Hopping Astoria will soon be home to 36 new apartments. A developer snatched up tow adjacent lots at 25-27 23rd Street, is demolishing the existing buildingsa two-family brick home and a parking garageand is planning to erect a 23,906-square-foot structure in its place. It'll only be three stories, though, which is in keeping with the area's many lowrises and probably comes as a relief to neighbors. [BuzzBuzz; previously]