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All signs point to a significant blizzard in the Northeast on Monday night and Tuesday, with major cities like New York and Boston probably measuring snow in feet by the time the storm clears out. If the forecast pans out, this will be one of the most significant winter storms we’ve seen in quite a…
On the Fetishization of a Brooklyn Neighborhood and the Problem with Saying Park Slope Has a Small Town Feel Yesterday, the New York Times Real Estate section ran a story about what it’s like to live in Park Slope, a neighborhood which, the paper declared, is an ideal place to “grow into.” And while I have…
Photo For subway and bus riders, the bonus for pay-per-ride MetroCards will increase to 11 percent, from 5 percent, for anyone who puts at least $5.50 on a card. Credit Andrew Gombert/European Pressphoto Agency close shareTools The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted on Thursday to raise the base fare on subways and buses by a quarter,…
The man at the opera tells me I’m disgusting, but in a lot of ways, he’s lucky. There is no moisture in the air. I slept the night before in braids. It’s a matinee, so I’m holding a very strong day vibe: more Tracee Ellis-Ross in Black-ish than Diana Ross’s 1983 Central Park performance. My…
Illustration by Susie Cagle.Illustrations by Susie CagleIf you can brave the cold to walk over to the Southern District of New York courthouse in downtown Manhattan, where U.S. v. Ulbricht, the trial of the man accused of being the operator of a online drugs marketplace, is currently in session, the first thing you’ll see are…
Spa Castle 57 is exected to open at 115 E. 57th St. in late November. View Full Caption Facebook/Spa Castle Premier MIDTOWN — Spa Castle’s controversial Manhattan location was shut down indefinitely by the Health Department on Tuesday because the business lacked required documentation. “We closed Spa Castle in Manhattan today because they were found to be…
Out of the wild Deer are invading New York City, and we don’t know how to stop them By Brendan O’Connor Just before Christmas of last year, John Caminiti, who lives in Staten Island, New York City’s least populated borough, watched traffic come to a standstill outside the Staten Island Mall. “It got quiet all…
Getty Images The NYPD slowdown has been a reality (albeit, one mostly unacknowledged by the NYPD) ever since two officers were killed in their squad car in Brooklyn on Dec. 20th. While Police Commissioner Bratton finally admitted to the slowdown yesterday (and also declared that it was over), the AP has some remarkable details about…