About Town

Welcome to About Town, Douglaston-Little Neck Patch’s one-stop post for all of the events, meetings, top stories and other important information you need to know about for the upcoming week.

The feature will run every Monday at 6 a.m. If there are any goings-on that we missed, please email the editor at nathan.duke@patch.com or post information in the comment section below and we’ll add the event into our roundup.

Community

Check out in the former Douglaston Market site along 235th Street.

Events

Former Mets slugger Darryl Strawberry will Monday evening at . And the will host its this afternoon.

On Tuesday, teacher Pedro Pacheco will host a at the .

The Bayside Library will offer its classes and the will have its on Wednesday.

This Friday, the will host a , while Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament will have a .

Drop by the on Saturday for a performance of “.”

On Sunday, Queensborough Community College will have .

Announcements and Stories

Drop by the site Monday morning for the latest Conservation Conversation blog post from Walter Mugdan.

Also, take part in Patch’s poll on which Douglaston, Little Neck or Bayside establishment would be the best for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.

And keep an eye out for a story on the Douglaston Garden Club’s anniversary and a follow-up on the proposal to change the neighborhood’s streets back to their historic names.

We’d love to hear from you. If you have any news tips for Douglaston or Little Neck, please email them to the editor at nathan.duke@patch.com.