3 min from Grand Central), Brooklyn & Manhattan. Beginners, intermediate, & advanced players are all invited to come play. Why play with us: Each session consists of THREE, 25-30 minute games with a break after each game. Teammates are highly supportive & everyone gets involved in play. Play is at a good level, but not too competitive. No rough play …

This Meetup group was originally founded in 2008 by a handful of German-speaking parents in Astoria. In fall 2012 the group was integrated into the CityKinder network, a community and resources website for German speaking parents in the Tri-State area. Our purpose is to connect German-speaking parents in the New York Metro area who are interested in socializing with other families and teaching their kids German, as well as providing education and support on a variety of topics concerning interna …

This is the Official Meetup Group for the BNI NYC Outer Boroughs Region. The BNI NYC Outer Boroughs Region includes Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, New York.  For more information, please visit www.bniouterboros.com. Please note:  We DO NOT schedule periodic Meet-Ups, except for special events as we have WEEKLY chapter meetings in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island that you can attend by arranging a visit to one of our Current chapters. Also, by joining our Meetup group DOES NOT make you a …

A redditor is a member of www.reddit.com Public Mirror of the events so you don't have to sign up to meetup: http://www.reddit.com/r/nycmeetups/ Just a bunch of geeks and nerds hanging out. We do not care if you are a redditor or not, but it helps. We have meetups every week and other random events organized by other nerds like you! Join our mailing list:  http://groups.google.com/group/reddit-nyc Join the IRC Chat room!: server: chat.freenode.net  room:#/r/nyc This group is not a platform fo …

Williamsburg and the surrounding neighborhoods have been expanding with artists, hipsters, eclectic people of all sorts and a fairly large gay community. Williamsburg is a haven for culture and diversity and a great central point for nearby neighborhoods of Greenpoint, Bushwick, and Long Island City, to name a few....all communities joined by Queens and Brooklyn's very own "G" train!  We're fortunate to live in or take part in one of the most dynamic neighborhoods in NYC.  This group incorporate …

Are you an expecting mom, or a mom to a little one under 4 years old? Our mission is to provide support and community for every mom that wants it. *All members are invited to view our complimentary library of over 50 parenting videos* We are an inclusive community where all moms can come together to support, learn, and socialize. All are invited - new moms, expectant moms, toddler moms, working moms, single moms in New York area: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, a …

We have been playing casual softball on Saturdays since 2009. Men and women of all ages are welcome. Our field is conveniently located near the Roosevelt Island Tram and the F Train.

I decided to start this group because In a place with so many people, it makes absolutely no sense for anyone to have nothing to do! Anyway, what's the most common thing people do? EAT, everybody likes to eat! Its stress free and pain free. Its great way for anyone and everyone to enjoy life! Just sit, eat, and enjoy the company of others. Partying is ok and there are other groups for that, but if you're like me, sometimes you want to stop and just enjoy a hot dog on Coney Island, or some pi …

Do you spend your days being serious, responsible, professional, respectable? Have a stressful job, have bills to pay, have people who depend on you? BEING A GROWN-UP IS HARD WORK!! Every now and then, we need to get out and play - whether it be for just an hour or evening - to reconnect with our inner child and to relax and reenergize. SILLY DATE! NEW YORK is a good clean fun Meetup group in New York City for singles and their friends. Members are fun, friendly, independent-minded and are inter …

Do you live in Long Island City? Are you in your mid-late 20s or early 30s? Are you interested in meeting others who live in the neighborhood? Then you should join this group! I'm looking to make this a group mostly for people out of college but not necessarily "settled down"/starting a family already (it seems like 90% of the people in my building are already married with kids). I live by the waterfront/Gantry Park off the Vernon/Jackson stop, but people from other areas of LIC, and even Astori …

To build a local community of LIC/Astoria residents who want to see social change for the better in our neighborhoods and beyond. If you'd like to join the conversation, go here: http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-astorialic-queens

New York African-American Chamber of Commerce was founded on the idea of helping African American entrepreneurs and business owners in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester and Upstate New York.

Third Thursdays is the Long Island arm of FirstMondays.com. We are a group of like minded people who come from all walks of life and are focused on expanding the outreach that was started many years ago through the icanstilldothat.org foundation. The network brings together independent business owners, entertainers, employers and employees that are on the advisory board of icanstilldothat.org. We are officially branching out to the Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island communities.

We are part of a group of competitive Vintage Base Ball Clubs known as the MAVBBL that strive to present base ball's history to others by playing base ball as it was done in the past. We recreate the game as it was played in 1864 as accurately as possible in ordeer to share the game with spectators and players alike. We play in a competitive vintage leage against teams like the Brooklyn Atlantics, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Mutuals, Flemington Neshanock and other teams of the same era. Our …

Calling everyone from Sunnyside/Woodside/Long Island City/Astoria/Forest Hills and beyond! What makes ! Sunnyside/Woodside/Long Island City/Astoria/Forest Hills Great neighborhood in the best city on the planet? The history, style, attitude, and diversity . . . sure, all of that is great. But the restaurants and local food establishments which have helped shape the cultural fabric of local neighborhoods . . . The places where the locals go . . . Well that my friends, is gold. Join me to experien …

SWW Photo Workshops (established in RI in 2009) provides an educational and practical, low cost venue for aspiring photographers, young or old, to learn basic techniques of approach and application of ideas in a variety of locations and learning situations. It is perfect for photographers that have experience, and knowledge of their Digital SLRs, who want to broaden their base of knowledge with a variety of workshops that include An Introduction to Photography, Alternative Lighting, The Intimate …

A Long Island City based book club! We'll pick a book then meet locally to watch the movie once a month. "Never judge a book by its movie." J. W. Eagan

Discussions and meetups for Victory motorcycle owners in and around the NYC area. This is an arena for sharing tech talk, wrench talk, modifications, part swaps and time on the road.

This is a group for toddlers and their parents to make new friends and play together. We meet primarily on Roosevelt Island and venture out at times for different activities.  In order to promote active participation we prefer members to live on or near Roosevelt Island.  This group is member run.  We have regular playdates on Thursday mornings and members plan other activities and events as they wish.  We are a mixed group of working and stay-at-home moms and dads.  Our dues are $10 per year to …

This is a group for those interested in group runs starting in Long Island City. There are running clubs based in north Brooklyn and Astoria but none, for reasons I can't explain, in LIC. Goals of the group: change that fact; connect people seeking running partners; explore new routes. All skill levels welcome. Envisioning runs in the 4-7 mile range but the beauty of the experiment is it's entirely flexible to the wants of those who join!

Roosevelt Island needs more Indian cultural awareness and organized events for Indians to celebrate Indian cultural occasions and holidays. This group is created to form a group of people interested in joining together to formulate a strong foundation for Indian culture and a way to encourage Indians to celebrate their heritage. .

We are a group of upscale and creative professionals who come together and share in exciting wine and chocolate happy hours, wine and cheese parties, wine tasting mixers and art openings for singles and couples primarily throughout Long Island and some in New York City too! It's all about the pleasure of your palette! Let's relish and share in those moments with great friends...our monthly wine and art mixers will consist of social/business networking, wine, art and professional Long Islanders f …

This is a group for young single professional African American men and women in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s living in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, the Bronx, New Jersey, Long Island, or anywhere else in the NY metro area. We will have fun interactive events where singles can meet for love or friendship.

Sharing East Asia is an eclectic and informal collective of fellows and friends, dedicated and devoted to East Asia (China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam), as well as to both Asia and Eurasia, and to both Oceania and the Pacific as related to East Asia.  The fellows and friends which comprise the Membership of Sharing East Asia, seek to exchange and share most anything and most everything about and of East Asia and East Asians.  Further, Sharing East Asia hopes to create, expand and promote the broad …