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Photo After having a group photo, Lori Levine and Jan van Arsdale walk back to the ABC Kitchen dining hall for their reception. Credit Danny Kim for The New York Times close shareTools When Lori Levine goes out for a night on the town, she is often in the company of famous men like George…
New Yorkers don’t really pay celebrities much heed unless they are shoving themselves in our face , or chasing us around Times Square, or inadvertently manspreading. But every once in a while, we come across a celebrity so chill that we must pause to praise them. And there is certainly no more impressive celebrity than…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code Firefighters are battling a four-alarm fire at a warehouse in Brooklyn this morning. Update 10:45 a.m.: The fire is now a five-alarm fire. Update 12:23 p.m.: The FDNY just called a sixth alarm. According to the FDNY, they got a call at 6:28 a.m. about a…
Staten Island is one of New York’s five boroughs, but it seems like another world. Nobody goes there except for tourists who want to ride the free ferry and residents commuting home. The cool kids across the river have long laughed at the perennially unhip borough, treating it—if they ever think about it at all—like…
We’ll miss you, L train. (Idle Type / Flickr) If you live off the L train, now is the time to move. MOVE NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE/GET TRAPPED IN BROOKLYN. Because, as we were forewarned, terrible things are about to come to those onboard the Hippest Silver Bullet. Things that make the 7…
GIF by Jaeger Sloan Studio As we all know, Mayor Bill de Blasio repeatedly warned New Yorkers about the impending blizzard (that ultimately wasn’t) with statements like, “We are facing most likely one of the largest snowstorms in the history of this city. Prepare for the worst and we will all be able to get…
Rose Hill Tavern View Full Caption KIPS BAY — Rose Hill Tavern, a home to fans of the New England Patriots, was shut down by the Health Department just days before the team is set to play in the Super Bowl. The sports bar, at 337 Third Ave., was closed on Wednesday evening because of…
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well. Well. Despite the nearly unanimous agreement that ordering delivery during asnow storm is a dick move, we just can’t help ourselves. Yesterday we revealed that New York and Boston decided to get tanked on Monday night and sent Drizly (an on-demand booze delivery service) ordersskyrocketing to an over…
A press conference will be held Thursday to announce the construction of the Hunters Point Library. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, library officials, local families and business owners will meet at Center Boulevard and 48th Avenue at 9:30 am to announce that the project has been funded and that construction will soon begin. The 21,500-square-foot library…
(Tien Mao/Gothamist) Jimmy McMillan, he of perpetual office-seeking and a beard that would chagrin a topiary, is being evicted from his rent-stablized East Village apartment. According to the Daily News, the freewheeling leader of the Rent Is Too Damn High party has been served an eviction notice ousting him from his $872 per month St….