Long Island City resident Frank Ottomanelli runs the F. Ottomanelli by the Water concession in Hunter’s Point South Park and the F. Ottomanelli’s Burgers & Belgian Fries butcher shop/restaurant in Woodside. He’s also spearheading an effort to construct a community mural. Here are some things he loves about his home borough. Great Eats The food

Victor Prado is the project manager for Neighborhood 360°, a Small Business Service program that QEDC administers in multiple Astoria corridors. Born in Queens to Brazilian parents, he currently lives in Sunnyside. Here are some of his favorite things about the world’s most diverse borough. Good Eats All my favorite restaurants are in Astoria: Copacabana

Old Astoria Neighborhood Association President Richard Khuzami’s civic participation includes membership on Community Board 1, Queens General Assembly, and Eastern Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance. He’s also a composer and professional musician with a specialty in Lebanese percussion. His album Fused mixes Middle Eastern, Latin, North African, Pop, Reggaeton, and other genres. Here are some of

Henry Wan is Chairman of the Board of Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, a nonprofit that organizes and produces the eponymous annual festival on Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. In 2023, the free sporting and community event will take place on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13. More than 180 teams

Fadia Mohama is Senior Director of Strategy and Workforce Partnerships at Commonpoint Queens and an active member of the Queens Borough President’s Civic Engagement Committee, Elmhurst Community Partnerships, and other volunteer coalitions. In other words, the Forest Hills resident is ALL IN for Queens. We’ll get to know her better at the end of this

June is LGBTQ Pride Month, but don’t forget that its name comes from Juno, a Roman goddess. Thus, we catch up with a local music deity, Carol Sudhalter, who founded the Astoria Big Band and leads Flushing Town Hall’s Louis Armstrong Legacy Monthly Jazz Jams. (She plays saxophone and flute better than most people walk.)